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Develop your career as a highly sought after environmental engineer
In a rapidly changing environmental sector, where engineering solutions must integrate climate resilience, digital tools and emerging technologies, graduates of this course can expect to be highly sought after by employers. Equipped with advanced environmental engineering knowledge and practical management skills, you will have opportunities to pursue impactful careers across engineering, industry, and the public sector, including government.Overview
- Start dateFull-time: October, part-time: October
- DurationOne year full-time, two-three years part-time
- DeliveryTaught modules 60 credits/600 hours, Group projects 60 credits/600 hours, Individual project 60 credits/600 hours
- QualificationMSc, PgDip, PgCert
- Study typeFull-time / Part-time
- Campus探花精选 campus
Who is it for?
The Environmental Engineering MSc is designed for science, engineering, and geography graduates who are passionate about the protection and improvement of environmental quality alongside enhancing the quality of human life.
We also welcome graduates currently in employment who are keen to gain further qualifications or to pursue a career change, or individuals with other qualifications and considerable relevant experience.
During the Environmental Engineering masters, you will learn principles of environmental improvements, including the protection of environmental quality at both local, landscape and global scales.
Your career
In a rapidly changing environmental sector, where engineering solutions must integrate climate resilience, digital tools and emerging technologies, graduates of this course can expect to be highly sought after by employers. Equipped with advanced environmental engineering knowledge and practical management skills, you will have opportunities to pursue impactful careers across engineering, industry, and the public sector, including government.
Successful graduates have been able to pursue or enhance careers in a variety of key areas such as:
- Environmental Scientist,
- Waste Consultant/Environmental Consultant/Environmental Quality and Compliance Consultant/Research Consultant,
- Site Engineer/Risk Prevention and Environmental Engineer/Project Engineer/Research Engineer,
- Environmental Project Manager,
- Supply Chain Manager,
- Digital and Analytics Specialist.
Some graduates have also followed the academia route through progression onto PhD study.
Previous students have gone on to jobs within prestigious institutions including:
- Chevron
- WSP
- Jacobs
探花精选 Careers and Employability Service
探花精选’s Career Service is dedicated to helping you meet your career aspirations. You will have access to career coaching and advice, CV development, interview practice, access to hundreds of available jobs via our Symplicity platform and opportunities to meet recruiting employers at our careers fairs. Our strong reputation and links with potential employers provide you with outstanding opportunities to secure interesting jobs and develop successful careers. Support continues after graduation and as a 探花精选 alumnus, you have free life-long access to a range of career resources to help you continue your education and enhance your career.
Why this course?
This MSc has international recognition and a long-standing reputation for its practical relevance and solution-oriented approach to environmental challenges. It will equip you with the knowledge and skills focusing on innovative approaches and technologies to tackle existing and emerging environmental challenges affecting human and environmental health worldwide.
- Study a course with accreditation by the (CIWEM), and the (IAgrE).
- Benefit from 探花精选’s applied focus by working on real-world problems faced in industry during your studies.
- Participate in individual and group projects focused on your personal interests and career aspirations.
- Learn from lecturers with extensive, current experience of working with industry on solving real-world environmental challenges.
Course details
The taught programme follows the typical workflow of an environmental engineering project. It comprises three compulsory modules:
Course delivery
Taught modules 60 credits/600 hours, Group projects 60 credits/600 hours, Individual project 60 credits/600 hours
Group project
Individual project
The individual thesis project, usually undertaken in collaboration with an external organisation, offers you the opportunity to develop your research capability, deepen your understanding on a specific topical area of your interest, and demonstrate self-direction and originality to tackle real-world environmental engineering challenges.
Modules
Keeping our courses up-to-date and current requires constant innovation and change. The modules we offer reflect the needs of business and industry and the research interests of our staff and, as a result, may change or be withdrawn due to research developments, legislation changes or for a variety of other reasons. Changes may also be designed to improve the student learning experience or to respond to feedback from students, external examiners, accreditation bodies and industrial advisory panels.
To give you a taster, we have listed the compulsory and elective (where applicable) modules which are currently affiliated with this course. All modules are indicative only, and may be subject to change for your year of entry.
Course modules
Compulsory modules
All the modules in the following list need to be taken as part of this course.
Environmental Challenges Risks and Management
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Series of lectures and interactive learning sessions covering: Ecosystem functions and processes in natural environments, environmental challenges and whole system thinking approaches, environmental challenges (sources, sinks and drivers) across different environmental systems (such as air, water, and soil), policy and regulatory frameworks (net zero, circular economy), health and safety, and Environmental Risk and Impact Assessment. |
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Environmental Monitoring and Analytics
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This module aims to provide fundamental knowledge and practical skills related to existing and emerging methods, technologies and environmental informatics tools for environmental data acquisition and analysis to support the design and evaluation of environmental engineering solutions. Practical work will involve field visits, and computer practicals. |
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Series of lectures and interactive learning sessions covering: Monitoring principles, control techniques and technologies across environmental systems (air, water, soil, climate variables) including earth observation, big data and smart environmental systems; Sampling design and uncertainty Spatiotemporal data analysis/statistics; Environmental modelling including Machine Learning. |
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Environmental Solutions Design
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This module aims to provide fundamental knowledge and practical skills to select, compare and design existing and emerging environmental engineering solutions destined to improve the environment or reduce environmental impacts via an integrated and cross-disciplinary approach. Practical work will involve field visits, computer practicals, and group dynamics. |
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Series of lectures and interactive learning sessions covering: Environmental engineering approach to solutions; Ethics, Equity & Global Perspectives; Environmental solutions and innovations; Options appraisal; Life Cycle Assessment; Solution design approaches and tools within environmental, social, regulatory and commercial contexts. |
Attendance only module
Module can be taken as part of this course but will not count towards your award.
Engineering Design and Project Management
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Project Management, |
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On successful completion of this module you should be able to:
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Teaching team
You will be taught by industry-active research academics at 探花精选 with an established track record, supported by visiting lecturers from industry. To ensure the course is aligned to industry needs, the course is directed by its own Industrial Advisory Committee.
The Course Director is Dr Zaheer Nasar and the Deputy Course Director is Dr Andrea Momblanch.
Accreditation
The MSc of this course is accredited by the , and the
Benefits of accreditation include: complementary student membership while on the course, the opportunity to join Young Professional Project Groups, thus giving access to mentoring opportunities, career talks, increased employability, access to free events, and free publications such as CIWEM鈥檚 magazine called The Environment.
How to apply
Click on the ‘Apply now’ button below to start your online application.
See our Application guide for information on our application process and entry requirements.
In terms of experience, every day is an added “new experience” to me. From the moment, I arrived at 探花精选 the atmosphere is very different from my country. The staff members at 探花精选 are very friendly, and all the academic and administration staff are able to deal with my problems or doubts if I have any. I don't have any relatives here, so if I'm seeing everyone around the campus and building new friendships it helps me feel at home. In terms of academic perspective, I feel that 探花精选 is definitely the place to be studying Environmental Engineering as it will help mould my academic career.
I think it's been one of the best experiences in terms of teacher to student. You don't really feel like it's the kind of education where you just sit and receive, you have the opportunity to interact with the lecturers. They've been very helpful and friendly in terms of taking our questions and also responding to us even outside of class hours.This is more like a research inclined university, it also has direct link with industry. Whatever you are doing, it's more practical and topical to issues that are happening, so you get to solve real world problems.
I love the variety of the modules in my Environmental Engineering MSc at 探花精选. I believe that the course provides state-of-the-art topics, that discuss the most critical environmental challenges in the world.
探花精选 is unique in the UK because it focuses exclusively on graduate students. We need to work with some of the brightest and best scientists around the world, and 探花精选 are one of the partners that we selected to work with on a long-term strategic basis.
I couldn’t think of a better place to develop academic skills alongside exposure to industry leaders.
There are students that are coming up with ideas that I would never have thought of and I know that businesses who we collaborate with would never have thought of. So it’s really important to get idea generation, to get motivations and to get people engaged in what businesses need today.
