Program Overview
UBC offers two distinct Environmental Engineering programs:
UBC Program
The Environmental Engineering program combines classroom interactions with team-based projects and hands-on learning in laboratories. The Environmental Engineering degree at UBC will teach you how to address the issues surrounding waste treatment, reuse, and recycling, as well as how to mitigate air and water pollution using innovative design and engineering practices.
Joint UBC and UNBC Program
This is a 4.5 year joint degree between UBC and the University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC - Located in Prince George, BC). The program starts with a two-year foundation in mathematics, basic sciences, and environmental sciences at UNBC. The third and fourth years offer engineering fundamentals, engineering analytics, and engineering design through courses in Civil Engineering, and Chemical & Biological Engineering at UBC.
Student Skills
Environmental Engineering students are data-driven problem-solvers who can help your organization develop innovative, environmentally-friendly solutions. Here are some highlights of what our Co-op students can do for your organization:
- Analysis, evaluation and monitoring of air, water and soil quality, and developing clean-up procedures for contaminated sites
- Application of fluid dynamics, soil mechanics and open channel hydrology flow to plan and develop sustainable solutions to civil works and projects
- Development and implementation of prevention and control technologies such as air pollution control, soil remediation and solid waste management
- Collaboration through projects with an interdisciplinary team of experts
- Conducting impact studies and technical analyses of field data to identify hazards and risks of engineering projects to the public and environment
- Technical writing skills to prepare environmental reports, assessments, remediation plans and proposals
- Usage of modeling, surveying, and programming software such as AutoCAD and ArcGIS
Sample Courses
- UBC Program:
- Geo-Environmental Engineering
- Groundwater Hydrology
- Fluid Mechanics II
- Hydrology and Open Channel Flow
- You can find more information on the UBC Environmental Engineering website.
- UBC/UNBC Joint Program:
- Fluid Mechanics II
- Air Pollution Prevention and Control
- Mining and the Environment
- Chemical and Biological Engineering Thermodynamics
- You can find more information on the UBC/UNBC Joint Program Website.
Career Opportunities
- Environmental engineering in all levels of government, NGOs, consulting, or extractive and manufacturing industries – both locally and internationally
- Sustainability planning and design
- Environmental policy formulation
- Designing facilities, management systems, and information systems
- Performing impact assessments (including regulatory, sustainability, environmental, social, and risk)
