Humanitarian Engineering (MSc/PGDip/PGCert/PGA)

University of Warwick

Warwick's IATL Humanitarian Engineering spans a broad range of disciplines and is ideal for those looking to explore all the professional and disciplinary facets of humanitarian challenges. Available as a PGCert, MSc, PGDip and PGA, this course lets you fit your learning around your commitments.

Course Overview

Humanitarian Engineering is the use of science and engineering to invent, create, design, develop, or improve technologies that promote the wellbeing of communities facing grand humanitarian challenges.

Humanitarian Engineering spans a broad range of disciplines and is ideal for students who are looking to explore all the professional and disciplinary facets of humanitarian challenges.

The Postgraduate Award, Certificate and Diploma are specially designed to support professional development for those already working in the field or interested in humanitarian engineering. Making time for work, family, and friends is important, so take advantage of our flexibility. Each module runs over one week, meaning study can fit in around other commitments and is tailored to your personal interests or development requirements. You can select from as few as 2 modules, up to 8 modules, depending on the award you complete.

Teaching

Each module will run intensively over one week and will be taught by a variety of methods: seminar, lecture, field research, flipped classroom, journal club etc.

Assessment

The core modules are assessed in a variety of ways including essay, poster, presentation, artefact, student-devised assessment.

Skills from this degree

• Equipped to think and work in a problem- and solution-oriented way across the professional and disciplinary facets of humanitarian challenges
• Have a broad perspective and the ability to communicate with parties of different backgrounds
• Enhance critical thinking, reasoning and analytical abilities which are sought after by multilateral development institutions (e.g. World Bank, IMF, United Nations), NGOs and the private sector (e.g. professional services, manufacturing, and investment banking) or academia

Careers

A degree in Humanitarian Engineering will leave you well-placed to work with governments (e.g. ministries of finance, rural development, and education), multilateral development institutions (e.g. World Bank and United Nations), NGOs and the private sector (e.g. professional services and investment banking). You may also decide to pursue PhD studies.

Our department has a dedicated professionally qualified Senior Careers Consultant offering impartial advice and guidance together with workshops and events throughout the year. Previous examples of workshops and events include:

• Warwick careers fairs throughout the year
• Working for More than Profit sector event and careers fair
• Careers in the Creative Industries sector event
• Centrally run careers workshops including CVs, applications, interviews and assessment centres

Students can also exit with PGCert (9 months full time, 3 years part time), PGDip (9 months full time, 18 months part time) and PGA (part time - 9 months) awards.