Program Overview

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Course Overview

The course AE2610 Applied Hydrology is a 7.5 credit course offered at KTH Royal Institute of Technology.

Information per Course Offering

• Termin: Spring 2026
• Start Date: 13 Jan 2026
• Duration: 13 Jan 2026 - 13 Mar 2026
• Periods: Spring 2026: P3 (7.5 hp)
• Pace of Study: 50%
• Application Code: 60114
• Form of Study: Normal Daytime
• Language of Instruction: English
• Course Memo: Not published
• Number of Places: Minimum 17
• Target Group: No information inserted
• Planned Modular Schedule: No information inserted
• Schedule: Link to schedule available
• Part of Programme:
  • Master's Programme, Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Infrastructure, year 1
  • Master's Programme, Civil and Architectural Engineering, year 1

Contact

• Examiner: Anders Wörman
• Course Coordinator: Anders Wörman
• Teachers:
  • Joakim Riml
  • Anders Wörman

Course Syllabus

The course syllabus for AE2610 (Spring 2026–) is available in an accessible format on this page.

Content and Learning Outcomes

Course Contents

The course covers the main components of the climate system, hydrologic processes, surface water, lumped and distributed flow routing, hydrologic design, urban hydrological processes, and municipal water supply and waste water systems.

Intended Learning Outcomes

The overall aim of the course is to give applied knowledge of rural and urban hydrological systems. After the course, the student should be able to:

• Describe the process in the hydrologic cycle in rural and urban environments and solve problems dealing with water balance, evapotranspiration, hydrographs, infiltration, frequency analysis, hydrologic risk analysis, and more.
• Describe lumped and distributed flow routing and solve problems with analytical and numerical methods.
• Derive a conceptual model diagram representing a compartment model of an urban hydrological system.
• Apply uncertainty-based modeling techniques.
• Describe the main features of important climate variability phenomena and discuss current climate change scenarios for the next 100 years and the possible effects on hydrological systems in different regions of the world.
• Describe the layout and perform a hydraulic design of municipal water supply and waste water systems.

Literature and Preparations

Specific Prerequisites

• Proficiency in English (English B or equivalent).
• Bachelor's degree in the field of civil engineering, environmental engineering, or another subject with clear relevance to the course, of at least 180 higher education credits, which includes:
  • Basic knowledge in mathematics for at least 20 higher education credits.
  • Basic knowledge in numerical analysis, programming, or equivalent, for at least 6 higher education credits.
  • Fluid mechanics for at least 5 credits.
  • Hydrology for at least 7.5 credits.
• Proficiency in English equivalent to English B.

Recommended Prerequisites

• SF1676 Differential Equations with Applications or equivalent course.

Literature

Information about course literature can be found in the course memo for the course offering or in the course room in Canvas.

Examination and Completion

Grading Scale

• A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Examination

• ÖVN1 - Assignment, 4.5 credits, grading scale: P, F
• TEN1 - Examination, 3.0 credits, grading scale: A, B, C, D, E, FX, F

Based on recommendation from KTH's coordinator for disabilities, the examiner will decide how to adapt an examination for students with documented disability.

The examiner may apply another examination format when re-examining individual students.

If the course is discontinued, students may request to be examined during the following two academic years.

Examiner

Anders Wörman

Ethical Approach

• All members of a group are responsible for the group's work.
• In any assessment, every student shall honestly disclose any help received and sources used.
• In an oral assessment, every student shall be able to present and answer questions about the entire assignment and solution.

Further Information

Course Room in Canvas

Registered students find further information about the implementation of the course in the course room in Canvas.

Offered By

ABE/Sustainability and Environmental Engineering

Main Field of Study

The Built Environment

Education Cycle

Second cycle