Master of Integrated Water Management
This master program is offered by the International Water Centre (IWC). It aims to improve the capacity of future leaders in water resource management, with an emphasis on professionals working in developing countries. At the forefront of current and evolving practice, the program equips students with interdisciplinary skills and practical approaches to providing clean water solutions from catchment to coast. We are committed to building upon the global knowledge and skills base in the water sector to attain the UN Millennium Development Goals and meet international sustainable development commitments.

A/Prof Paul Lant is the Director of Education and Training for the International WaterCentre (IWC), a joint venture between The University of Queensland, Griffith University, Monash University and The University of Western Australia. In this role he has involved in developing the Master of Integrated Water Management program.

ARB Course
This course teaches participants to use the software package ARB to explain the phylogenetic relationships of organisms in complex microbial communities.

FISH Course
This course teaches the use of rRNA-targeted Fluorescence in situ Hybridisation (FISH), which is now widely accepted as the least biased method for identifying and enumerating populations of microorganisms within a large variety of environmental samples - including sludge, seawater, freshwater, intestinal/skin flora, plant root/leaf epiphytes, rumen, etc.