Water and Environmental Engineering

There’s a global shortage of qualified professionals who specialise in water and environmental engineering. This Water and Environmental Engineering course will transform you into an expert on water and environmental sustainability, ready to tackle the industry’s complex challenges.

Career opportunities

• This fully accredited Water and Environmental Engineering course offered at the University of Surrey is taught by experts from our Centre for Environmental Health and Engineering (CEHE), which is a designated World Health Organization Collaborating Centre for the protection of water quality and human health. CEHE sits within the School of Sustainability, Civil and Environmental Engineering.This course is increasingly popular and relevant to the needs of future engineers, scientists and professionals in sectors such as environmental health, water quality, sanitation, water resource management and pollution control.Our MSc attracts UK and international graduates who wish to take advantage of the global interest in water quality, sanitation and integrated water resources management to develop their careers.It will provide you with a solid understanding of the core areas of water and environmental engineering. You’ll gain the skills you need to explore, critically assess and produce systematic and coherent solutions for sustainable water and environmental management.You’ll do this while integrating core engineering science with practical applications, both independently and within a team, developing an understanding of how this knowledge can be articulated around sustainable development practices.Graduates of this course are in high demand, progressing to engineering roles in sectors such as environmental health, water quality, sanitation, water resource management and pollution control, for companies including:
• Arcadis

• Atkins

• London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine

• Mott MacDonald

• Oxfam

• QinetiQ

• Southern Water

• Thames Water

• West London NHS Trust

• World Bank.

• This degree is accredited by the Joint Board of Moderators (JBM) comprising of the Institution of Civil Engineers, Institution of Structural Engineers, Institute of Highway Engineers, the Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation and the Permanent Way Institution

• This program is accredited by the European Accreditation of Engineering programs (EUR-ACE)

Courses Include:

• Water Treatment

• Global Challenges In Water And Health

• Wastewater Treatment

• Infrastructure Systems, Interdependencies And Resilience

• Infrastructure Asset Management

• Water Resources Management And Hydraulic Modelling

• Geographical Information Science And Remote Sensing

• Sustainability And Infrastructure