Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication

Education facts

Code: MV0217

Water is one of our most important natural resources and there will always be a demand for knowledge of how to manage this limited resource. Eutrophication of inland waters and coastal areas and pollution of groundwater are among the most serious problems relating to human activities in the landscape, and are the focus of this course. Invited lecturers provide an insight into different types of water management career in society, some of which may be the future employment of students taking this course. The course will provide students with comprehensive knowledge of how eutrophication affects aquatic ecosystems. The importance of different pollution sources caused by human activities (agriculture, forestry and wastewater from urban and rural treatment plants and facilities) in a watershed will also be evaluated, in combination with development of suitable remediation programmes using a source apportionment model.

Entry requirements

Knowledge equivalent to: • 150 ECTS first-cycle courses, including • 60 ECTS in a scientific subject such as Biology, Agricultural Science, Soil Science, Earth Sciences, Environmental Science or Technology, • 10 ECTS Chemistry, • 10 ECTS Biology, • 15 ECTS Soil Science or Earth Sciences and • a level of English equivalent to upper-seconday-school English (Engelska 6).

Education offerings

Each offering has its own dates and conditions. Closed offerings are retained as history and do not mean that a new application is open.

• Land use and watershed management to reduce eutrophication

  Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

  Start date: 2 November 2026

  End date: 2 December 2026

  Pace of study: 100 %