Civil Engineering Degree Programme

Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering within Civil Engineering

Our courses offer a well-balanced combination of theoretical lectures, laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and field measurements.
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Bachelor Modules of Our Institute

Summer Semester – Compulsory Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/week) Hydraulic Engineering 1 – Hydromechanics I and Fundamentals of Water Management and Hydraulic Engineering

  • Fundamentals of hydrology, hydraulics, water management, and hydraulic engineering

  • Overview of topics such as hydropower, aquatic ecology, and navigation water engineering

  • Basics of flood protection planning and river development planning

  • Understanding the interrelationships in planning hydraulic structures and projects

  • Assessing impacts on other civil engineering structures (keyword: construction on and in water)

  • Course is open to students from the E3 studium liberale (Bachelor/Master) program

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Winter Semester – Elective Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/week) Hydraulic Engineering 2 – Hydromechanics II and Hydraulic Models

  • Hydraulic calculations in the fields of pipe and open channel flow

  • Fundamentals of sediment transport

  • Basics of flow modeling in hydraulic engineering

  • Areas of application for experimental hydraulic engineering

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Master’s Degree Courses at Our Institute

Winter Semester – Elective Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/week) Hydraulic Engineering 3 – Near-Natural Watercourse Development

  • River type classification

  • Structural quality mapping

  • Longitudinal connectivity of rivers

  • Planning and implementation of measures for near-natural watercourse development

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Summer Semester – Elective Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/week) Hydraulic Engineering 4 – Water Quantity Management and Climate Change

  • Flood protection

  • Backwater and drawdown curves

  • Concepts of runoff generation and concentration

  • Understanding the structure of a hydrological model

  • Model types and components in water management

  • Functions of storage structures

  • Control methods for reservoirs and how they can be modeled using software

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Winter Semester – Elective Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/week) Hydraulic Engineering 5 – Environmental Monitoring and Water Protection

  • River basin management

  • Requirements, protected assets, and objectives for water protection

  • Water protection measures and river monitoring

  • Radiation effect and stepping stone concept

  • Specification of measures

  • Organization of river protection projects

  • Conflicting water uses

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Summer/Winter Semester – Elective Module (12 ECTS) Master’s Project

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Summer/Winter Semester – Elective Modules (up to 5 × 6 ECTS) Opportunities for Specialization in Hydraulic Engineering through the Integration of External Modules

As part of the RuhrCampus³  initiative within the University Alliance Ruhr , students have the opportunity to enhance their Master’s program by integrating external modules in the field of hydraulic engineering. For example, chairs at RUB (see here and here) regularly offer courses with a focus on hydraulic and water resources engineering that complement the existing curriculum at the University of Duisburg-Essen.In addition, students may take relevant modules at other German universities or as part of a study abroad program (see examination regulations). The prerequisite is that the selected courses are part of a Master's program in civil engineering.This provides students with a special interest in hydraulic engineering the chance to set individual focus areas, deepen their subject knowledge, and acquire additional methodological skills — for example, in areas such as river development, hydraulics, or water management.External coursework will be recognized upon request by the examination committee.