Water Week at theUM
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From February 12 to 16, 2024, the University of Montpellier will be highlighting the theme of water. Against a backdrop of demographic pressure, strained land-use planning, and climate change marked by increasingly frequent extreme weather events, Montpellier’s academic and scientific community is coming together around this theme through three key events:
- The 23rd “Water” Seminar at Polytech Montpellier, organized by students in the “Water Sciences and Technologies” track and students in the “Water and Civil Engineering” at Polytech Montpellier, focused on the topics of megabasin management (hydrology), the reuse of wastewater for new applications (process engineering), and tools for the hydromorphological characterization of watercourses
February 12–14, 2024
- The Awarding of an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Montpellier to Prof. Soroosh Sorooshian (University of California, Irvine)
February 13, 2024, at 3:00 p.m.
- The Water4Future Students hackathons, organized by the UNESCO International Center for theUM Icireward, are a competition in which students from around the world will develop innovative projects addressing issues related to water. Participants will benefit from the presence of hydrologist Soroosh Sorooshian and academician Erik Orsenna, who will help the teams prepare their presentations.
February 15 and 16, 2024
Ranked as the top French university in the “Water Resources” category in the Shanghai World University Rankings, the University of Montpellier is recognized as an international hub for water sciences, bringing together 15 research laboratories, 400 scientists, and 150 doctoral researchers. This recognition is exemplified in particular by the creation in 2020 of an international center dedicated to water under the auspices of UNESCO: Icireward.
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