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Master's

MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities (Online)

African Future University

African Future University

Master's

MSc Water, Sanitation and Municipal Utilities (Online)

African Future University

African Future University (online)

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Tuition

Free (online)

Degree

M.Sc.

Delivery

Full-time · Online

Duration

2 years (18 mo)

Language & requirements

Taught in: English, French

Tuition fees

  • INTERNATIONALFree (online)

About African Future University

Fully online African digital university with French and English pathways.

Overview

This tuition-free online MSc at African Future University is for utility staff, municipal officers, and WASH programme managers who must keep water and sanitation services running under non-revenue water, unpaid bills, and broken pumps. You will not be trained as a licensed civil engineer and will not run a treatment-plant laboratory. You will study billing, kiosks, faecal-sludge logistics, and customer complaints as operations. English and French assessment options match how many municipalities still file. Rural and peri-urban systems are required. Capstones use anonymised utility or municipal files, not a claim of PE stamp.

Delivered fully online with live seminars, recorded lectures, and tutor support.

**Award:** African Future University **Credits:** 36 | **Typical duration:** 2 years (18 months)

Course structure

4 terms · 16 modules · 36 credits

Module 1: Utility operations

  • AFU761·Service Areas, Kiosks, and Informal Supply
    3 credits
  • AFU762·Non-Revenue Water as Governance
    3 credits
  • AFU763·Billing, Disconnection Ethics, and Identity
    3 credits
  • AFU764·Pumping, Diesel, and Downtime as Management Data
    3 credits

Module 2: Sanitation

  • AFU765·Faecal-Sludge Logistics without Theatre
    3 credits
  • AFU766·On-Site Sanitation and Landlord Politics
    3 credits
  • AFU767·Public Toilets as Municipal Enterprises
    3 credits
  • AFU768·Outbreak Hygiene as Operations (Not Clinical Practice)
    3 credits

Module 3: Money and regulation

  • AFU769·Tariffs, Subsidies, and Council Politics
    3 credits
  • AFU770·EN/FR Municipal Administration Documents
    3 credits
  • AFU771·Donor Hardware versus Maintenance Budgets
    3 credits
  • AFU772·Digital Billing when Connectivity Fails
    3 credits

Module 4: Capstone

  • AFU773·WASH Operations Research Methods
    3 credits
  • AFU774·Service-Area Diagnosis
    3 credits
  • AFU775·Writing for Councils and Utilities
    3 credits
  • AFU776·Capstone: Municipal Utilities Operations File
    3 credits

Learning outcomes

  • Apply discipline-specific theory to complex professional problems
  • Design and execute research or applied projects to postgraduate standard
  • Communicate findings clearly to academic and industry audiences
  • Demonstrate ethical, inclusive practice in global workplaces
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