Wageningen University & Research
Wageningen University & Research (WUR)The mission of our University is to explore the potential of nature to improve the quality of life. Within Wageningen University & Research, nine specialized research institutes from the Wageningen Research Foundation and Wageningen University have joined forces to help answer the most important questions in the domain of healthy food and living environment.
With approximately 30 locations, 6,500 employees, and 12,500 students, it is one of the leading organizations in its domain worldwide. An integrated approach to problems and the cooperation between various disciplines are at the heart of the unique approach of Wageningen. We have been named Best Employer in Education category 2019-2020.
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The Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management GroupThe present HWM group is a vibrant, collaborative team of young and mid-career researchers who work in the field of Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management (see
www.hwm.wur.nl). The HWM group currently consists of 11 faculty members, 1 special professor, 3 postdocs and 26 PhD candidates supervised by current staff. The HWM group is part of the cluster for Climate, Water and Society (CWS), a new cluster of chair groups within the overarching WIMEK Graduate School (
www.wimek.wur.nl) and the Environmental Sciences Group (ESG).
The group is efficiently organised and supported by dedicated secretarial, financial and HR advisors. The HWM group and student community are largely international and the courses of the group are taught in English.
EducationClassroom teaching, tutorials, excursions and practicals based on computer, laboratory and field assignments aim at fundamental understanding of the terrestrial hydrologic system, its component processes and its interactions with the atmosphere, soil and biosphere. Teaching is rooted in the earth and environmental sciences, has a physical and mathematical focus, and promotes analytical, laboratory, field and computer skills.
The staff members teach courses at BSc and MSc level. The chair group Hydrology and Quantitative Water Management is strongly involved in the BSc programme Soil, Water and Atmosphere (BSW) and the MSc programmes Earth and Environment (MEE) and Climate Studies (MCL). The group supports innovative educational methods to facilitate the transfer of up-to-date knowledge and skills from HWM's research topics to students. This innovation includes the development of hydrological models, instruction/knowledge clips and the continuous renewal of course manuals, teaching methods and didactical processes.