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The University of Western Australia (UWA)

  • 22% international / 78% domestic

Environmental Engineering

  • Non-Award

Become an industry-ready environmental engineer with real-world experience in just four years. Graduate with the key skills and qualities employers need in new engineers to succeed in their rapidly evolving sectors

Key details

Degree Type
Non-Award

About this course

This course opens up a world of future study pathways and career options.

The University of Western Australia welcomes applications from international and domestic school-leavers. If you're interested in studying this major, find out the admission details below.

Make a positive impact to our world as an environmental engineer, applying your understanding of natural systems and technical engineering skills to find creative solutions to pressures facing our environment and sustainable development. In the Environmental Engineering major, you'll gain a thorough understanding of the environmental challenges facing our world and how we can apply engineering practice to assess and manage the effects of human and other activity on the natural and built environment.

The growing need for environmental protection has created high demand for professional environmental engineers. You'll gain detailed knowledge on environmental management and design, environmental risk assessment, ecological engineering and design, environmental modelling, oceanography, contaminant fate and transport, hydrology, environmental fluid mechanics and more. A strong emphasis is placed on developing strong analytical and research skills, in particular advanced numerical techniques.

Be guided by world leading academics specialising in oceanography, water engineering, waste management, sustainable engineering and site decontamination.

Career pathways

  • Environmental engineer
  • Researcher
  • Consultant

Environmental engineers are employed with large construction and mining organisations, large companies, large forestry organisations, regulatory authorities and government departments. Opportunities also exist for self-employment or work with consulting firms providing services to the water, infrastructure, manufacturing, natural resources and environment sectors.

Graduate outcomes

Graduate satisfaction and employment outcomes for Engineering courses at The University of Western Australia (UWA).
64%
Overall satisfaction
77%
Skill scale
37.9%
Teaching scale
50.5%
Employed full-time