Gain the skills and knowledge you'll need to enter the diverse and rewarding field of environmental engineering.
RMIT's Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (Honours) offers you the chance to specialise in engineering fields critical to solving the world’s environmental challenges. Land contamination and rehabilitation, energy, hydrogeology, wastewater treatment, and sustainable cities are strong focus areas.
During your environmental studies, you’ll learn engineering concepts and technical skills to:
preserve the environment
minimise water, soil and air pollution
assess the environmental impact of engineering projects
develop remediation measures for environmental degradation
deliver sustainable solutions through engineering processes.
Elective subjects such as the Humanitarian Experiential Learning Project will provide you with the opportunity to gain a global perspective on the world’s environmental challenges and the role environmental engineers can play in solving them.
Graduate from this degree with the skills and knowledge to conserve water resources, supply safe drinking water in challenging contexts, undertake rehabilitation of contaminated land and groundwater, design systems to sustainably manage wastes and reduce the environmental footprint in urban and rural communities, and prepare environmental impact studies for major infrastructure projects.
As a graduate of this degree, you will have a real opportunity to make a significant difference to the world by introducing sustainable practices to preserve the environment, remediating environmental disasters, and preparing the community for the adverse effects of climate change.
Environmental engineering offers you diverse career options. As an environmental engineer, you will be able to pursue a career in:
environmental consultancies
government departments and regulatory bodies
contaminated land assessment industries
non-government environmental and humanitarian sectors
the mining industry
water treatment, landfill and other essential site operators.
RMIT graduates have gone on to work at a range of organisations including:
EPA Victoria
Water corporations (Melbourne Water, South East Water, City West Water)
Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning
Global and local consultancies.
To study this course you will need to complete one of the following English proficiency tests:
IELTS (Academic): minimum overall band of 6.5 (with no individual band below 6.0)
TOEFL (Internet Based Test - IBT): minimum overall score of 79 (with minimum of 13 in Reading, 12 in Listening, 18 in Speaking and 21 in Writing)
Pearson Test of English (Academic) (PTE (A)): minimum score of 58 (with no communication band less than 50)
Cambridge English: Advanced (CAE): minimum of 176 with no less than 169 in any component.