University Master's Degree in Soil and Water Management

This master is biennial and will open pre-registration for the 2026-2027 academic year.

Do you want to form part of the solution to soil degradation and water scarcity? The Interuniversity Master's Degree in Soil and Water Management prepares you to sustainably manage these critical resources for life on the planet, particularly in the Mediterranean.

This partnered or interuniversity programme is unique, the result of cooperation between four universities (the UdL, the UAB, the UB and the UPNA). It offers students comprehensive and practical training closely linked to professional reality from day one. It ranges from soil inventory and characterisation, to advanced irrigation management, to the recovery of degraded or contaminated soil, and water treatment.

The master's degree opens the doors to the professional sector due to close collaboration with both companies in the sector and research centres. You will be able to complete your Final Master's Degree Project (20 ECTS), with a choice between the professional or research track, depending on your position. Previous MAGSA students have continued their professional careers in public administration, environmental consultancies, technology and research centres, as well as in international organisations, providing innovative solutions for sustainable land management.

Career options

Carreer options

Upon obtaining your degree you will be prepared to do the following, whether in administration, research, education or the private sector:
 

• Generate and interpret soil and water data. Prepare soil maps.
• Maintain and/or improve agricultural production efficiently and economically, through proper management of irrigation and fertilisation.
• Manage rural areas by preserving or improving the quality of soil and water.
• Control the degradation of soils and waters, and use them efficiently.
• Use and manage the soils for recycling and recovery of organic waste, minimizing impacts.
• Diagnose problems of soil contamination and apply remediation techniques.
• Evaluate hydrological, geomorphological and soil risks, and plan measures to reduce and minimize their impacts.
• Rehabilitate degraded lands and develop environmental restoration projects.

 

Master's Degree Coordination

The master's degree is coordinated by the University of Lleida, where all the registration procedures must be done.
 
Dr. Ramon J. Batalla (ramon.batalla@udl.cat), general coordinator of the master's degree
Dr. Xavier Domene (Xavier.Domene@uab.cat), coordinator for the UAB

Coordinator university:

University of Lleida

Participating universities

University of Barcelona
Public University of Navarre
Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona

Additional information

http://www.magsa.udl.cat/en/index.html

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