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Have and understand knowledge that can provide a base or opportunity to be original in the development and/or application of ideas, often within a research context
Students know how to apply their acquired knowledge and ability to solve problems in new or little known environments within broader (or multidisciplinary) contexts related to their field of study
Students are able to integrate knowledge and deal with the complexity of formulating judgments from information that, while incomplete and limited, includes reflections on the social and ethical responsibilities linked to applying their skills and judgments
Students know how to communicate their conclusions and the knowledge and reasons that sustain them, to a specialized and non-specialized public, in a clear and unambiguous way.
Students have learning skills which allow them to continue studying in a way that will be largely self-directed or autonomous

Students should be able to join a multidisciplinary work group effectively, share available information and integrate their activity in the group's activity, collaborating actively in the attaining of common objectives, as is required by integrated management of hydrological systems, both in relation to the management and environmental planning and in the management of risks associated with the same
Students have sufficient ability for study, synthesis and autonomy that once this training programme is over, they are able to accede to a doctoral programme whose lines of research lie within the field of integrated hydrological systems management
Students should have sufficient ability to join an enterprise (public or private) as professionals within the area of the master's degree
Students should be able to structure a project or integrated management plan for hydrographical systems of different kinds in any of their phases, from the proposal and putting forward of alternatives to the final project
Students should be able to recognise the opportunities and synergies that affect multidisciplinary interaction as a differentiating factor to achieve: 1) optimisation and improvement of management in hydrographical systems in general; 2) a reduction of risks and threats associated with the same; 3) an improvement in the population's quality of life

Students should be able to search for, obtain, select, deal with, analyse and communicate information using different sources
Students are able to project the knowledge, skills and expertise acquired to promote a society based on the values of freedom, justice, equality and pluralism
Students are able to identify and network with national and international forums, scientists and professionals linked with the future development of their professional or research career

Students should know and understand the physical, chemical and biological processes that govern the working of hydrographical systems, in an integrated manner within the context of the water cycle
Students should know the differences and similarities between the dynamics and material flow of the different types of hydrological systems (fluvial, transitional and coastal)
Students should know and be able to use basic mathematical, numerical and statistical tools applied to the study of the diagnosis and management of hydrological systems
Students should be able to use advanced mathematical process modelling tools, as well as to manage, deal with and represent shore and marine data, applicable to analysis and risk assessment, in addition to the management and environmental planning of hydrological systems
Students should be able to put forward measures and concrete actions aimed at improving the management of hydrological systems, as well as to assess the efficiency of these measures
Students should be able to include in an environmental technical analysis the evaluations and economic and social consequences of the decisions under scrutiny
Students should be able to generate, analyse, develop, defend and implement new ideas related both with technological products and services applicable to the improvement of hydrological systems management, and with new advances in the scientific knowledge of the different disciplines involved in said management
Having obtained all the credits on the study plan, students should be able to undertake, present and defend an original test carried out individually before a university panel, consisting of a project related to integral management of hydrological systems that synthesises the competences acquired during the course
Students should be able to see the basic concepts associated with the analysis and evaluation of natural and anthropogenic risks, as mangement instuments essential for planning special mitigation and adaptation measures
Students should be able to assess different types of risks (hydrometeorological, geological and technological) as well as the consequences associated to the different dimensions of the system under analysis (human, environmental, socioeconomic, and infrastructures, etc)
Students should be able to interpret the results of threat modelling, evaluation of vulnerability and risk estimation, with the aim of being able to design risk reduction and mitigation measures
Students should be able to recognise and analyse the issues related to planning and integrated management of hydrological systems on different spatial and time scales
Students should be able to recognise and analyse the issues related to planning and integrated management of hydrological systems on different spatial and time scales
Students should be able to assess and diagnose, in structural and functional terms, the possible anthropogenic imbalances of water systems