This programme is designed for graduates in specialist areas of engineering and science, who wish to develop their intellectual, practical and professional skills in the critical acquisition, analysis, interpretation and understanding of environmental engineering principles and issues. It involves staff mainly from the Faculty of Engineering and Physical Sciences with contributions from external professionals across the environmental engineering industry.

The programme provides a suitable background for careers in environmental engineering, monitoring, management and consultancy, and it establishes a basis for interdisciplinary research to a higher level. 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.