An integrative approach to curriculum development approach: European master programe development in advanced water treatment and desalination engineering

Abstract

In this paper a collaborative experience towards the development of a new joint master degree is presented. The design of the curriculum has as main pillars: a) to provide an interdisciplinary view and approach to advanced water treatment solutions, and b) the development of the curriculum is done according to the new challenges for Higher Education in Europe, therefore providing references of good practices with this respect. The experience is worth to be shared as in an immediate future the expected collaboration among Higher Education Institutions in Europe is to increase if an integrated and high quality Higher Education Area is to be developed. To this aim the Water Reuse and Desalination Engineering (WaRDE) project is presented in this paper.