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Master of Water, Sanitation, and Hygiene
Institution
German Jordanian University
Location
Jordan
Total Tuition
$ 8611
Intakes
September
Application deadline
September
Application Fee
169
Program Description

This WaSH Master’s degree is a result of several years of work in the field of water, sanitation, and hygiene in a humanitarian context throughout the region. The two years academic program consists of three regular semesters and one summer semester of theoretical education at GJU, a semester of practical internship with a humanitarian organization, and completing the Master’s thesis.

Humanitarian infrastructure

  • Apply Humanitarian principles, International and domestic law into programming.
  • Design project according to national /humanitarian standards
  • Integrate Sustainable Development Goals, the Grand bargain, Humanitarian-development nexus into the programming
  • Advocate making sure WaSH programming meets the needs of the population and use continuous functional,
    the cost-effective technically and institutionally sound solution as far as possible.
  • Participate in the coordination of humanitarian actions
  • Be involved in national /regional contingency planning
  • Coordinate with other stakeholders, cluster/sector

WaSH Project cycle management

  • Mobilize resources.
  • Conduct needs assessment.
  • Conduct a response analysis.
  • Design WaSH project based on the needs assessment.
  • Design and implement contextually appropriate behavior changes activities for appropriate practice in Water,
    Sanitation and Hygiene.
  • Design and implement contextually appropriate safe water supply interventions.
  • Design and implement contextually appropriate sanitation interventions.
  • Design and implement specific interventions (conflict, displacement, urban context, natural disaster, disease
    outbreak, WaSH in schools, health centres, etc.).
  • Design and implement preparedness and contingency planning.
  • Monitor and evaluate projects by identifying SMART indicators, and selecting tools to monitor the progress of the
    project and its impacts.
  • Integrate lessons learned.
  • The report carries out administrative and budget management of WaSH projects.
  • Ensure project continuous functionality, and cost-effectiveness of the project and include an exit strategy.
  • Coordinate with other stakeholders/ cluster/sector

Humanitarian concepts and cross-cutting programming

  • Support local partners in assessing their capacity-building needs
  • Support investment (capacity building, accountability, materials, financial) in the institutional capacities of local
    and national actors
  • Work to remove/reduce barriers that prevent local stakeholders from partnering with local and national responders
    / donors
  • Use local resources (materials and workforce) from the beneficiary community and local institutions when
    appropriate
  • Include gender in WaSH programming
  • Include marginalized groups, people with disabilities, elders, and special needs in WaSH programing
  • Mainstream Protection in WaSH programming
  • Reduce the impact of WaSH programming on the environment
  • Consider climate change and water scarcity situations and the energy nexus
  • Promote livelihoods activities
  • Guarantee accountability towards beneficiaries and participation
  • Guarantee accountability towards donors and authorities
  • Include a rights-based approach in WaSH programming
  • Assess and analyse the market, implement, and monitor cash-based intervention tools and ensure quality and
    achievement of WaSH outcome when using cash based interventions.

Communication, human resources, relation with administration, logistics, security, and finance department.

  • Recruit competent staff
  • Manage staff, team, and conflict
  • Promote staff training
  • Assess staff performance
  • Apply the code of conduct/Safeguarding
  • Manage staff remotely
  • Follow procurement procedures and finances expenditures
  • The draft calls for tenders and manage contracts with suppliers/contractors
  • Supervise subcontractors’ work
  • Assess Security context and risks
  • Apply security and safety rules while implementing activities
  • Use advanced formulas and graphs in Ms. Excel, mapping tools, and statistics tools (KOBO, ODK)
  • Represent and position the organization
  • Communicate appropriately
  • Organise meetings
  • Coordinate with other sectors, cluster, sector

Ethics and behaviour

  • Develop empathy towards beneficiaries.
  • Understand and apply the humanitarian principles and code of conducts into programming.
  • Show cultural sensitivity
  • Manage stress and adapt to the situation
  • Be a holder of an (under)graduate degree from a recognized university with a minimum average of “good”.  An average of “good” does not necessarily guarantee admission to the program. Grades of previous studies will weigh for 80% while other criteria described under “other criteria” below will weigh for 20%.
  • Preferably in the following fields:
    • Water and/or sanitation management
    • Public Health (hygiene promotion, behavior change, social work)
    • Hydraulics and Hydrogeology
    • Epidemiology, agronomy, chemistry, Civil Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Environment   Science,       Mechanical Engineering.

  • The applicant must have a score approved by the Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research in one of the English language exams, as follows:
    1. iBT exam from one of the centers accredited by the AMIDEAST Center / Jordan or from the accredited centers in the country in which the student resides, provided that the applicant brings a document that the center is accredited there, and the accredited centers in Jordan.

First Semester 2024/2025

Dates Days Events
8 September 2024 Sunday Intensive German Language Course
15 September 2024 Wednesday Date of Birth of Prophet Mohammad, PBUH (expected)
19 September 2024 Thursday End of Summer Vacation
20 September 2024 – 24 September 2024 Friday – Tuesday Online registration
22 September 2024 Sunday Faculty sign in
25 September 2024 Wednesday Processing registration requests
29 September 2024 Sunday Beginning of 1st semester
29 September 2024 – 3 October 2024 Sunday – Thursday Add & Drop
6 October 2024 Sunday First day of classes
17 October 2024 Thursday Last day to sit for Incomplete Exams
20 October 2024 Sunday Last day to submit Incomplete Exams results
31 November 2024 Saturday Midterm Exams
1 December 2024 – 5 December 2023 Sunday – Thursday Online pre-registration
22 December 2024 Sunday Evaluation period
2 January 2025 Thursday Christmas holiday
25 December 2024 Wednesday Study break
29 December 2024 Sunday New Year Holiday
31 December 2024 – 2 January 2025 Tuesday – Thursday Evaluation Discussion period
5 January 2025 – 9 January 2025 Sunday – Thursday Last day to withdraw courses
9 January 2025 Thursday Graduation Projects defense week
12 January 2025 – 16 January 2025 Sunday – Thursday Last day to defend Master’s Theses
16 January 2025 Thursday Last day of classes
18 January 2025 – 30 January 2025 Saturday – Thursday Final Exams
23 January 2025 Thursday Last day to submit documents to the IAD
2 February 2025 – 13 February 2025 Sunday – Thursday Student recess
6 February 2025 Thursday Last day to submit final exam results
13 February 2025 Thursday Last day for graduation documents to be received by the ARD
13 February 2025 Thursday End of 1st semester

Second Semester 2024/2025

Dates Days Events
7 February 2025 – 11 February 2025 Friday – Tuesday Online registration
12 February 2025 Wednesday Processing registration requests
13 February 2025 Thursday Beginning of 2nd semester
16 February 2025 Sunday Add & Drop
17 February 2025 Monday First day of classes
20 February 2025 Thursday Last day to sit for Incomplete Exams
23 February 2025 Sunday Last day to submit Incomplete Exams results
6 March 2025 Thursday Eid Al-Fitr (expected)
9 March 2025 – 3 April 2025 Sunday – Thursday Midterm Exams
10 April 2025 – 19 April 2025 Thursday – Saturday Online pre-registration
20 April 2025 – 24 April 2025 Sunday – Thursday International Labor Day
1 May 2025 Thursday Evaluation period
11 May 2025 – 22 May 2025 Sunday – Thursday Independence Day
25 May 2025 – 29 May 2025 Sunday – Thursday Evaluation discussion period
29 May 2025 Thursday Last day to withdraw courses
1 June 2025 – 5 June 2025 Sunday – Thursday Graduation Projects defense week
5 June 2025 Thursday Last day to defend Master’s Theses
8 June 2025 – 12 June 2025 Sunday – Thursday Last day of classes
14 June 2025 Saturday Eid Al-Adha (expected)
June 2025 – 25 June 2025 Wednesday – Wednesday Final Exam
26 June 2025 Thursday Islamic New Year (expected)
19 June 2025 Thursday Last day to submit documents to the IAD
29 June 2025 – 3 July 2025 Sunday – Thursday Student recess
3 July 2025 Thursday Last day to submit final exam results
3 July 2025 Thursday End of 2nd semester
6 July 2025 Sunday Beginning of Summer Vacation

Summer Semester 2024/2025

Dates Days Events
30 June 2025 – 5 July 2025 Monday – Saturday Online registration
6 July 2025 – 7 July 2025 Sunday – Monday Processing registration requests
6 July 2025 Sunday Beginning of Summer semester / Faculty sign in
8 July 2025 – 10 July 2025 Tuesday – Thursday Add & Drop
13 July 2025 Sunday First day of classes
17 July 2025 Thursday Last day to sit for Incomplete Exams
27 July 2025 Sunday Last day to submit Incomplete Exams results
3 August 2025 – 9 August 2025 Sunday – Saturday Midterm Exams
10 August 2025 – 14 August 2025 Sunday – Thursday Online pre-registration
10 August 2025 – 14 August 2025 Sunday – Thursday Evaluation period
14 August 2025 Thursday Last day to withdraw courses
17 August 2025 – 21 August 2025 Sunday – Thursday Evaluation discussion period
17 August 2025 – 21 August 2025 Sunday – Thursday Graduation Projects defense week
21 August 2025 Thursday Last day to defend Master’s Theses
21 August 2025 Thursday Last day of classes
23 August 2025 – 28 August 2025 Saturday – Thursday Final Exam (Courses & Labs)
28 August 2025 Thursday End of Summer semester
31 August 2025 Sunday Last day to submit final exam results
4 September 2025 Thursday Last day for graduation documents to be received by the ARD
18 September 2025 Thursday End of Summer Vacation
21 September 2025 Sunday Faculty sign in
Program Overview
Study Format
On-campus
Program Level
Master
Language Of Materials
English
Language Of Teaching
English
Mode
Full-time
Duration By Months
24
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German Jordanian University
Phone Number
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