Sustainable Water Management Doctoral Training Programme

The Sustainable Water Management (SWM) doctoral training programme, Water4All, brings together complementary expertise of a

diverse group of researchers from 4 leading universities to offer unique interdisciplinary, intersectoral and international research and

training opportunities for 20 highly competitive Doctoral Candidates (DCs). The leading academic institutions from the biggest cities

in Turkiye are Izmir Institute of Technology (IZTECH-beneficiary), İstanbul Technical University (ITU), Gebze

Technical University (GTU), and Middle East Technical University (METU). Water4All is constructed by integrating

academic and scientific training modules which cover different aspects of sustainable water management. The main modules are

identified as Environment, Electronics, Planning, Material Science and Energy, and each has different angles of training on research

and expected outcomes. In this respect, academic training of DCs in Water4All is constructed in a modular approach that is

interdisciplinary by nature. Academic training is coupled with a well-defined set of academic/non-academic international/national

secondment trainings – highlighting the international axis of the proposed Programme-, and with a series of common trainings

granted to each DC in soft and transferable skills. Water4All will widen the career perspectives of DCs by enhancing their professional

experiences through the inclusion of secondments in renowned international and national academic institutions, private companies

and public utilities, ensuring intersectorality and internationality through these collaborations. Thus, Water4All will increase the

national, regional and European competitiveness by providing a new generation of highly-qualified experts in SWM that are able to

translate applied science research results into solutions. Supervisors selected for Water4All have previous and/or ongoing industry

consultancy/research collaborations.