New Master Program coming up – IWRM LAC

New Master of Science Program in Integrated Water Resources Management for Latin America and the Caribbean (IWRM-LAC)

San José, Costa Rica


The MSc program will be inaugurated in August 2020 at the University of Costa Rica in San José. Call for applications here


The University of Costa Rica (UCR), School of Geography, is offering a new master program in Integrated Water Resources Management with focus on Latin America and the Caribbean.

The MSc program is implemented at the UCR in the scope of a DAAD funded project “Integrated Water Resources Management for Latin America and the Caribbean – IWRM LAC” in the program: “Transnational Education – Degree Programs offered abroad by German Institutions”. The project is coordinated by the Institute for Technology and Resources Management in the Tropics and Subtropics (ITT), TH Köln, Germany.   

The study covers a period of four semesters. The internationally oriented program gives students from Latin America and the Caribbean the opportunity to start their studies in San José and to spend an exchange semester at TH Cologne, Germany.

Courses in Costa Rica are taught in Spanish and English. The teaching language at the ITT is English. The curriculum of the master program is framed after the MSc program: “Integrated Water Resources Management” currently offered at ITT, TH Köln (LINK).

The graduates will receive the final degree Master of Science in Integrated Water Resources Management issued by the University of Costa Rica.