Why study with WEDC

• WEDC has over fifty years' experience of delivering high quality postgraduate programmes. These programmes are continually updated to reflect new initiatives in the water engineering and development sector.
• Loughborough University is currently ranked in the top 10 UK universities in national league tables.
• 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. 

• 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 Institutional Repository which has links to many sources of useful and relevant information, free of charge.
• The method of delivery for the learning materials is mainly online.
• 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 (e.g. MSF, Oxfam, SCF, GOAL, WaterAid, etc.) and agencies (such as UNICEF), or national governments.