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What do you study?
Why study at Wollongong for Environmental Engineering
Entry Requirements
Career Opportunities
What subjects will you do?
What is Environmental Engineering?
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Are you concerned about the natural and manmade environment?
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Do you want to solve problems associated with water quality, wastewater reuse and disposal, solid waste disposal, contaminated lands and air quality?
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Do you want to know how to improve industrial processes to prevent pollution?
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Do you like to know the importance and mechanisms of sustainability of natural and manmade resources?
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If you answer yes to any one of these questions, Environmental Engineering is the degree for you.
Environmental Engineers are professionals who work to minimise the environmental impacts of engineering and other developments. Environmental engineers are involved with many aspects of society’s interaction with the environment. Environmental engineering encompasses the scientific assessment and development of engineering solutions to environmental problems impacting our biosphere, land, water and air quality and aim for sustainable development. The field embraces broad environmental concerns, including water quality and supply, groundwater protection and remediation, wastewater treatment, indoor and outdoor air pollution, solid and hazardous waste disposal, supply of safe drinking water, cleaning contaminated sites, preserving sensitive wetlands, and prevention of pollution through product and process design.
Environmental engineers must balance competing technical, social and legal issues concerning the use of environmental resources. Because of the complexity of this challenge, environmental engineers need a broad understanding not only of engineering disciplines but also of chemistry, biology, geology, economics and management.
What do you study?
This course combines traditional engineering skills with broad application of physics, chemistry, biology and other subject areas in an interdisciplinary manner to achieve innovative and environmentally acceptable solutions to existing and future environmental problems.
The course has a duration of four years full-time study. The early years generally consist of common core subjects such as Engineering Maths, Physics, Chemistry, Engineering Computing, Management of Technology and Introduction to Design and Innovation. The later years branch into more specialised areas including:
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Water quality engineering
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Air and noise pollution control
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Solid and hazardous waste management
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Environmental Engineering Design
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Site remediation
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Why study at Wollongong?
Our care for students, friendly academic, technical and administrative staff, excellent laboratory facilities with modern equipment, field trips to supplement lecture and tutorial materials, flexible delivery of subjects, focus on design and management, computer and library literacy requirements, professional ethics, opportunity to obtain combined degrees with other engineering disciplines or with courses such as arts, commerce, economics, law, mathematics or science, final year thesis projects and 12 weeks of professional experience in an environmental engineering makes it a world class degree. Our degrees are recognised throughout the world and our graduates readily get jobs in Australia and overseas.
Entry Requirements
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Assumed knowledge:
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2U - English and 2U and/or 3U Maths or equivalent
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Recommended Study:
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Physics, Chemistry or at least 2U Maths.
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Students with no previous knowledge of Physics or Chemistry are advised to enrol in bridging courses held on Campus.
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UAI:
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80 standard entry
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Students with a UAI of at least 93+ qualify for the Scholars program and students with less than 80 can apply through the Opportunity Program.
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Career Opportunities
Environmental engineering graduates from the University of Wollongong are in high demand by local councils, planning and enviironmental protection authorities in state and federal government departments, various industries, national and international engineering consulting firms, as well as in large management organisations.
Pursue a career as:
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Environmental Engineer
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Water Supply/Resources Engineer
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Environmental Manager
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Wastewater Engineer
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Public Health Engineer
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Pollution Control Engineer
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Site Remediation Engineer
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Sustainable Development Engineer
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