Environmental Engineering MS
University, USA
MSc
DURATION
LANGUAGES
English
PACE
APPLICATION DEADLINE
EARLIEST START DATE
Sep 2026
STUDY FORMAT
Key Summary
About: The Master of Science in Environmental Engineering programme at UCF accepts students with science or math backgrounds and may require undergraduate engineering prerequisites. Applicants should know chemistry, process design, water resources, and air pollution. The programme emphasizes pollution control, prevention, and remediation of natural and built environments. Research areas include water and wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, atmospheric modeling, and stormwater management.
Career Outcomes: Graduates enter federal, state, and local government, academia, consulting, or industry sectors. Potential roles include environmental engineer, water resources engineer, air quality engineer, waste manager, environmental consultant, regulatory compliance specialist, research scientist.
The Master of Science in Environmental Engineering program is for students with science, math, or a similar background, and usually requires a number of undergraduate engineering courses as articulation to become fully prepared for graduate work in environmental engineering.
Applicants to the program are expected to be knowledgeable in topics including chemistry, process design, water resources, and air pollution. The program focuses on pollution control, pollution prevention, and the correction of pollution effects on natural and man-made environments.
The program is noted for its strong faculty research interests, and areas of study include drinking water treatment, wastewater treatment, solid and hazardous waste management, atmospheric pollution control and modeling, community noise abatement, and stormwater management. The program’s overall mission is to prepare students for careers in environmental engineering with consulting firms; with industry; within federal, state, and local governments; and/or in higher education.
The program’s overall mission is to prepare students for Environmental Engineering careers in federal, state, and local governments; higher education; consulting; and industry.
