 Good morning and welcome. Welcome to our webinar to help you or to introduce our one-year master program in Water and Sustainable Development. If you're logged into Facebook and YouTube at this time, you're able to ask questions by using the chat. You can ask all sorts of questions. They can be about the setup of the program. You can ask questions about how to register for it or anything else that pertains to this master program. So let me start by introducing myself. I'm Laura Kwak. I work in the communication office of IHE Delft, and I will be your webinar host today. My colleague, Avao Skok, also from the communication office, is making sure that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. So thanks very much for that, Avao. He will be monitoring the chat and making sure that the most frequently asked questions get through to your panel who will be able to answer it. But please feel free to already share any questions that you might have now, and we will cover them later on in the show. Also, if you would like to, you can introduce yourself and let us know where you're watching from because we always like to know that we're we have viewers from all over the globe. So I will start up this show together with Charlotte, who is our Vice Rector for Academic and Student Affairs and also a Professor of Hydraulic Engineering for Land and Water Development. So let me invite her to the show. Welcome, Charlotte. Glad you could make it. Good morning, Laura. Good morning. So I thought it would be fun to have a little chat just before we start and maybe to cover some of the most frequently asked things about studying at IHE. Could you maybe mention a couple of top reasons for studying at IHE or studying in Delft? There are many, but one of the really, if you are passionate about water and if you really want to contribute to water challenges, I think IHE is a great place to start. Also, you already kind of alluded to it, right? And I see in the chat where people are all coming from. So we are really an international organization and that's great. I mean, you will be in the classroom with, well, maybe 10, 15 different nationalities and people from all over the place. So that gives really an added value to the, of course, the top education that we provide. Yes. And I, working in the communication office, I always notice this when I'm having lunch or when I'm grabbing coffee, because there's all of these languages around me and lots of people meeting each other from across the globe. It's so much fun. Yeah. It gives really a nice atmosphere to have so many nationalities and a different background from under one roof. Yeah. So talking about that indeed, I think what's pretty special about IHE is that we have all sorts of water-related subjects being taught there under the same roof. Could you say, speak a little bit about what, how that impacts the education that you get? Yes. Well, I mean, well, as we all know, I mean, water problems are never tackled or are never falling in one, neatly in one discipline. I mean, there's always different disciplines concerned. If you're talking about floods or droughts or coastal defense or drinking water, there's always a different set of disciplines are involved. And so what we do is we mix people together from different backgrounds, working on the same water challenges. So we really strive for interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary. So even if you work in your own discipline, it's of course very good to see from others how they approach the same, the very same problem. And I think that really enriches the experience of learning together. Yeah, you point out something interesting. And that is that most of our students that come in are mid-career professionals. So this also sort of changes the way that you learn because I think people also learn from each other. Could you maybe elaborate a little bit on that as well? Yeah. So, so indeed, most of the people, most of the people coming in for study here in the IHE, they have like three, four years of working experience, some a bit longer, some a bit shorter. But of course they can speak from their own experience, their own professional experience. So if we explain some theory or some components or methodologies, the people can immediately translate that to their own professional experience and share that of course in the classroom because everyone comes from a different experience, different. So there's a lot of learning from each other. And one of the comments we get is, so next to a great education, people say, well, one of the most valuable assets that they take away from Delft is actually a network of alumni, a professional network of people whom they got to know in Delft. And they can later, you know, in their further career, they can still kind of exchange experiences. And so, yeah, so, so a, and being part of a network of international water experts, of course, is very important. Yeah. And I think, besides just learning from each other, I think there's also the lecturing colleagues at IHE. Quite an important part, I think, of the learning experience. Could you tell us a little bit about them? Well, I mean, many of them are actually experts in their field or actually all of them are experts in the field, but some of them are really well known. Actually, as we speak, I mean, maybe you've also heard Laura that even last week we had someone who got a life, a life award. It's a life award for coastal modeling. So, yeah, that kind of, you know, that in international, right, not from us, but from another organization who thought that this person was so, well, his life work was so outstanding that he got a award from them. It's actually quite regular that our teachers get awards for the research that they do or for the publications that they make. So really there are, well, experts in their field. And we have connections to other universities as well. So, so yeah, there's a lot of knowledge here. And I think besides the regular lecturing colleagues, indeed, working incomes, I do hear about all these prices because we add them to our website every once in a while and it happens on a quite a regular basis. I think other than the people working at IHE, we also have lecturers coming in from the fields. Could you talk about why we choose to do this and how it enriches the experience? Yeah, so indeed we have our regular lecturers, but a good chunk of the, or at a regular basis there's also guest lecturers. And those guest lecturers, they can come from all over the world and they come from different areas. They bring really in field experience and or a different perspective from a different angle. And so, so yeah, that or from from the Dutch water sector, we also have guest lecturers coming in from the Dutch water sector as well. So, so yeah, they bring in a different perspective to bring in working experience. And so yeah, that's that really enriches the teaching. Okay, thanks. And last but not least, Delft, the city that students will come to to study. Yeah, could you share a little bit about what that means for their experience? Well, Delft is a relatively small town in the Netherlands, but it's also an old historic town. So it's actually also touristy town. So there's there's a lot of life. And of course, it's a student town. So, so there's, because we have, of course, the TU Delft and some other schools in Delft. So there's a lot of young people, young students. And of course, there's a lot of terraces and bars and restaurants and nightlife, etc. So, and fortunately, like yesterday, it started opening up after after Corona, we have this slowly the nightlife and the bars restaurants are opening, opening again. So and summer is coming. So, so the good season is coming again. And, and yeah, that that really, I mean, of course, I mean, studying is good. But of course, if you if you don't have a break every now and then your study is also not very effective. So, so indeed, there is a lot of things to be done. There's a lot of sports activities, movies. And so yes, it's a it's a small but a very likely town. Yeah, I was going to mention and probably nice to mention as well as it's very centrally located in the Netherlands. And the train connections are perfect. So it's really easy to hop onto a train and explore the rest of the Netherlands in the weekends or on vacations. And also within Europe, of course, Europe is quite well connected. So the trains from the Netherlands go into Germany, France and beyond. So it's really a nice starting point to explore. Absolutely. Yes, any, any final words for our students who are thinking about joining this new master program. Yeah, if you're if you're passionate about water and water challenges. And if you really want to do something for for your country for your the neighborhood you're coming from in terms of water, I think Delft is a really great place. And as I said, I mean what I most like about it, which many other universities don't have that is really the international component of it. I mean, it's, it's really fantastic to see so many people passionate about water under one roof. So I think it's a great experience to to to do the studies at it. Yes, it's really a nice, nice place. Well, thank you very much for opening this webinar with me and have fun with the rest of your day. Thank you. Thank you too. I hope you have a good seminar. Yes, thank you. Bye bye. So next up on our program is our professor of hydrology Graham Hewitt. He made a short video to discuss the new, the ins and outs of the new master program. So I would like to share that with you just now. After that finishes, I will bring up the panel, consisting of Enika Males, who's our senior fellowship and admission officer, and Los Lohaida, who's our senior lecturer in irrigation engineering. But more importantly for this webinar is also the program manager of the MSE program in water and sustainable development. But we'll get to that later. First, next up is the video by Professor Jewitt. So is our most important resource from its role as a life sustaining liquid to its cultural and spiritual values. Water has and always will be intricately in mesh with humans and the society's environment in which we live. Over the past 60 plus years, IHE Delft Institute for Water Education has provided education and training programs on different aspects of water. Since our inception as a technical institute dealing almost exclusively with floods through to the inclusion of integrated water resources management and aspects of management and governance in our programs. And now in the time of sustainable development goals and the imperatives of addressing issues associated with climate change, IHE Delft remains a leading institution globally when it comes to delivering relevant and topical education programs. Our extensive alumni network across the world bears testament to this. Water is a big deal on the global agenda, and I'm sure in your country too. So the interest in studying water and its role in sustainable development is rarely at an all time high. And of course associated with this is that people from different backgrounds and with different interests become interested in water and have different entry points in which they would like to study water. So as society evolves, so do we at IHE. And that provides the impetus for a brand new master's program, the Master of Science in Water and Sustainable Development. My name is Graham Jewett. I'm Professor of Hydrology and Vice Chair of the Committee which has been developing our new Master of Science. In this short video, I'd like to explain some of the key elements which form the new degree structure at IHE Delft and the options that you have to join us. The program is focused on managers and practitioners and aims to provide skills to support you in the job that you will do when you return home. Very importantly, this will take only one year to complete. It is still a fully fledged MSc accredited by the Dutch MVAO. That's the organisation responsible for accreditation of education programs here in the Netherlands. Of course, being a one year program also means that hard work is expected from the students. But as our program evolves, so do our education approaches. And we believe that we have created a truly innovative education program that will be achievable in 12 months. That program kicks off in 2022 and we are welcoming applications now. At IHE, we fully recognise that the nature of water-related problems and development options needs an interdisciplinary approach. So while we retain our disciplinary strength in the new program, we also provide training for the more general scientists and many opportunities for interdisciplinary collaboration such as specific weeks in which students from all disciplines interact and field work in group projects. In fact, this philosophy of interdisciplinarity underpins the program. We have really looked at the structure and content of the new degree and thought carefully about the skills and topics that are going to support water and sustainable development in the future. We will see that core components like hydrology, hydraulics, environmental sciences, wastewater treatment, sanitation, governance and management and others are there but have had a refresh to gear them towards the future. This translates into four clear tracks which address these major water challenges. Water food and energy, water hazards risk and climate, water and health and water resources and ecosystem health. Let's now look at the specifics of the program. It has been designed to give you some choice about the topics you study. So when you apply, you begin by choosing one of four tracks and a profile in that track. These profiles are engineering and hydrology, management and governance, environment, sanitation and digital innovation. Something we see as a big topic for the future. So here are two examples. You have a background in civil engineering and you wish to explore the linkages between drainage and sewerage and treatment processes and technologies and their planning and management including the financing of water treatment plans. So this profile designed in the water and health track will prepare you for this. Or you have a background in environmental sciences and agriculture and you are interested in developing sustainable water resources management solutions with a focus on ecosystems which produce food for people. So think about rice from wetlands or aquaculture in a lake. You could then follow an environmental profile within the water resources and ecosystem health or the water food and energy tracks. So these are only two examples and since everyone has different requirements and different interests we also recognize that the nature of water and the people who engage with water don't always follow strict profiles. So there is also an opportunity for you to build your own profile. Now this is something which is done in discussion with your coach which is another innovation in the new MSC program. Coaches are there to support and guide you as you move through the program. They make sure that you are comfortable with the choices of your modules or they suggest sensible alternatives. Then of course it wouldn't be a master of science without a research component. Now most likely you will start thinking about your research thesis after about three months into the program maybe for some a bit before that. Once again your coach will assist you to make the best choice of topic for your career goals. You want to co-design a topic with your employer or you could choose a subject which addresses a specific need of your country or perhaps you want to focus on an issue with a view to working in the development field in the future. IT Delft is quite a small institute but we have a very large reputation. At IT you will get to know students and staff from all over the world and you will hear about the water challenges and experiences that they bring. This also means that you will get to know people from many other disciplines and learn from them and their experiences. Our alumni tell us that the highlights of their time at IT are the field trips both in and outside of the Netherlands, life in Delft which is a very safe and friendly city, the different cultural evenings and festive events organised by staff and students and making friends for life from all over the world. The alumni of IHE make up one of the largest water networks in the world. There are now more than 23,000 former students, most of them still working in water or related fields. So we invite you to join the MSc programme, graduate from the MSc programme and join that extensive network of our alumni. So I hope that the video by Professor Jewett cleared up some things and I'm sure that it also made you think of many of the questions that you want to ask. So please do continue to share these. I see a lot coming up in the chat already but please do continue. I will bring on screen now my two colleagues, Enik and Maylis and Laszlo Haider like I said before. So welcome Enika and welcome Laszlo. Hello everybody. Good morning and glad you could join me. There's already quite a few questions coming in. Maybe one of the ones to start off with is let me see, I had a good one that would be good to kick it off. Well, a quick one for me that I can answer quite quickly. If there will be access to a recording of this webinar, yes, it will be recorded both on YouTube and Facebook so you can always refer to it. Another one that I did see which is maybe a little bit more difficult is from Amenti Menga from Ethiopia and she thinks this MSc course is really interesting but the entry requirements are a little complicated. So maybe, Enika, could you walk us through the registration process please? Yes. To start with it's good to prepare yourself very well. So there's a lot of information about the program on the website. So read carefully about the program and what it is about with the various tracks and profiles. And then also on the website the application requirements and procedure are explained there in detail. So also read this carefully before you start your application. Then there is a link where you can apply and it will be indicated which documents you need. So prepare them all in advance. And then you have to create a user account and then you will first have to fill in an application form with all your personal data prior education and work experience. And then you can select the study program and you can indicate your preferred track and profile. And in the application you will be requested to answer five motivation questions. So it's also good to prepare yourself well. And then you can submit your application and you will be informed within around four weeks about the outcome. Okay, thanks a lot. And one of the things, there's some questions coming in about funding and costs. Could you maybe talk a little bit about the scholarships that are actually currently open? And I think many of the deadlines are also coming up. Yes indeed, there are many upcoming deadlines. One of the main scholarships we have at this moment is the OKP. It's an orange knowledge program. And the deadline of application is the 15th of March. You have first to check if you are from a country which is eligible for the OKP. And then also check if you meet the requirements for it, which means that you also need to be employed and your employer has to state that they support your application, why it's important to do this study and they also have to confirm that they continue paying your scholarship. And also for certain countries, government statement is required. All this information is on the website. So if you think that you are eligible, then first you have to apply for academic admission with IHE if you haven't done that yet. And thereafter you can submit your application for the OKP. And another one is the other rotary scholarships. These are available for the tracks, water and health and water resources and ecosystems health. And the deadline of that is the 15th of April. And if you want to apply for that, you have to contact a local Rotarian in your country because they have to support your application and together with the local Rotarian, you have to fill in the application form for it. And then there are various scholarships for students from Sahel countries, Maina countries and Sitz countries. You can check the requirements on the website. And that line is the first of May. And then another scholarship is the Joint Japan World Bank Scholarship Program. It's for most countries, it's open. It is available, but the application has not yet opened. It will open soon. And then the deadline will be the 27th of May. They require that applicants have quite some work experience. But it's good if you just go to the website and read all the information there. And then of course, there are still more scholarships, but all these are the main scholarships. But then there are also other scholarships mentioned on the website and you have to check if you are eligible. That's for certain countries or certain groups of students, certain programs. And then of course, you can also consider to pay the fees to cover the cost yourself. So you may talk to your employer and search yourself on internet because this is just what we from IHE have available. But there are much more opportunities. But all applicants are strongly requested to also search themselves for opportunities and if their employer can pay or they can pay themselves. Yes, thanks very much, Inika. And also, I can't stress it enough, I think, that please apply to IHE first, even before you find any scholarships because all of the scholarships require it that you are accepted into IHE. So please make sure that you apply to IHE. And also, I think you've said this in the past, but if scholarships suddenly pop up, new scholarships, we will contact those people that have applied that might be possible to go for that certain scholarship. Yes, indeed. Just submit your application. If you're interested in the program and you have checked the requirements, then just submit your application because if you don't find anything and something comes up, we will contact those applicants. It's always good to apply. Yeah. Okay. Leslo, I have a question for you. Could you maybe explain a little bit about what happens before you come to IHE? I heard Graham, you would mention the coaches, for example, but could you maybe walk us through it? That's a very good question, Laura. Actually, this is one of the key features of our new program, the coaching setup. If you could share the slide, what I have said now, that was also shown by Graham Jewitt before, and here you can also see that each student is a signed coach, and the coaches are supporting the students in setting own learning goals and also assesses progress and building a portfolio is also helped by the coaches towards the students. What you also see on this slide is actually an important thing that the portfolio and skills development is also part of the program. So even before you arrive to IHE, after the academic admission, of course, as it was discussed before, you can apply for scholarships and when the scholarships are also arranged for any other financial arrangement is made for your studies, then you are so-called financially admitted as well. And when the students are also financially admitted, they will be linked to those coaches from IHE who will take contact with them and will start to discuss the personal goals of each and every student. And while I have seen also in the chat that there were some questions that can we choose from the same track, different profile modules and so on. So that's exactly the role of the coaches and the students, of course, to work it together out that what will be the personal study trajectory of one student. And that will start basically when you are already financially admitted and then all kinds of discussions can be made in which direction you would like to go. What is your final goal in your life, in your professional life later on and so on? And also at the same time, but all along your studies, you will also develop a so-called portfolio. This is a personal portfolio which includes all these kind of goals and how you feel that you are on track towards your goals. Okay, thanks. So basically the basic idea of the coaching going on all along. And just to jump into that, I think there's quite a few questions in the chat asked by different people whether they can follow this program online. Well, not really. So this is a DELF-based program and also different elements of the modules and so on that is also important to be together with the other students. So this program is not developed and not planned for online education. However, at IHE, that's another thing that let me just mention that there are several online programs. That's another setup, a completely different one. There are several online programs, several short courses, which some of them are also available online and so on. But when we are talking about the water and sustainable development master program, that is DELF-based study. Yes, thank you, Laszlo. And I think my colleague Avaut will be able to share in the chat the link to more information about the online courses for all of you interested in doing that. Yes, I think one of the or actually quite a few questions coming up are also about modules, mixed weeks. Laszlo, could you maybe tell us a little bit about that? Well, referring back again to the slide, what we see now that the portfolio and the skills development. So there are the thematic tracks and there are the disciplinary profiles. In between those modules, which belong to one of the tracks, one of the profiles, the track modules in between those, there are the so-called mixed weeks and you can also see them on the slide. So after two modules, actually, there is a mixed week. The mixed weeks are aiming, well, I would say three different things. One of them is having the examination of the previous two modules. Then there are some days also spent on skill development and those are transferable skills just to mention a few. Guide itself study, critical thinking, critical and well, writing also, well, scientific writing, these kinds of things, presentation skills, those are coming up in the mixed weeks, theoretically. And in the following two modules, those will be also practiced. So during the studies, all these transferable skills will be used during the modules, during your studies to develop yourself in practicing those. The third element of the mixed weeks is having the contact with your coaches and working further on your portfolio, portfolio development, personal goals and so on. So these are the three elements of the mixed weeks. Okay, thanks very much, Leslo. And I think the next question is good for Inika. And maybe Inika, could you talk a little bit about the requirements for the level of English? And I see questions coming in. Why is it necessary for this country and not necessary for that country? And what kind of level of English is required for studying at IHE? Yes, we have a certain English test which we accept and that's all mentioned on the website. And there are a number of countries for which we do not require an English test. They're also mentioned on the website. So if you belong to one of those countries, a national from it, then you do not have to submit an English language test. For all other countries, do have to submit an English language test. And some students may say my higher education was in English, but then still the experience of IHE is that from those countries for which we require the test that we did not have a good experience. We got this feedback from our academic staff. So that's why for those countries which are not on the list of accepted countries, we do require the English language test. And so for the IHE test, then the required score is the total 6 and the minimum score for writing should also be 6. And then for the TOEFL test, we require the score of 80. There's now for the TOEFL test, also the IBT home edition, because some applicants say we can't do the tests in our country, but please check at the TOEFL website if you can do the home edition test, because that's also acceptable. So these are the main tests that we accept. And you may have many years of work experience, or I think your English is very good, but we really need this as a proof then. And that's just because of the many years of experience we have, this list is composed. So thank you, Enoch. I think with that answer, you answered quite a lot of questions that were asked. So hopefully everyone can find their way to the English tests if they require it for your country. Let me see what else, because there's quite a lot of questions that we can bundle up. Maybe work experience, Enoch, is it a requirement to... Nice timing, Enoch. Is work experience a requirement of being able to study at IHE? No, it's just an asset. It's not a strict requirement. We have... Most of our students do have work experience, but we also accept young graduates. Of course, you should have obtained your degree before you start the study, before also the financial confirmation deadline, but you can also apply as a young graduate. And often students have also done some work during their studies or some other activities related to the programme. Then it's good to stress that also in the application form. You can mention that in the CV. Okay. Thanks very much. And maybe, Laszlo, a question for you. Could you maybe talk a little bit more about the tracks and profiles? Because I do see a lot of people are a little bit confused about that. Okay. Let me see. I'm trying to find the slide. Yes. Okay. Can you show the slide? What is there? These are the so-called thematic tracks, water, food and energy, water, hazards, risk and climate, water and health and water resources and ecosystem health. So these are the four tracks. Well, you see that this is thematically defining already some kind of a direction. But if we go to the next slide, you see that in each of those tracks, there are several profiles and I would say that it's even better if we go to this one where the profiles are shown. So these are disciplinary profiles. Some tracks have only engineering mentioned. Some others where there are more links to hydrology than it is engineering and hydrology, governance and management, environment, sanitation and digital innovation. And I would add that there are tracks where it is called digital innovation and hydroinformatics. So that shows that what can be the content, but you can also find, by the way, all these on the website, but you see that there are different modules linked to the tracks. However, as it was also shown by Professor Graham Dewitt in the video, I would say that there are possibilities that within one track to choose the different modules, and this is just an example to be shown here that, well, a certain kind of water and health module setup or student trajectory is shown here, but as it was also mentioned that there is an opportunity to choose modules from the different tracks, not only from the profiles, but also from different tracks. So what you see here is another example which is choosing some modules from the water food and energy and from the water resources and ecosystem health depending on the background. And, well, just joining to the previous question that the work experience is not really needed, but it can be also the case that based on the work experience somebody is already interested in different things from the different thematic tracks and the different district winery profiles. So that's why we show also this example and these are exactly the things what we also discussed before to be developed together with the coaches who are, well, familiar with the entire program, more details are known by them, knowing also your potential ideas about your future career and so on. So if there is a very good personal relationship formulated between the coach and the student, then it will be quite a fruitful work. Okay, thanks. And maybe could you name say one or two examples maybe of different kinds of backgrounds and then what would likely be a path of application for which tracks to buy for. I know it's on a case-by-case basis, but for example, with a BSc in chemistry, what would be likely? Yeah, I've seen also in the chat that there was a question. Yes, exactly. I don't make up these things myself. Wow, of course in the sanitary field I would say that it has quite some role. So here we see again the profiles. So in sanitation, I really see the opportunity for that. However, also in the environment, there can be also some links to that. So that there is opportunities for that. Well, another thing which is quite new on our website by the way, I have to call your attention. If you have visited our website long time ago then maybe you have not seen that there are also keywords added to the different tracks and profiles. So for instance, if I'll just go back to my own field, if somebody is interested in irrigation engineering, you also find of course in the engineering area, you can find your interesting modules, but also since irrigation engineering is also related on the management side. So irrigation management is an important issue in there. And some modules from governance and management can be also chosen and so on. Well, of course, if somebody is interested in environmental impact assessments of different engineering activities, which are, well, almost every country those are obligatory things what you have to do, then certainly a good mixture of environment and engineering or engineering and hydrology is also a good idea. Now just to mention a few examples and also governance and management is also an important role and nowadays getting even more important how to manage our engineering systems which are already existing so that those are all interesting elements. Certainly those who are interested in water supply or in other parts of hydraulic engineering can also find in the water and health areas and in the engineering profile of that one interesting things towards water supply. On the other hand, flood management can be also mentioned. Well, I can list for quite a long time but it seems that well, maybe there are other questions coming up. Yeah, but there is indeed a lot of different possibilities with this setup and different backgrounds that can join IHE's program and then build their own sort of path throughout the education. I have quite a straightforward question maybe for Inneke, is there an age limitation for our master program? No, there is not. No, everybody can apply but certain scholarship programs may have an age limit. Okay, I thought that straightforward question with a very straightforward answer and also related to scholarships then also for you Inneke, somebody applied to one of the programs but probably not a program, probably a track they mean but the scholarship doesn't cover this and I want to change to another program that the scholarship covers. Is it allowed to do that? So can a person once they apply change their application? Yeah, the best is then that they send an email to Mali's I think that they received an admission letter from Mrs. Mali's bubble rec. So they can write an email to her and then it needs to be checked of course if the background is suitable. It's still, of course, applicants indicate their preferred track and profile but after the meeting with the coach it can still be changed but indeed for certain scholarships they are only available for certain tracks and profiles so then you can understand but of course if your background is not in this field of that track and profile the applicant may have to think if they really want to go for that because there may be better opportunities for other scholarships if they are more interested in that other track and profile so don't just change to the track and profile for which there is just one scholarship available if your background is not much in line with that track and profile. Okay, that does clear things up I think. I have a question that I'm not sure who is for I think it might be for Laszlo but no, that's not the one I wanted to show. This one is the ECTS for this master program are lower than is required for a PhD entry so then is it advisable that students wait for the research master to start? I think Laszlo this might be for you. Well unfortunately we do not start the research master so under the Water and Sustainable Development master programs we are going to have this one year more practical master and that's what we are talking about now starting in 2022 but the research master will start later so it is planned for 2023 to start the research master will be two years long and indeed that's the aim basically that those who are more interested in going on with PhD research afterwards or would like to choose more an academic track in their life or trajectory in their life they are supposed to enter the two year master program so if you are going to apply for a PhD somewhere where they are checking and requiring a certain number of European credits then I would suggest that you can wait for the research master which is starting in 2023 Okay thanks I hope that clears it up another practical question I think also again for you Inika can a national ID suffice for scholarship application or is it a must to have a passport? It can suffice for application at IHE so for application for admission a scholarship I know for the Orange Knowledge Program a passport is required and for other scholarships I just don't know you just have to check on the website but do apply for admission with your ID Okay thank you and maybe this is also quite a straightforward question for you Laslo could you talk about the approximate staff to student ratio at IHE so how many lecturing staff do we have with about how many MSc students? Well I've seen this question in the chat and to be honest I was a little bit confused about the last part of the question that of the classes I think let's just take it as the whole program and all of the students and all of the teaching staff Well at IHE we also have PhD students so the master students and the PhD students and we have well full time and part time staff also at IHE and as it was mentioned also in your discussion with Charlotte that we have a lot of guest lecturers as well working in our programs who are also experts from their own specific fields from all around the world so looking at the number of staff well I'm just working from my memory so I'm not 100% sure that it will be very exact but I think our staff is around 170 persons something like that but not all this includes perhaps also the academic staff and the support staff as well the academic staff I would guess it can be around 120 or something like that also including the part time lecturers as well and the student number is around 200 when it goes up to the top including the joint programs as well in the master level of course plus we have the PhD students as well which is I have to mention that quite uniquely high in the field of water so if we look at even big universities all around the world and if you concentrate on water related PhD students IHE is also quite high in that number that means something but if it is related to the classroom of course it depends from module to module and how the modules are elected but I would say that there are some modules and some parts of the master programs where there are bigger groups so let's say 50-60 students in one lecture room but most probably these modules what we have now not talking about the common modules at the beginning and at the end of the program but the specific ones the profile modules those will run around 15-25 students something like that yeah and I have to mention that working in communications what I hear from students very often is that the quite high ratio of lecturers to students at the institute that's something very special because they can it's very easy to connect with lecturers and professors and we're quite a small scale institute in that sense that personal contact is really one of our unique kind of points and I can strengthen that even during the Covid times now this was going quite easily because we were all available online Skype meetings were done also when we had to stay at home and when the lecturers were also working in home office plus there is another important thing is that interdisciplinarity of also the staff so from all different aspects of water you can find and then it means that not only your lecturer from the classroom but all other lecturers from different fields can be easily reached in IHE so that's indeed what I can also say as the students also were referring to that to you Laura yeah so I have quite a few questions in the chat about specific backgrounds and whether people can or cannot apply maybe I can just because we are almost at the end of our hour we can just quickly run through them or we can just show them well this is about the English exam but it also asks if they're eligible to apply with a Bachelor of Science in Irrigation and Drainage with an upper-class from University of Rwanda maybe for you Inika yes that you can surely that seems to be a suitable background but for Rwanda we do require English test if you are employed then and you can arrange your employer statement I surely advise you to apply for the OKP scholarship but you do need to do the English test so it's important we need to have the results before the 15th of March so if you meet all the other requirements then advise you to register as soon as possible to do the English test and then apply for OKP scholarship there are quite some good possibilities once you have passed the English test you have a suitable background then quite some good possibilities to get a scholarship it's something you have to invest in and we understand it's very expensive for students from developing countries if you are not yet sure if you will be awarded the scholarship that's we understand it but we need to have this requirement OK then maybe one for Luslow which track and profile would you advise a geologist interested in groundwater to pursue yeah that's also an interesting question and I started to look at my list of the modules I saw that in the chat as well that you picked that one so I would say that the water resources and ecosystem health track with the profile of engineering and hydrology that has several modules just to mention a few surface water and groundwater flow dynamics because they was also mentioned that special interest in groundwater hydrochemistry and hydrological tracers are also quite something in the field of groundwater modeling but the next module is actually in deep groundwater modeling so there are several things related to that related to hydrology of course well that those are also linked to ecosystems somehow so there can be also some other environmental profile modules also be chosen together with that so it can be a nice interesting program yeah okay thanks a lot and then maybe another one this one bachelor of engineering somebody has that in mechanical engineering are they qualified for the program considering that their interest is in engineering and hydrology I think this one is quite straightforward I think maybe even I could answer it's a little bit difficult to answer because mechanical engineering is a different focus and well also well just to go back to referring back to my own field several times mechanical engineers who have studied agricultural machinery those are not very much linked to water so then we had this kind of applications before and well I would say that when it is about mechanical engineering the special it will be discussed or checked in the application material how much link is there towards water now for instance this is something which can be interesting to have some practical experience so if there is a mechanical engineer working in the field of water engineering or water management or something like that then the practical experience can well I would say correct in the background somehow towards our direction but it is difficult to answer this question now it would be better to see the full application material or at least the transcript and the background of the particle applications okay thanks Laszlo and I think we are running out of time but I do think we can maybe go overboard a few more minutes because I have three very practical questions I think these are for Enoch and two are quite similar one of them is this one the okp scholarship deadline is 22 March and requires a LOA letter of admission yes exactly that's what I thought since but the admission deadline is one July will IHE issue the letter of admission sooner than the IHE admission deadline yeah that is a question we often have it seems to be confusing the deadline of application in general is the first of July but deadlines for scholarships may be earlier so this is the deadline if someone can pay by himself or the employer then someone can apply until the first of July but you always if you depend on a scholarship you always have to check the scholarship deadlines so if you want to apply for the okp you have to apply in time before the 15th of March that's why we mentioned the 15th of March because then we receive your application in time and you can still apply for the okp scholarship and it's advisable to apply as soon as possible just to have enough time and if something is wrong with your application we may still ask you to give some additional information okay and then another practical question somebody has received a letter of application this year or admission this year but not gotten a scholarship is it possible to use the application for next year's application no we need to apply again for the new year and it will be considered again so that's and our final question is quite a long one somebody got a conditional admission for the MSc water management and governance are we opening it again this year no because now we have changed the old programs but you can find back many things of the water management and the governments program in the new master program so you just have to check read carefully the website and the information on the tracks and profiles and you'll sure you'll find a track and profile of your interest which can be compared to the water management and governance program okay I think we have gotten through well we haven't gotten through all of the questions because there's a lot of questions out there there's a lot and I think my colleague will still go through the questions that are still being asked and either update our frequently asked questions on the website or answer them directly so thank you for joining me here I hope I will see you tomorrow afternoon for another session for the other time zone and have a good day thank you so thank you viewers for watching this webinar please do apply if you are interested in the master program and don't worry too much about if you get the perfect application in the sense of tracks because they will still be able to be changed when you actually apply and when you talk when you're guided through the application of your final education so thanks very much for watching and thank you to all my colleagues who participated and I hope to see you at IHE next year bye bye