Bachelor’s Programme Environmental Engineering
Do you want to design liveable cities with clean water, sustainable transport and climate-friendly buildings?
Students on the Bachelor's degree programme in Environmental Engineering deal with ecologically sound solutions for conserving resources. They learn the skills for planning, design, construction, calculation and realisation as well as the operation of projects. Technical diligence, sustainability and economic efficiency take centre stage.
Please note: the language of instruction for this programme is German.
Bachelor of Science
Duration/ECTS-Credits
6 semesters/180 ECTS-Credits
Mode of Study
Full-time
Language
German
Requirements
Secondary school completion certificate/equivalent
and Language Certificates
Faculty
Faculty of Engineering Sciences
Level of qualification
Bachelor (First Cycle)
ISCED-11: Level 6, EQF/NQF: Level 6
ISCED-F
0732 Building and civil engineering
Study Code
UC 033 271
FAQ
Studying environmental engineering is worthwhile because it develops technical solutions for key ecological challenges. Graduates actively contribute to climate protection, resource conservation and sustainable infrastructure. Specialists in this field are in high demand due to climate change. In addition, the degree programme combines engineering methods with interdisciplinary approaches and thus offers both practical and research-oriented career paths.
Students on this Bachelor's programme study:
- Biology, chemistry, thermodynamics and fluid dynamics
- Waste and resource management, ecology and environmental economics
- Energy-efficient and sustainable construction
- Environmental geotechnics
- Transport and infrastructure planning
- Hydraulic engineering, hydropower and urban water management
- Metrology, surveying and GIS
Yes, the degree programme includes the opportunity to freely choose courses totalling 30 ECTS credits (equivalent to one semester). It is possible to choose specially offered elective courses, complete a minor, complete courses from other Bachelor's programmes or from the interdisciplinary courses offered by the university as well as a stay abroad, e.g. via Erasmus+.
We particularly recommend:
- the elective courses offered specifically for the Bachelor's degree programme in Environmental Engineering, such as 'Excursions', 'Laboratory Practical', 'Climate Change and Climate Change Adaptation', 'Remote Sensing and Photogrammetry', 'Bio-based Building Materials' or 'Energy Systems in the Context of the Energy Transition'
- Courses from the Bachelor's degree programme in Civil Engineering
- the minor 'Sustainability' or parts thereof
The University of Innsbruck promotes and supports stays abroad, e.g. via Erasmus+. The elective options in the degree programme offer the possibility of recognition of courses completed abroad.
Environmental engineers are responsible for the analysis and evaluation of environmental pollution and the development of technical, nature-based and organisational solutions for the protection and sustainable use of environmental resources.
This includes the areas of water and waste management, soil protection, environmental monitoring as well as climate protection and adaptation. Environmental engineers work at the interface between technology, science and society and make a significant contribution to the development of environmentally friendly infrastructures and processes.
Graduates of the Bachelor's degree programme have the opportunity to work as an engineer in practice as well as to enter a relevant Master's degree programme.
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