The degree program provides the opportunity to specialize within the following four areas of expertise:

• Profile A: Water Technologies & Urban Water Management
• Profile B: Fluid Mechanics & Hydraulic Engineering
• Profile C: Hydrological Dynamics & Hazards
• Profile D: Sustainable Management of Rivers and Floodplains

Each profile has two compulsory elective subjects: Advanced fundamentals (27 CP) and Specialization (24 CP). In the Advanced Fundamentals, water-related engineering and science fundamentals are taught. All students attend the lecture "Think Like a Scientist: Research Integrity and Best Practices in Water Science and Engineering". They further choose four subject-specific modules, according to their fields of interest and their selected study profile. The Specialization subject allows students to acquire the competence to link the fundamental and advanced knowledge with engineering applications in their selected profile.

Students choose one of the four profiles until the end of the first semester.

Please note: From the winter semester of 2024/25, the old Profile D (Water Resources Engineering) is no longer be available and has been replaced with the new Profile D (Sustainable Management of Rivers and Floodplains). Students who enrolled before the winter semester of 2024/25 can still choose the old Profile D. 

Wintersemester 2024/25 nicht mehr verfügbar und wurde mit dem neuen Profil D (Sustainable Management of Rivers and Floodplains) ersetzt. Das alte Profil D kann immer noch von den Studierenden ausgewählt werden, die sich vor dem Wintersemeter 2024/25 eingeschrieben haben.

Specialised academic training is complemented by a solid foundation in interdisciplinary methods and skills. Students must select modules totalling at least 12 credit points. Due to the programe’s international focus, they may also take language courses totalling up to six credit points.

In the 'Supplementaries' course, students can select modules from across the entire catalogue that they have not yet taken or scheduled for another course.

Students complete an interdisciplinary research project, which introduces them to independent academic work and project management. In addition to developing their ability to integrate approaches from different disciplines within the context of the project, students also learn to work in a team and critically discuss results.

Upon completing their studies, students apply the specialized knowledge and methods they have acquired to design and carry out an independent research project. They can engage with the current state of research and address a complex problem using scientific methods, either theoretically or experimentally.

A mentor will help students choose their modules. Students select their mentor at the beginning of their studies. Mentors may be KIT faculty members or habilitated members belonging to the KIT Faculty of Civil, Geo and Environmental Engineering, or the Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Process Technology. The mentor must be involved in teaching within the selected profile. The form for selecting modules in the subjects 'Profile Studies', 'Cross-Cutting Methods and Competencies', and 'Supplementaries' is available on the following page: https://www.wasser.kit.edu/117.php.
Students must complete the form and have it signed by their mentor, who will then forward it to the program coordinator for inclusion in the Campus Management system.