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University of Western Australia

Perth , Western Australia ,Australia

Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) - Environmental Engineering

Make a positive impact to our world as an environmental engineer, applying your understanding of natural systems and technical engineering skills to find creative solutions to pressures facing our environment and sustainable development. In the Environmental Engineering major, you’ll gain a thorough understanding of the environmental challenges facing our world and how we can apply engineering practice to assess and manage the effects of human and other activity on the natural and built environment.

The growing need for environmental protection has created high demand for professional environmental engineers. You’ll gain detailed knowledge on environmental management and design, environmental risk assessment, ecological engineering and design, environmental modelling, oceanography, contaminant fate and transport, hydrology, environmental fluid mechanics and more. A strong emphasis is placed on developing strong analytical and research skills, in particular advanced numerical techniques.

Be guided by world leading academics specialising in oceanography, water engineering, waste management, sustainable engineering and site decontamination.

Intakes

  • Feb
  • July

Application Processing Time in Days: 20

Application Process

More information Required
10 Days
possible interview call
10 Days
Conditional offer
20 Days
Visa process
20 Days

Minimum English Language Requirements

English Level Description IELTS (1.0 -9.0) TOEFL IBT (0-120) TOEFL CBT (0-300) PTE (10-90)
Expert 9 120 297-300 86-90
Very Good 8.5 115-119 280-293 83-86
Very Good 8 110-114 270-280 79-83
Good 7.5 102-109 253-267 73-79
Good 7 94-101 240-253 65-73
Competent 6.5 79-93 213-233 58-65
Competent 6 60-78 170-210 50-58
Modest 5.5 46-59 133-210 43-50
Modest 5 35-45 107-133 36-43
Limited 4 32-34 97-103 30-36
Extremely Limited < 4 < 31 < 93 < 30

Job Opportunity Potential

  • Environmental engineer
  • Researcher
  • Consultant

Environmental engineers are employed with large construction and mining organisations, large companies, large forestry organisations, regulatory authorities and government departments. Opportunities also exist for self-employment or work with consulting firms providing services to the water, infrastructure, manufacturing, natural resources and environment sectors.

 

PSW Opportunity

3 Years of PSW (on A Bachelors and Masters course)

Admission Requirement / Eligibility Criteria

Below you’ll find a list of admission equivalencies for this course's Australian Tertiary Admissions Rank (ATAR).

Indonesian Secondary School Leaving Certificate (STTB SMA)

  • 8

All India Senior School Certificate (CBSE)

  • 12

Canadian Matriculation (except Quebec)

  • 70

Chinese Gao Kao

  • 525

Chinese Unified Examinations (UEC)

  • 12

French Baccalauréat

  • 12

GCE or Cambridge Advanced-level Examinations

  • 8

German Abitur

  • 3.3

Indian School Certificate (CISCE)

  • 60

International Baccalaureate

  • 27

Norwegian Vitnemål

  • 4

Singapore-Cambridge A-Levels

  • 8

South African National Senior Certificate

  • 4.6

Swedish Slutbetyg

  • 15

UWA Foundation Programme (UWAFP)

  • 66

Western Australian Universities Foundation Program (WAUFP)

  • 60

Monash University Foundation Year (MUFY)

  • 270

Trinity College Foundation Program

  • 75

Western Australian Certificate of Education (WACE) 2016 onwards

  • 80

Korean College Scholastic Ability Test (CSAT)

  • 320

U.S. College Board Advanced Placement Examinations

  • 8

Hong Kong Diploma of Secondary Education

  • 15

Mathematics Methods ATAR

At least one of the following three subjects: Mathematics Specialist ATAR, Chemistry ATAR or Physics ATAR

All four subjects are recommended. If you do not have all four subjects you will need to complete extra units in first year, which may mean taking additional units to meet the course requirements