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.
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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
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%.
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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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