Water and Environment

D-WAE, in conjunction with the Research Unit of Water and Environment under RIC-ITC, is one of the five doctoral programs of ITC, established in 2017, recognized by the Ministry of Education Youths and Sports. D-WAE was developed by the relevant experts in Water and Environment Engineering such as lecturers and researchers at ITC with the support from partner universities and institutions. Students can register for a single degree at ITC, or a degree under cotutelle (co-supervision) between ITC and a partner university in France. The cotutelle program is selective and upon the agreement between ITC and the partner university. 

D-WAE students will develop in-depth understanding of the key technologies in their research area of Water and Environmental Engineering. D-WAE students will work closely with researchers of WAE research unit (generally, one of them is the student’s supervisor) and they also can be co-supervised by the professors from our partner universities or research institutions (France, Belgium, Japan, etc.).

D-WAE is a full-time program (3 to 6 years), consist of 54 credits: 21 credits for coursework (Supplementary/Prerequisite and Doctoral courses, and PhD Orientation courses), and 33 credits for research and thesis (3 credits for detailed research proposal, 6 credits for national/international publications, 3 credits for the presentation in scientific conference, 3 credits for seminars, 18 credits for Thesis writing and defense). This program trains doctoral students to be specialized in their advanced research and development field including hydrology, water supply and wastewater, urban environment management, disaster and climate system and other relevant fields. Detailed curriculum can be found on the website of GS-ITC.

Starting from the academic year 2017-2018 to 2022-2023, four students (2 females) have graduated from the program. Currently, there are 4 students (3 females) enrolling in the program and the details are reported in the table below. The list of current and graduated students including their including research topic can be found on the website of GS-ITC.

This program involves over 15 faculty members whose specializations are in water resources, hydrology, environmental engineering, and relevant fields. All of them hold doctoral degrees from Europe, Japan, and ASEAN. They are involving in the program for teaching or/and supervising the D-WAE students. Some students are jointly supervised by professors from partner universities. The list of faculty members in D-WAE program can be found in list of lecturers and supervisors or on the website of GS-ITC.

Four theses have been published since the academic year 2020-2021. The list of published theses can be found in list of thesis and on the website of GS-ITC.

Regarding the dissemination and publication, 7 articles were published in international journals. The list of publications is presented in list of publications and in the webpage of GS-ITC.