International Studies in Engineering (ISE)

Hydraulic Engineering and Water Resources Management within the ISE Programme

Our courses offer a balanced combination of theoretical lectures, laboratory experiments, numerical simulations, and field measurements. The courses are held partly in German and partly in English.

 

 

Bachelor Modules Offered by Our Institute

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

– for the Structural Engineering programme –

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

  • Overview of topics such as hydropower, river ecology, and navigation structures

  • Basics of flood protection planning and river development planning

  • Interrelationships in the planning of hydraulic structures and projects

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

  • The course is also open to students of the E3 studium liberale (Bachelor/Master) programme

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Master Modules Offered by Our Institute

Summer Semester – Elective Module (3 ECTS, 2 hrs/Week) Sustainable Water Management (in english)

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Winter Semester – Elective Module (6 ECTS, 4 hrs/Week) Hydraulic Engineering 3 – Natural River Development (in German)

  • River classification

  • Structural quality mapping

  • Continuity of watercourses

  • Planning and implementation of measures within the scope of near-natural river development

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

  • 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 resources management

  • Functions of storage structures

  • Control methods of 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 (in German)

  • River basin management

  • Requirements, protected assets, and objectives for water protection

  • Water protection measures and surface water monitoring

  • Radiation impact and stepping stone concepts

  • Specification of measures

  • Organization of water protection projects

  • Conflicts of use

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Courses that are not listed in the module handbooks of the respective degree programs may be selected – depending on the regulations for elective options within the overall engineering course offerings.