The program provides students with professional qualifications in areas of great importance to the community. The program is attractive to students who have in mind a career involving environmental issues and infrastructure development. The School of Civil and Environmental Engineering administers the program.

The broad objective of the Faculty of Engineering's undergraduate programs is to develop well-educated graduates, that is, graduates with the strong technical knowledge and the basic skills and attributes required to practise as professional engineers. The desired skills are those that enable graduates to be independent investigators; self-motivated; critical thinkers; problem solvers; life-long learners; good communicators; team players; effective managers; as well as economically, environmentally and socially aware.