Mission statement

Our motivation for internationalization in water engineering is based on developping human skills for the global knowledge society. We define internationalisation as teaching our disciplinary skills in varied cultural contexts with the aim of broadening the applicability and generalization of water engineering methods.

(supporting text: Internationalization motivates us to generalize our knowledge so that skills are transferrable to various cultural and national contexts and applicable in a broader interdisciplinary field. Teaching in an intercultural knowledge increases the consciousness of the teaching process. Self-consciosness reveals the limits and conditioning of the knowledge we convey. „Taking responsibility is connected to the ability to reflect upon and evaluate upon one‘s own actions inlight of one‘s experience and ecucation and by considering personal, ethical and societal goals.“ Internationalization is based on supporting missions of international education by UNESCO. This vision should amplify the vision of the global human knowledge society.)

1. The students can analyse natural and technical water systems using international frameworks, definitions and terminology in English.
2. The students are able to transfer their skills on water systems to local, regional, national or global climate adaptation and mitigation strategies
3. Students can develop nature-based and technical solutions to reach water management goals using precise terminology
4. The students are able to evaluate the results of water engineering calculations and plans on an international level in English, and can assess their validity, uncertainty and the sensitivity of results to controlling factors on a global scale.
5. The students are aware of the background and limitations and fully understand the methods they are using in water engineering (especially in times of the increasing use of A.i. tools)
6. The students can communicate about, present, and discuss water engineering, hydrological and water management topics with partners in their professional field, in English language.

The student is able to:

1. reflect (bachelor, master) on their own and others‘ roles in international teams
2. develop own solutions (master) taking into account aspects of cultural diversity
3. lead a diverse team towards defined objectives of hydrological, civil engineering and water management projects

[check „Hochschulqualifikationsplan“, Qualifikationsrahmen für Deutsche Hochschulabschlüsse, siehe SPO]

1. What does the labour market need for water engineers?
2. What does the UNESCO International Hydrological Programme require?
3. What is needed for Sustainable Development Goal 6?
4. What is required by Societies of Civil Engineering with a focus on water (D, EU, USA, Austraulien, GB)?