 Welcome, everybody. We're so glad you could join us for our webinar where we discuss our one-year master program in water and sustainable development. If you're watching from YouTube or Facebook and you're logged in, then you have the opportunity to ask questions using the chat. So please use that if you have any questions about our program. But before you do that, please do introduce yourself and let us know where you're from because we always like to know who is watching and from around the world. Let me start by introducing myself. My name is Laura Kwak and I work in the communication office of IHE Delft. And I will be your webinar host today. My colleague Eibald Skok, he's also from the communication office. He's making sure that everything runs smoothly behind the scenes. He will be checking the chat and making sure that the most relevant and frequently asked questions are covered by our panel for us to cover later on. But feel free to already ask a question when it pops up and we will gather them. So helping me open this webinar is Charlotte. She's Professor of Hydraulic Engineering for Land and Water Development. But most importantly in this case, she is the Vice Rector of Academic and Student Affairs. So welcome, Charlotte, to this webinar. Glad you could be here. Yeah, I thought we would just kick it off with a conversation about studying at IHE and what that's like. So maybe could you mention a couple of top reasons why someone would want to study at IHE? Well, of course I can count a few, quite a number, but I think a really important one is if you're really passionate about water and if you're passionate about contributing to water and sustainable development, I think IHE Delft is a really nice place to start because I think there you get people with similar passions and ambitions, career ambitions. The other thing that is really, really nice at IHE Delft is the number of international students that are coming here. It's really a very international environment. So if you are in a classroom, it's easy to have all classmates of different countries and the country is mostly Africa, Asia, Latin America. So it's really international. You learn from each other. You build a great network and you inspire each other. So it's a really international environment which I really, from day to day, I still appreciate that. Yeah, me too. And besides it being super international, I think it's also a multi-disciplinary environment because we have sort of water subjects, a broad spectrum of them being taught at IHE. Could you maybe talk about that a little bit? Yeah, yeah, indeed. I mean, we have near all disciplines related to water under one roof here. And of course, I mean, water challenges and water problems are never single disciplinary. I mean, there's always for tackling complex water issues, you always need to draw upon different disciplines like multi-disciplinary or interdisciplinary. And in our education, we really pay attention to the multi-disciplinary. So you can, you know, because there's so many disciplines in the building, you can really learn from other disciplines working at the same problem, the same water issues, but also interdisciplinary so that people from different disciplines are working together, tackling a certain water related challenge. Yeah, so almost. Go ahead. So it's indeed in the classroom, but of course, also when you're walking through the corridors and doing projects and assignments, you will meet a lot of people from different disciplines. Okay, and something of something else that our students have in common, I think, or maybe not all of them, but a lot of our students, they're mid-career professionals. Can you explain what that does in terms of being educated together? Well, you know, of course, you can learn from each other and you can learn about other experiences. So for example, if you're learning about a certain theory, you can immediately apply it. You can immediately relate to that and also other people can relate to that. So if you do group work and everybody comes with some experience that they can share, I think that really enriches the education and the learning at IHE. And apart from just the students at IHE, we also have quite a number of great lecturing colleagues. Could you maybe talk about them a little bit? Yeah, yeah, we have actually quite, we are proud of our staff. We have quite good people. There are people who are actually quite well known in their field. They get prizes, like, well, even last week, we had a professor who got recognized for with a Life Achievement Award International. And so that is, of course, very, very nice. And that shows that people are really well known in their fields, experts in their field. So yeah, I mean, I can also add, I mean, if we're talking about people teaching, it's not only our own staff, it's not only IHE staff, but we have a lot of guest lecturers as well. And they come from the industry, they come from this field experience, and they bring yet another aspect of the particular discipline or this particular topic in. So we draw also a lot on guest lecturers, and some of them are also quite well known in their field. Yeah, indeed. And I think when you come to IHE Delft, of course, you're then living in and around Delft. Could you share with us kind of how that enriches the experience as well? It's a very nice town. It's an old, it's a relatively small town with a historic center. So it's really, it's a touristy town. So, but it's also a student town. So you see a lot of students around. Of course, we have the TU Delft here and are some other colleges. So there's a lot of facilities also for students. It's lively. There's a lot of restaurants, bars, and cafes. So it's a nice lively town. And fortunately now we are opening up again after Corona. So that really brings a different atmosphere in. And plus, I mean, I should say that it's also very centrally located in the Netherlands. And we have good train. So in two hours you're in Brussels, in three hours you're in Paris. And also to England, to Britain, there are trains. So it's also easy to go around. It's centrally located. It's safe. It's a lovely town. Yeah. And a great way to explore Europe further indeed. I think I've asked all the questions I want to ask. But do you have some, maybe some last words for those people who are thinking about studying with us? Well, if you're passionate about water, if you want to contribute to water and development, sustainable development. And if you really enjoy meeting new people, international people from all over international, and you enjoy the international environment, then I think IG is the place for you. And of course be prepared to work hard. Yes. That also. Yeah. But no, a lot of fun. Okay, Charlotte, thank you very much for taking the time to open this meeting with me. And have a great day. Thank you. Thank you for inviting me. Thanks. Okay. Bye-bye. So for the rest of the time that we have, we have an hour approximately. Just now I will show a video by Professor Graham Jewett. He's our professor of hydrology. And he walks us through some of the aspects of this new master program, the one year master. After that is done. I will be introducing our panel, who consists of two people, Enika Maylis. She's our senior fellowship and admission officer. So she deals with getting you admitted into the program. And also Laszlo Hayde. He's a senior lecturer in irrigation engineering, but more importantly for this webinar, he's also the program manager of the MSc program in water and sustainable development, the program that we are discussing today. So without further ado, I will switch on the video. Water 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 enmeshed 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 Graeme 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 MVO. 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've 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 fieldwork in group projects. In fact, this philosophy of interdisciplinary underpins the program. We have rarely looked at the structuring 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. So you 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 plants. 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 leg. 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's 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're 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 may 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. IG Delft is quite a small institute but we have a very large reputation. At IG 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 IG 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 IG 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. Yes, I am here. So I was talking but I'll start over again so I've now brought our panel on screen, Les Loheide and Inika Maylis. So welcome to this panel, they'll be able to answer your questions, many of them. Maybe Inika, we can start with you. Can you maybe walk us through the registration process? Yes, thank you, Laura. Yes, the students have to start looking at the website and see what the programme is about and prepare their application very well. So what's the background, what work are you doing and what are your future plans and what is the programme with the different tracks and profiles. So think really what you want and then you go to the place at the website where you find the information about the admission requirements and the application and also go through that very well and prepare your documents in advance and then you see there a button and that's apply now and when you click there you can create a user account and then you first will be requested to fill in your personal data prior education and work experience and then you select the study programme and in the application form there are five motivation questions which you have to answer and you have to indicate your preferred track and profile and then you have to upload all your documents and submit your application and then upon receipt we will see if you can be admitted and you will be informed within four weeks. Okay, thanks very much and I know there are currently a lot of scholarship opportunities open. Could you maybe tell us a little bit about that Inneke? Yes indeed. There are many opportunities for scholarship at the moment which are open. So the Orange Knowledge Programme, OKP and the deadline is the 15th of March. There you should be from an eligible country so you can find that on the website if your country is eligible for OKP and then for OKP there are also other requirements so you have to read carefully if you meet those requirements like one important one is that you need to be employed and that your employer has to confirm paying your salary while you're studying and then you have to prepare your application carefully and then we strongly advise you to apply for it because if you have a good application there's quite a good chance for being awarded the scholarship. Then we also have Rotary Scholarships, that line is 15th of April and the Rotary Scholarships are only available for the tracks water and health and water resources and ecosystem health and then we have also from students from Sahel, MENA and SIDS countries they can apply and the deadline is the 1st of May and we have to join Japan World Bank Scholarship Programme which hasn't opened yet that will open at the end of March and the deadline is the 27th of May and you may already read about it on the website and see what are the requirements so that you can also prepare yourself well for it and then there are many more other scholarships opportunities you can find it on the website and you can also pay the course yourself or your employer and you're also advised to search yourself for other opportunities which are not mentioned on the website which may be specifically there for your country and even if you can't find anything we advise you to submit an application for admission because sometimes through the year there come new scholarships and then we look into the list of applicants who have been admitted so that may also happen so if you are interested in the program and meet the admission criteria we strongly advise you to apply for admission. Okay and we have a question coming in also about scholarship can someone from the Dutch side of St. Martin with the Dutch passport can she come in for duo financing as a Dutch citizen? That's best that you inquire with duo I think then that is that is possible but duo is also alone of course and the fees we use the regular fees which are quite high compared to the tuition fee at the Dutch universities for Dutch students but I advise you to check that with duo and see what are the requirements. Okay thanks so Brianna please check that yourself. Laszlo turning to you could you maybe talk a little bit about what happens before you come to IHE Delft I heard in the video I heard coaches mentioned I heard prep courses could you maybe explain a little bit? Yes thank you Laura for this very interesting question and it's important as it was also mentioned by Professor Graham Jewitt that the coaching is indeed the key feature of our new program can you please show my slide and which is explaining a little bit that thing yeah exactly so that's that is also mentioning that when you start your studying or even before actually when there are financially admitted students so that means that also the financial conditions of the the fee coverage is already solved then each students are getting in contact with the coaches the coaches are helping and supporting the students to setting their own learning goals and as you can see on this slide also there is a portfolio also to be developed by the students and that is reflecting also how the the goals and the career ambitions are analyzed by the students themselves and also assesses the progress and building of the portfolio and so on together with the students but also there is an important thing that if it comes out during those discussions even before you arrive to IHE that we are developing preparatory courses you can see a list here nine preparatory courses actually actually on different topics and if there is some need for your studies in the field what you have selected you would like to check or develop your basic knowledge for that particular direction then these preparatory courses can help in that. Okay good to hear and also I heard in the video that there are modules and also mixed weeks could you maybe show and tell a little bit about those? Yes exactly also on this slide you see that how the the program is built up actually so the elements of the program there are the track modules and also in between the tech track modules you can also see the mixed weeks. Mixed weeks have basically three objectives or three different parts one is that after two modules the first few days of the week are spent for the examinations of those modules before then the second part is to develop a certain kind of trans interdisciplinary skills basically so I would say that transdisciplinary skills to be developed and so on which are practiced the modules afterwards so the theoretical basis let me just tell you a couple of examples critical reading presentation skills reading the literature in a critical way scientific writing these kind of things are the skills but we are also thinking about this really needs for master students and those are developed during those weeks theoretically and then practiced in the coming modules afterwards and the third element of those mixed weeks is basically having contact with the coaches and working on the portfolio development as mentioned before. Okay thank you that's a very clear answer looking at the questions coming in there is something about oh yeah there's this question maybe I will take this away and show the question on screen so Inika I think this is for you is it possible to apply for this MSc while waiting for graduation at an undergraduate level? Yes that is possible if you're but you should then be about to graduate this year so you need to be graduated before August and we need a proof then that you will be graduating but that is possible most of the applicants have graduated and are mid-career professionals but there are also some young graduates we have that every year and that's possible. Okay thanks another question is about age limits are there any age limits for our program? No there are no age limits for applying and being academically admitted but scholarships providers they may often have an age limit so that's that's what you have to check them but if you will be paying yourself or your employer then then it's possible. And I'm going to show the rest of the question on screen and maybe that's something for Laszlo to talk about because the background is in laboratory science, water quality control and public health and if they if they are eligible for these courses or for this master program? Well I would say that we have one track which is water and health also having sanitation as a profile in that one so it seems to me that if you have a bachelor of science level diploma already then I think it might be possible for you but of course this has to be worked out in the application material so that well there are several things asked so I would say it's difficult to give a direct answer that yes you can be eligible yes of course I would say but well depending on the the background the study background and also the professional background if there is any practical experience and as you mentioned there is so that that can be an option so I would say it's better to to fill the application materials and then we'll see. Okay thanks and that brings me to another point for you maybe Laszlo about the tracks and profiles what are they? Yeah okay then let's go back a little bit to our slides and these are the tracks so we have the thematic tracks and the disciplinary profiles so the four thematic tracks those are water food and energy water hazards risk and climate water and health and water resources and ecosystem health and when we are talking about profiles within all those tracks there are different profiles which are coming up and those are engineering and hydrology governance and management environment sanitation and digital innovation actually these are disciplinary profiles now that does not mean that even if you are choosing a track and the profile which we also require through the application process to name one track and one profile it does not necessarily mean that you have to stick to that one what you have chosen at the beginning stick to that one all along your studies so also well based on the discussions with your coaches and also working out your portfolio and your personal goals career ambitions during the discussions with the coaches there are different ways that you can follow one track and maybe one profile or even a different profile modules all along the one track studies but I can also show another example here so for instance choosing modules from one track and maybe two different profiles and choosing the rest of the modules from another track depending on the interest depending on the career ambitions as it was already mentioned so this gives quite a great variety and flexibility in building up the the learning trajectory what is designed for one particular student okay that's that's quite clear and a follow-up question that was asked is and I will remove this so we can see you again are there limited slots for each track and is it possible to change your applied track upon discussion with your coach I think you mentioned it briefly but just to be safe and yeah yeah exactly so that's the issue that while it has to be discussed with the coaches not not only within the track or inside the track but also possible to choose some topics some modules from another track as well so there is quite really a large flexibility opportunity in the program okay thanks that's really really clear um and I think some people are aware that we are also having a two-year master program oh this is not the one I wanted to show the two-year master program under development because a question is is it possible to change the one-year master to a two-year master well it's a difficult question and the reason why is it difficult that well you might have recognized on our website Alireza that we are not starting the two-year master program now so I would say what there are still discussions going on on this and the conditions have to be worked out so there are quite some restrictions but theoretically it is possible however the one-year master program is starting right now in this year I mean in October but the two-year master program is not starting this year we are still developing that one and starting it in 2023 so if you really would like to move from the one-year program to the two-year program then you will have a time gap so some kind of a time difference here so that that's why it is very difficult to answer this question theoretically it is possible practically this time it is rather difficult yes okay that's also very clear and then a very important question but I think we've covered it is it really one-year for an msc program yes it is yes that's the short answer the longer one was partly included in the presentation of professor Graham Jewitt also that this will be a very intensive program so maybe I can tell you that well I usually tell it to the students coming in and the first days that here in IHE we try to keep you busy and that is specifically valid so that's well especially valid for this one-year program that we really have to keep you busy there there are no breaks no summer break the program goes continuously all along the year from the beginning to the end including the research part everything so that means you have to be very highly motivated to join IHE for sure and I here have a question for Inneke is it allowed to apply in case someone doesn't have an ibt or ielts but is fluent in English applying for admission is always possible without the English test so everybody can can already apply when they do not have the English test and if applicants meet all the admission requires they may receive a conditional admission error but it is required to get the final admission so it's important if you are going to apply for a scholarship then before the scholarship deadline you need to have this unconditional admission so therefore it's important to register to do the English test if your country is required to submit an English test with the application and I just showed another question that you have answered is it possible to present the English language certificate later and you said yes and this is another question about the English proficiency is it possible but it's not after the financial admission it's it's part of the the academic mission process so if someone applies then it's a conditional admission yes so you have to have it done before you are actually allowed to join and this question here is it possible to apply by using English proficiency from university now there's the English requirements are on on the website there is a list with countries which are exempted and if your country is not on that list you are required to do the English language test so even if your university writes a statement because we have this is the experience that it's required for those countries even if they may have followed the bachelor in English okay and I think some more questions about applying if my transcript is not on the US or British scale do you have any official means of conversion or validation that I can use there's always on the transcript there there is usually an explanation of the mark so you have to when you apply you have to upload the transcript with also the translation of the marks and we have a list of all countries and we can see what is then the minimum required GPA for admission okay this one may be for a less slow and interesting question will there be lots of group work projects presentations definitely yes so I also mentioned those skills which we are also developing those are including presentation skills group work is among them there is also a special module so also in the different modules in the different topics there are also some things some assignments what you have to solve in groups but also there are some specific projects what is designed for group work actually it will be an interdisciplinary project so then also the groups are formulated in an interdisciplinary way so that yes there will be a lot of group and presentations are also required by the students and so on okay thank you and there are quite a few questions about how people's backgrounds match up with with what we offer so for example this one does someone with a master of engineering in civil engineering working in the transport sector stand a chance of being selected well theoretically yes civil engineering is is an important background study for our programs well the transport sector is just your working experience but as it was mentioned by Inneke before that even without the work experience somebody can apply so if you were very good in your studies in civil engineering especially in the water related subjects in your studies then there is a chance and well of course you have to write a nice motivation letter why would you like to change from the field of transportation transport design and so on development towards water related topics but yes it is possible okay thank you and I see it quite an interesting question that we haven't had before the years after graduation what kind of job opportunities and visa admissions are available to foreigners I think this is from someone who wants to work in the Netherlands so who would be able to answer this one well I know that for the visa I can mention that if you have graduated in the Netherlands with a master degree then you can apply for a third year visa so this is a special visa and then you have the opportunity to stay for one year in the Netherlands to serve for a job so this is what I know but Laszlo can tell more about the type of jobs available in this field yeah first of all I don't know where you are from I mean but the the the thing is that most of our students are coming from least developed or developing countries and the main objective of IHE is also to train those students to go back to their country and and work for their country and develop the knowledge of others in their country so that is the main objective of our work at IHE so basically well that's that's why it is an interesting question that looking for job opportunities in the Netherlands that was answered by Inaker that while the visa issues and so on but on the other hand if you are interested at what are the job opportunities after finishing IHE then I would say that we have quite a big alumni network and we are following also the well the the carriers of the alumni and what we can recognize is that most of the people when they are returning with their diploma from IHE they have quite good jobs and also some promotion even in their present jobs or before jobs and that is going quite quickly well then I can also add such kind of interesting details that it happened in the past that we had four ministers in the field of water all around the world at the same time who were IHE alumni so that that is also giving you an idea that well maybe if you would like to graduate from IHE then you can also become a minister not everybody that graduates from IHE becomes a minister but there is the opportunity there so I think you've also answered the question that I've just shown about navigating and discovering areas of work and impact after the program indeed by using our alumni community as a big factor. Yeah and actually we also have several discussions and the portfolio development is also related to that one so lifelong learning is basically an important issue for our study programs as well so then we try to include also the skill development and also additional things what we are discussing and also the wideness the broadness of the different fields which are included in the program also serving that. Okay nice question here. Laszlo mentions that selected students will be matched with a coach when does this usually start and how long will it take? Well when somebody is financially admitted then the the coaches are informed that there is a student in certain fields that who is financially admitted already and then within a couple of weeks I would say the coach will take contact online with the student and start to discuss the objectives the learning objectives the selected track selected profile whether that one is really matching the best with the goals of the student and if there are well additional studies needed or the preparatory course is needed then and that will be also discussed so I would say that as soon as somebody is financially admitted these discussions are starting and obviously they will keep contact with the coach even all along with the studies. Yeah okay clear. I have a question with the last word in another statement because it was misspelled I'm currently working in the wastewater industry how could this program be beneficial to my current job and how much will it cost it's supposed to say cost? So maybe the first part the wastewater industry Laszlo you can talk about that. Yeah well of course there is a disciplinary profile which is existing in several tracks and that's actually the well let me check no not in well not in different tracks but actually in one track the water food and energy no sorry the water and health yeah the water and health track has a sanitation profile in that profile I see the really opportunities for you that it seems to me that it can be beneficial if you look at those modules and well I have to mention that on our website several details of the different tracks and profiles are already available so you can read a lot even about the module content of several modules so I suggest you to study those and that can be really beneficial for your job and how much that costs maybe Ineke can talk about a bit. Yeah the cost for a one-year program so the fees and then it's including insurance and cost for the residence permit that's around 20 000 euro and then besides you have the cost of living for the 12 months so that's around 10 000 euros for a year okay and then of course the flight tickets and some some other transportation costs but you find all the cost on the website also that you can look more in detail and following up about costs do you have to pay all the fee before being financially admitted or are there a possibility for installments? The tuition fee needs to be paid before the program starts there's a certain deadline that it needs to be paid and after that has been paid or you have a confirmed scholarship then we start making all the arrangements for the visa and arranging you're coming to the Netherlands. Okay and then there's quite a lot of questions still here and we're running out of time so I'm going to pick the most important ones is it possible to apply for PhD after this program is over? Maybe Loslo you can explain that? Yeah well applying PhD where that's the question from my side then yes there are different places institutions universities all around the world where you can apply for PhD definitely you have to check the conditions and the requirements of those places where you are applying for that but here I would like to mention that while also it was also touched before that we shall have a two-year program and that is the one which is more towards the research direction so those who would like to go further for academic career or research direction and applying for a PhD later they will have the opportunity also to go for the two-year program which is called research master the title will be the same so research master in water and sustainable development that will be the two-year program that is more aiming for going for a PhD but depending on the requirements depending on the place where you would like to apply it is possible. Okay moving on I see a question are there any restrictions to apply for scholarship if I'm working in a humanitarian organization? I think Inika this one is for you. It depends on the on the on the sponsor you're looking for I know for the Orange Knowledge Program then students working for an international NGO are not eligible but for other sponsors I don't know each sponsor has its own requirement so it's important to check with all the the sponsor what are the requirements to find out if you are eligible. Okay and then another question I think also for you Inika is there a way to get in touch with the alumni community but also Laszlo can answer Ifina or maybe I can answer because I work at the communication office and yay I can answer a question I wasn't expecting that but we have an alumni officer at the communication office and she manages a lot of country alumni groups so if you're from a certain country and you want to discuss what life is like at IHE and how difficult things are or what kind of future prospects there are then do reach out to her her name is Maria Laura Sorrentino you can find her on our website and she will be able to connect you with the correct alumni community for you. But it's interesting Laura I have recognized that one of my present students at IHE is also present in our webinar now and I have seen already an answer given by him or a suggestion given by him recognizing that there is a country fellow also being in the in the chat so that was also quite a nice example that also present students can be reached directly so that's maybe even a better and more direct getting information. Okay yes nice nice addition to that. There is a question that has less to do with this master program that we're discussing but are there any available PhD programs at IHE Delfts? Yes of course well we also have master programs we also have PhD programs no undergraduate level programs but we have several online and short courses as well so this is the portfolio of IHE Delft if you like so yes there are PhD programs and the application opportunities and the application process is also described on the website. And post PhD program I don't think we have that but we do have post PhD opportunities I think sometimes. Postdoc programs program we don't have but different research projects and while other activities going on which might have the opportunity to advertise postdoc positions but that is basically position based and specific requirements working in that direction of the project. Okay thank you very much let me see there's a question about the coaches whether the coach stays with you throughout the whole program. Yes the idea is so yes. Okay very straightforward answer and I think this one is for Inika I can get my IELTS degree in three months later can this person give it in June 2022 I think it's already been slightly discussed. I think we already discussed it's you can apply for admission without the English test if you don't have it available right now but then you will get a conditional admission and for scholarship it's required to have an unconditional admission so you have to look at the scholarship deadline if you have certain scholarship in mind if you intend to pay the the fees by yourself then the deadline for submitting the English test results is the same as the financial confirmation deadline so the same deadline you have to prove that you will pay the course fees. Okay this question that I have now is related I think also to something we already discussed is it possible to join the research master after this program or does a person have to start from scratch I think you did already cover it less low but maybe just shortly making sure that everybody understands. Yeah well there was a similar question indeed about this the only problem is that the research master is not starting this year so actually the the one year master program is starting in October 2022 and we start the two year research master in 2023. Now if somebody has finished the one year program and is going to apply for the research master afterwards actually I cannot really answer that question at the moment now because the the research master requirements are still under development now but most probably I would say that well several things can be accepted in involved or exempted some modules and some things so it's difficult to answer it now but theoretically I see the possibility for that. And I'm guessing that the answer will become clearer once the research master actually starts. Yes obviously. So it might be worth your while to wait for the research master to start before you go for the one year master. I think we have time for two more questions is there some sort of support network which could help graduated students from the program to articulate from their countries in order to help tackle similar water related problems this is I'm going to interpret this question as is it possible to connect with other alumni once you've graduated to discuss similar water related problems or yeah I think this again goes back to the alumni community. Yes it seems to me as well so I'm also having some difficulty to understand that but it looks like to get in touch with graduated students I would say that this is going towards the alumni community and well of course as it was discussed that we try to keep contact with our students even there is Maria Laura who is dealing with that so there is an opportunity and you can get in contact with the alumni network through IHE so that is possible as Laura explained before. And I think to mention two other things we also have sort of we working together with Josh's water jobs who publishes a lot of water related jobs around the world so there's that connection and also we have quite a close connection with the water youth network that we've worked with and many of the people in there are our alumni as well so there are opportunities once you come to IHE to keep connected even after graduation actually that's one of our strong points compared to other universities. I am going to show one more question my background is in soil and water resource management can you apply on MSc on hydrology? So Loslo this one I think is for you. Soil and water resource management well of course I would be really interested to see your transcript what topics and what subjects were included in your studies before but at the moment I would say yes so soil and water resource management well water resource management is definitely in strong link with hydrology and also we have one of the tracks is water resources and ecosystem health but also in the other tracks there are several hydrology related directions or disciplinary profiles so I see the opportunity and while looking at soil it goes to agricultural water use and so on so then towards irrigation that is also possible so yes there are different directions I think you can go for. Okay and then maybe to end up with because we are almost out of time I'm going to show this one which is maybe not so much a question but it's a nice positive note to end on great to attend this presentation I'm more inspired to apply for the program I'm from Mexico in the middle of an exacerbated water crisis caused by irregular urban growth in a drylands ecosystems thank you a lot hopefully see you in the Institute. So I hope that all of our viewers are equally inspired to apply and we look forward to receiving all of your applications. Inika and Loslo thank you very much for attending this and have a nice evening goodbye thanks bye bye and all the rest of you watching from around the world it was great to have you here we look forward to receiving your applications and if you have any further questions please do reach out to us either by sending us an email or through our social media channels we look forward to seeing you at IHE goodbye everybody