Pre-enrolment 2024/2025
GENERAL INFORMATION
  • Name of course :
    HYDRAULICS OF AQUIFERS AND WATER CATCHMENTS
  • Qualification awarded:
    Curs Superior Universitari (Degree Universitat Barcelona)
  • Number of credits:
    10,00
  • Centre responsible :
    Faculty of Earth Sciences
  • Length of course (in academic years):
    1
  • Mode of delivery (face-to-face/ blended/ distance):
    Blended
MANAGEMENT:

  • Soler Gil, Albert

  • Vázquez Suñé, Enric

This postgraduate course forms part of the master's degree or postgraduate degree
RECOMMENDED APPLICANT PROFILES AND ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS:

University degree holders:
- Bachelor's degree in engineering or architecture in civil, industrial, chemical, environmental, forestry, mining and agricultural areas.
- Bachelor's degree in environmental, chemical, physical, biological or geological sciences.
- Advanced engineering or architecture degree in civil, industrial, chemical, environmental, forestry, mining and agricultural areas.
- Technical degree or diploma in environmental, chemical, physical, biological or geological sciences.

Other qualifications: the body responsible for the master's degree will analyse the academic records of candidates who apply with a qualification other than those listed above.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES:

- To acquire an understanding of the hydrological cycle, know how to identify its components and recognize their relationship with groundwater.
- Expose the hydrometeorological parameters and calculate the water balance in the soil for the quantification of the recharge due to rain infiltration.
- Understand the fundamental concepts of underground hydrology, the movement of water on the ground, Darcy's Law, hydraulic gradient and conductivity, porosity and storage coefficient, plotting and interpretation of piezometric surfaces and flow networks, etc.
- Describe and interpret the movement of underground water and the response of an aquifer to pumping, obtaining the values of the parameters of the aquifer and of the catchments, calculation of pumping fields and interferences, design and preparation of hydraulic tests.

FURTHER INFORMATION OF INTEREST
  • Enrolment fee:
    • 1.388,89 €
    • An increase of 10% is applied to the price, up to a maximum of € 70, as administration fee
  • In-company placement(s):
    Yes (consult conditions with the course directors)
  • Date on which pre-enrolment begins:
    5/15/2024
  • Date on which pre-enrolment ends:
    9/15/2024
  • Classes begin:
    10/1/2024
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