1. Training objectives 
           The programme aims at:
        -  Training students to be engineers with good political qualities, moral status, good health, capable of teamwork and interdisciplinary cooperation, and capable of fulfilling their tasks as engineers. 
        -  Equip students with knowledge and basic skills to evaluate and to improve water resources management, planning, designing and consulting projects in this field. The student can gain expertise in:
            +  Assessing the availability and forecasting the variation of surface water and groundwater resources in order to support rational water resource management under impact of rapid economic and social development as well as climate change. 

            +  Carrying out water quality monitoring and environmental impact assessments related to water resources. 
            +  Evaluating the effectiveness and recommending solutions to improve operational efficiency of the water supply and drainage system in urban and rural areas. 
            +  Consulting the design and construction of several irrigation and drainage systems in urban and rural areas. 
            +  Planning water resources in domestic, agricultural and aquacultural use.
2. Expected outcomes 
            Completion of the training program, students will gain the knowledge, the skills and the attitudes as following:
2.1. Knowledge 
2.1.1. General knowledge 
        -  General knowledge of the principles of Marxism-Leninism; the revolutionary of the Vietnam Communist Party; Ho Chi Minh Thought, social sciences and humanities. 
        -  Basic knowledge of natural sciences such as mathematics, physics and chemistry as prerequisite knowledge for specialized training programs. 
2.1.2. Basic knowledge of water resource engineering 
        -   Basic knowledge related to water resources engineering such as fluid mechanics, engineering geology, engineering drawing, survey, environmental chemical engineering, etc. 
        -   Knowledge of the natural water cycle and its impact on available water resources, productions and social life. 
        -   Knowledge of scientific research method and system thinking to facilitate in-depth study of the specialized subjects. 
2.1.3. Specialized knowledge 
        -  To equip students with the specialized knowledge such as mathematical modelling, water supply technology for urban and rural areas, engineering hydrology, economic and water resource planning. Besides, students can have the opportunities to choose one of two specialisations: (a) water resources engineering and (b) integrated water resources management to gain in-depth expertise in each field. 
          a.   Water resources engineering: 
            +  Knowledge of hydraulic dynamics and spread of pollutants in water and river morphology dynamics under the influence of ambient conditions; 
            +  Knowledge of irrigation system design, skills for irrigation assessment and survey.
          b.   Integrated water resource management: 
            +  Knowledge of applications of information technology (such as geographic information systems, remote sensing and environmental modelling) to improve water resource management. 
            +  Knowledge of sustainable use of water resources through different approaches (such as different levels of management approaches: basin levels and community levels). 
            +  Knowledge of administration and management of water resources, including surface water and groundwater.
2.2. Skills 
2.2.1. Hard-skills 
        -   Ability to recognize, explain and solve the problems in the field of natural resource management and environment. 
        -   Ability to use modern equipment (e.g. water quality measurement equipment) as well as tools (e.g., computer software and simulation models). 
        -   Proficiency in using computer tools in water resource engineering and management. 
        -   Ability to apply basic knowledge, specialized knowledge, economic and social knowledge to effectively solve problems related to water resources. 
        -   Ability to analyse and write research reports on water resource management and irrigation construction consultancy.
2.2.2. Soft-skills 
        -   Fluency in using information technology in office work and in water resource management - computing skills gained at level A. 
        -   Ability to review specialised literature - foreign language proficiency gained at level A. 
        -   Good communication skill related to the major (arguments, presentation skill). 
        -   Ability of systems analysis, teamwork and organizing. 
2.3. Attitude 
             Responsibility, positive attitude and right working ethic, discipline and professional manner. 
2.4. Career prospects 
        -   Technical staff in consultancy, monitoring, planning and project management systems and categories of water resources projects; 
        -   Technical staff in industrial and small scale industrial firms; 
        -   Technical staff in Water Supply and Sewerage Companies, Urban work companies, Meteorological and Hydrological Forecast Centre. 
        -   Expert of the Department / Division of Environment and Natural Resource Management; 
        -   Expert of the Department / Division of Agriculture and Rural Development; 
        -   Academic staff in research institutes and universities in water resource management;
2.5. The ability to attend advanced education 
            Capable of self-learning, attending higher levels of education (e.g. postgraduate in Water Resources Engineering, Environment and Natural Resource Management).