Civil and Environmental Engineering University of Aberdeen

Overview

At a Glance

The Civil and Environmental Engineering programme of the University of Aberdeen follows a similar structure to the straight MEng Civil Engineering degree. The major difference is the compulsory requirement to study the Environmental Engineering course in year 4. This particular course deals with various aspects related to:

• surface water: sources of water pollution and their impact on aqueous environment and public health, water quality and supply, wastewater treatment;

• soil and groundwater: groundwater flow, groundwater contamination and pollution, subsurface contaminants transport mechanisms, sustainable land-groundwater management;

• solid waste: sources of solid waste, characterisation and treatment of solid waste, solid waste management;

• air pollution and control: air pollutants and sources, air pollution meteorology, pollutant dispersion in the air, air pollution control.

Students will develop a greater understanding of the environmental challenges and considerations required as part of major civil engineering projects, how to manage these challenges and implement effective solutions.

Careers

A Civil Engineer can take a specific progression route within the career of engineering. You can specialise in specific areas of infrastructure with an employer or work on projects around the world as a self-employed consultant. Having an environmental element to your degree is very useful to understanding the now complex issues of climate change and its effects on infrastructure. Having this additional element to your degree can make you highly employable in a changing environment where innovation and understanding environmental issues can make a real difference to quality of life and can be essential to meet regulatory requirements.