Bachelor of Engineering (Environmental Engineering) (Honours) -110998M

RMIT University

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.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.Work-integrated learning opportunities will provide you with real-world experience and industry connections. You’ll have the opportunity to design creative solutions through inspiring and sustainable design and build projects, and take part in the Engineers Without Borders Challenge.These include visits to Melbourne’s major water treatment plants, sites of geological significance in the Melbourne region and study tours focusing on mine site remediation, sustainable city design and land and water resources management. Laboratory-based activities cover mini research projects. You'll develop innovative solutions for waste products, such as generating bio-gas from waste, testing natural and engineered water treatment systems, and modelling the flow of pollutants above and below the ground.In the final year of your environmental engineering studies, you will undertake a major project that is either industry-based or simulates an industrial situation. Combining and further developing the key theoretical and practical knowledge necessary for your field, you’ll work with industry leaders to solve a project challenge. Before graduating, you are strongly encouraged to complete a minimum of 10 weeks engineering work experience. This allows you to gain first-hand experience in an engineering practice environment under the supervision of a practising professional engineer. The nature and timing of this industry experience can take a range of forms. Opportunities exist for an overseas work placement of either six or 12 months. Placements are normally taken during a one-year break in the middle or at the end of the third year of the degree.

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