Background
As one of currently existing departments of HiT, Water Resources and Environmental Engineering was launched in 2001. The department was renamed as ‘Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering’ by merging both major Water resources and Hydraulic engineering courses in 2015.
The department currently offers an undergraduate program in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering and Engineering Hydrology in the regular program. With more than thirteen years of experience in offering the under-graduate program and observing the current demand in the field of hydraulic engineering due to increased demand for manpower in this field of study, the department has also launched a Master's Degree program in Hydraulic Engineering.
The main objectives of the program are to promote the advancement of water resources development and environmental protection through the provision of training, research and consultancy services in the water sector. The program has a mission of offering relevant and quality education and training; conducting demand driven research, and rendering accessible community services.
Primarily, the department would like to address the current necessity of specialized engineers for the field of practice and research, senior managers, and leaders in the field of the construction industry with master's degree specialization in a specific subject such as hydraulic structures and hydropower, as per the requirements of the country.
The program concentrates mainly on the core courses of hydraulic engineering design, planning, and management, apart from the allied courses on applied mathematics, statistics, and research methods. It is intimately related to the design of bridges, dams, channels, canals, and levees, and to both sanitary and environmental engineering. It is also concerned with the actual development concept designs for the various features that interact with water, such as spillways and outlet work for dams, culverts for highways, cross drainage and related structures for irrigation projects, and cooling-water facilities for thermal power plants.
Vision
Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering aspires to be a centre of excellence in field of Water resources in our country, Africa and competitive in world by 2050
Mission
Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering programs has a mission of offering relevant, quality education, produce qualified and competent graduate students, and training and conducting demand driven researches.
Program Educational Objectives (PEO)
The program aims to:
- Produce highly qualified professionals in Hydraulic and Water Resources Engineering for higher learning and research institutions in the country.
- Train experts capable of planning, designing, modeling, supervising, and constructing hydraulic structures such as dams, headworks, diversion structures, spillways, terminal structures, and sediment transport systems, with due consideration to reliability, economy, maintenance, and operation.
- Develop professionals who can identify, handle, and solve specific problems related to the planning, construction, and management of hydraulic structures.
- Build the capacity of hydraulic engineers in river training and river modeling techniques, including data collection, processing, and analysis.
- Train specialists to design and conduct hydraulic research, experiments, and tests for both practical and scientific purposes.
- Produce engineers equipped with advisory skills to strengthen academic programs and address challenges in water resources development.
- Prepare leaders and managers with ample knowledge to command construction teams, ensuring quality, safety, and economy in hydraulic projects.
- Undertake project identification, pre-feasibility, and feasibility studies of water resources projects.
- Plan water resources and hydropower projects; design hydraulic structures required for hydropower systems, water supply systems, irrigation systems, and environmental protection works.
- Prepare complete contract documents for water resources projects such as hydropower, water supply, irrigation, and environmental protection works including wastewater and solid waste management.
- Plan, design, manage, and supervise the construction of hydraulic and hydropower structures and related civil engineering works.
