• WEDC has over fifty years experience of delivering high quality postgraduate programmes. These programmes are continually updated to reflect new initiatives in the WASH sector.
  
  
• Loughborough University is currently ranked in the top 10 UK universities in the poll of all UK national newspapers.
  
  
• Loughborough University now has 7 Queen’s Anniversary Prizes, only Oxford University has more.

Our two flagship programmes, Water Management for Development and Water Engineering for Development are accredited.

• The MSc, PG Diploma and PG Certificate are accredited by the Charted Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM).
  
  
• The MSc is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) as meeting the requirements for Further Learning for a Chartered Engineer (CEng) for candidates who have already acquired an Accredited CEng (Partial) BEng (Hons) undergraduate first degree. 

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• The WEDC team includes expert academic and support staff, and covers a wide range of disciplines. Staff are readily accessible to support students during their studies.
  
  
• All WEDC teaching staff have extensive experience working in low- and middle-income countries. They draw upon their field experience to explain how current theoretical approaches can be practically and realistically applied to address the challenges in relevant low- and middle-income working contexts.

Loughborough-based programmes

• The School of Architecture, Building and Civil Engineering has excellent laboratory facilities which include equipment for field sampling, analysis of water and wastewater, and hydraulics experiments. Three dedicated water laboratory staff are specialists in pollutant analysis, hydraulics and continuous trials.
  
  
• Other outdoor facilities for student practical exercises during the programmes include the largest single site collection of handpumps used for maintenance training. Other practical activities include latrine slab construction; flow measurements; and water quality sampling and analysis.
  
  
• Field visits are made to relevant UK facilities.

Distance learning programmes

• If you are studying from home by distance learning, you are always welcome to visit the Loughborough campus. You can make remote use of the University Library's electronic search facilities, and remotely access the University's Institutiona repository which has links to many sources of useful and relevant information, free of charge.
  
  
• From September 2019, the method of delivery for the learning materials is mainly online although USB pen drives will be available to suit students who are living or working in areas of the world with poor Internet connectivity, or for those who travel frequently.
  
  
• We also arrange webinars which are recorded for students who are unable to participate.
  
  
• During the programme students build up an excellent electronic library of well-produced module notes, additional resources and relevant text books.

• WEDC graduates join a respected global community of WEDC alumni which numbers more than 1000 from over 70 countries.
  
  
• Alumni networks help to facilitate professional contacts for working in a wide range of country contexts.
  
  
• Many WEDC alumni work for international NGOs (MSF, Oxfam, SCF, GOAL, WaterAid, etc.) and agencies (such as UNICEF), or national governments.

• Many employers routinely present to the participants of our programmes details of their range of employment opportunities, as well as opportunities for field-based research to support their ongoing work.
  
  
• Distance learning students can also participate in these sessions by webinar. Webinars are recorded and available for listening to later.

A number of scholarships and bursaries are available. Visit our Scholarships page for full information and other alternative means of securing funding for your programme.

We provide our distance learners with high-quality learning resources for each module. Not only do the online materials guide learning throughout the duration of the module, they become long-term reference sources too.