Engineering - Environmental Engineering

Overview

Environmental Engineers work at the interface between the Natural and the Built Environment. Environmental Engineering deals with the Impacts of the Built Environment and Human Activities on the Natural Environment and vice versa.



The Programme provides the Technical Understanding of these Interactions across the Engineering and Environmental Sciences and develops your Practical Skills to Characterise and Monitor these key Processes and to find Solutions to address these Challenges.



In doing so, Environmental Engineering is key to supporting the UN Sustainable Development Goals and to finding and implementing Solutions to Mitigate and to Adapt to Climate Change.



Environmental Engineering is a broad discipline which is accessible to those from many different backgrounds. The Programme offers a wide variety of elective modules across Environmental Engineering to suit your particular interests.



The Programme provides the opportunities for a career in the environmental, consultancy, regulatory, management, and engineering industry at home or abroad.



Environmental Engineers are in high demand. The challenges of Sustainable Development, Decarbonisation and Climate Change Adaptation require technical competencies alongside practical skills to find and implement solutions to these challenges. The programme provides its graduates with the relevant competencies and skills for successful careers in environmental engineering, monitoring, management and consultancy, and establishes a basis for interdisciplinary research studies.

Year 1

Core Modules

• Assessment of Environmental Impacts (20 credits)

• Computer Modelling of Contaminant Transport (20 credits)

• Land & Water Quality (20 credits)

• Eng Hydrology and Hydrogeology (20 credits)



Optional Modules

• Mitigating Climate Change (20 credits)

• Skills for Sustainable Development (20 credits)

• Project Planning for Sustainability (20 credits)

• Environmental Interaction of Assessment of Marine Renewables (10 credits)

• Water and Wastewater Treatment (10 credits)

• GIS and Spatial Analysis (20 credits)

• Introduction to Renewable Energies (20 credits)



As well as compulsory and optional modules, the programme includes a research project which leads to a report (PgDip) or Thesis (MSc) submission. Typically full-time students complete 60 CATS points worth of modules per semester.



Course Structure

The PostGraduate Diploma is awarded to students who successfully complete the taught element of the programme in a combination of Compulsory Core Modules (80 CATS points) and Elective Modules (40 CATS points).



Exit qualifications are available: students may exit with a Postgraduate Certificate by successfully completing 60 CATS points from the taught programme.



Module Review

All modules for 2024/25 are currently under review and subject to change in advance of the programme commencing in September 2024.

Graduate

Normally a 2.2 Honours degree or above or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University in a relevant Engineering/Science discipline, e.g. Civil Engineering. Applicants must also demonstrate sufficient mathematical background (a minimum of A-level standard or equivalent) however undergraduate courses with a high mathematical content, e.g. Statistics, will be considered on a case-by case-basis.



A 2.1 Honours degree or above, or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University, is required for those with an insufficient mathematical background.



Applicants with qualifications below 2.2 Honours degree standard (or equivalent qualification acceptable to the University) will be considered on a case-by case-basis. Supplementary form to be completed along with application.



Professional Qualifications may be considered alongside extensive relevant professional experience.

The deadline for applications is normally 30th June 2024. However, we encourage applicants to apply as early as possible. In the event that any programme receives a high number of applications, the University reserves the right to close the application portal earlier than 30th June deadline. Notifications to this effect will appear on the Direct Application Portal against the programme application page.



How to Apply

Apply using our online Postgraduate Applications Portal and follow the step-by-step instructions on how to apply.

Written examination

Continuous assessment

1 year (Full-time)

2 years (Part-time)



Contact Teaching Hours

Small Group Teaching/Personal Tutorial

0 (hours maximum)

On the full-time programme: Lectures: Typically 6 hours per week depending on individual choice of Elective Modules. Tutorials: Typically 6 hours per week depending on individual choice of Elective Modules



Teaching Times

Teaching typically focuses on 2-3 days per week, depending on choice of Elective Modules.

Entry Year: 2024/25

Career Prospects

Introduction

Over the past two decades, the programme has developed a strong recognition with employers in industry, governmental agencies and academia with many of our past graduates having become Senior Industry Leaders and actively recruiting from the programme. Past graduates have found employment with a wide range of employers, eg environment regulatory agencies, civil engineering and specialist contractors as well as engineering and environmental consultancies in the UK, Ireland and abroad.