Faculty of Chemistry - USTHBType of training: Master's 

Field: Material Sciences

Branch: Chemistry

Speciality: Water Chemistry

Speciality description:

The Master's degree in "Water Chemistry" is open to holders of a Bachelor's degree in Fundamental Chemistry and any equivalent recognized diploma. The program includes:

- water sciences related to water analysis and treatment,

- environmental sciences related to the risks of urban/industrial discharges and the state of an ecosystem and forecasting its evolution,

- assessment and management related to the monitoring of liquid or solid discharges from effluent production and treatment units or waste from wastewater treatment and recovery plants,

- implementation of field sampling techniques, laboratory experimental protocols, and interpretation of the data obtained. These various aspects require analytical techniques (HPLC, mass spectroscopy, GC-MS, GC, UV-visible spectroscopy, IR, XRD, AA, etc.) and multidisciplinary knowledge of water chemistry.

For this, several themes are addressed in complementary modules and programs specific to water and environmental chemistry:

- Analysis and monitoring of wastewater treatment, drinking water treatment, and desalination plants.

- Analysis and characterization of urban and industrial wastewater.

- Analysis and characterization of rainwater.

- Analysis and characterization of spring and dam water.

- Environmental life cycle analysis of industrial pharmaceutical production.

- Biological and physicochemical treatment of pharmaceutical waste.

- Uses of artificial intelligence for the assessment and characterization of organic pollution in wastewater and activated sludge from wastewater treatment plants.

- Uses of experimental designs and principal component analysis for the modeling and optimization of physicochemical pollutant treatments. -Use of green chemistry for the analysis, characterization, treatment, recovery and reuse of effluents and various wastes.

Graduates of the Master's in Water Chemistry program will be able to detect, analyze, and address underlying pollution problems in a sustainable manner. They will also be able to successfully carry out innovative environmental projects, create businesses or startups, and, above all, ensure their proper management. This will enable them to enter professional or academic fields.

The Master's degree opens opportunities in the following sectors:

- National Agency for Dams and Water Transfers

- Research Centers

- Technical Landfills (CET)

- Higher Education and Research

- Doctoral Training

- Agri-Food Industry

- Pharmaceutical Industry

- Petrochemical Industry

- Ministry of Hydraulics

- National Observatory for the Environment and Sustainable Development (ONEDD)

- Water and Sanitation Company

- Wastewater Treatment Plants (STEPs)

- Hygiene and Environmental Services

- Water Treatment Units