MRes Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control

This MRes provides advanced study in Integrated Pollution Prevention & Control, within Europe and globally. The course is largely research and project-based but there is also a taught element to it.This course is ideal if you are looking to further your knowledge and develop your research skills, contribute to new knowledge on environmental pollution and related topics.An MRes offers a unique and bespoke experience; you can tailor your studies to suit your own research interests and career objectives. You will be taught by an interdisciplinary group of professionally qualified civil engineers, environmental scientists, geoscientists, and chemists. The Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering has strong industrial links which contributes to the overall student experience, too.An MRes takes one year full-time or two years part-time to complete. While full-time study is available to UK and international students, part-time study on-campus is only available to students from the UK or EU. You can also study this course part-time through online Distance Learning, over 36 months, offering a flexible mode of study. Distance Learning is available to UK and international students.What you’ll studyThis degree combines a number of subjects including:Human and environmental healthWater & wastewater managementLand and air pollutionContamination remediationEnvironmental engineeringEnvironmental microbiologyGeochemistryResearch skillsYou'll complete six taught modules. Four classes are compulsory and you then choose two optional. The bulk of your study will focus on the MRes dissertation project, which will develop your independent research skills.