Education of Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management

Aquatic Ecology and Water Management offers education by teaching courses at the bachelor and master level of different study programs. In addition, they provide BSc- and MSc theses, research practices and internships.

Thesis & Internship

To do a MSc Thesis or Internship, the student must have admittance to a MSc program. Prerequisites for doing a Thesis at AEW depend on the size of the thesis: for a thesis with 24, 27 or 30 credits at least one of the courses from table 1 should be successfully completed and for a thesis with 33, 36 or 39 credits at least two courses. No courses are obligatory for an Internship.

When you decide to do a thesis or internship at AEW note that it might take time to get everything arranged. Therefore, make sure that you plan your first contact with the chairgroup well ahead (at least a few months before the actual start). Within the chairgroup 3 contact persons are responsible for the intake meetings. Depending on your interest you may contact:

Appointments for an intake meeting can be made by e-mail. During the intake meeting you will be informed about main research themes at AEW. You can express your interest in one or several possibilities and for the time period that you want to carry out your thesis or internship. In case you decide for a certain topic, an appropriate supervisor will be selected. Thereafter you will mainly deal with your supervisor.

A thesis can be done within the AEW team, but there are also possibilities to perform your thesis elsewhere, however, only after agreement of AEW. The search for a thesis topic outside AEW is the responsibility of the student. Possible host institutes will be evaluated and assessed by the contact person before agreement is given. Internships are always done outside Wageningen University and it is the student’s responsibility to find an appropriate institute or organization to perform the internship. In co-operation with the contact person a final decision will be made.

Current AEW Thesis subjects

Specializations and courses

The Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality Management group provides a major learning routes, which prepares the student for the MSc thesis Aquatic Ecology and Water Quality.

This specialisation is part of the following MSc studies:

Visit the Study Handbook website for more detailed information.