Water Resource Engineering

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Overview

Focuses on managing water resources, designing supply systems, wastewater treatment and sustainable environmental practice.

On completion, graduates can

• Measure water quantity and quality and map surface and groundwater
• Plan, design, operate and maintain hydraulic structures and systems
• Apply watershed, wetland and river basin management
• Build climate resilience into water and river management
• Apply water system modelling

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Programme structure

Selected core modules.

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Entry requirements

• Class XII pass with at least 50% in each of Physics, Chemistry, Mathematics and English
• A pass in Dzongkha
• An entrance test, which every applicant sits
• Subject ability ratings (Class XII): Mathematics 5, Physics 5, Chemistry 4, English 3, any one other subject 1

Documents required: Citizenship Identity Card (CID), Class XII mark sheet and Class XII pass certificate. Admission details and dates

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Career opportunities

Career information for this programme will be added.

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Main facilities

• Structure and Concrete LabMaterials testing, concrete mix design, structural behaviour
• Highway / Soil Mechanics LabSoil properties, compaction, aggregates and asphalt
• Hydraulic LabFlow channels, pumps, pressure and energy loss
• Survey LabTotal stations, GPS, mapping and levelling
• Geology LabMinerals, rocks, fossils and geological structures
• Rock Mechanics LabRock strength, hardness and permeability
• Environmental LabWater and soil testing

Shared laboratories of the Civil and Environmental Engineering Department.