Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development

What is the objective of the course? What is it?
What does it train you for?

The Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development Bachelor's Degree aims to train technicians experts in the protection and restoration of the natural and man-made environment.

The training course starts from the analysis of the environment in which society lives and evolves, from the definition of the potential of the resources it uses and consumes (water, air, soil...), from the residues it produces.

It analyses the phenomena of alteration which change its status in terms of quality and safety and comes to the study of the measures for protection, maintenance and restoration of environmental quality, to be implemented with care, as well as the technical aspects, also to the environmental, economic and social sustainability dictated by the UN 2030 Agenda, with its 17 goals for a sustainable future at global level.

The Degree Course provides for the in-depth study of topics relating to both the knowledge of the territory (using the most advanced monitoring and control techniques), as well as the pollution of the various environmental sectors (air, water and soil) and the related prevention and remediation measures.

The skills of the graduate student in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development are related to the design of manufactures and works, Monitoring and controlling of environmental parameters and variables characterizing natural and productive processes, the operation of plants and the evaluation of the sustainability of interventions.

What do you learn?

Students of the Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development Bachelor's Degree learn to:

1. Analyse and interpret environmental data, including by advanced statistical methods, for the assessment of pollution phenomena;
2. Design of interventions aimed at the protection and restoration of the environment and soil protection, using the latest techniques and tools for dimensioning components, systems and processes;
3. Identify the areas at risk (chemical, industrial, hydrogeological) in relation to its protection against natural events and human activities;
4. Assess the environmental compatibility of projects, including in terms of sustainability, in relation to existing regulations.

participate in the formation and management of urban, territorial and environmental plans and plans for the use and enjoyment of nature reserves and parks.

In the first-year students acquire fundamental knowledge from basic disciplines but also from courses in computer science and applied ecology.

During the second year they acquire knowledge characterizing and, finally, during the third year, they acquire professional knowledge, following courses such as Construction Science, Sanitary and Environmental Engineering, Geotechnics, Hydrology and Climatology, considered essential for the training of an environmental engineer even in a climate change context, as well as further training activities.

What can you do with it?

The graduate in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development Bachelor's Degree will be a junior Environmental Engineer (Register "B" Order of Engineers) and will perform the following functions:

• Participation in project groups for water treatment and waste management works, soil protection interventions;
installations for the use of energy resources, with particular reference to renewable and alternative ones;
• The assessment of the environmental compatibility of plans and projects;
• The conduct of experiments and the analysis and interpretation of data relevant to the environment;
• The use of techniques and methods to assist in the design of components;
systems and processes in agreement with environmental requirements;
• Participation in the drafting of town and country plans.

The employment opportunities of the graduate in Environmental Engineering for Sustainable Development are public and private bodies, companies, professional studies, the liberal professions and, more generally, all those interested in planning, The design, implementation, monitoring, control and management of interventions aimed at environmental protection and soil protection.

Finally, the graduation allows access to the master’s degree in Engineering and Innovative Technologies for the Environment, which the graduate will be able to attend while simultaneously carrying out the work activities that the degree already obtained allows.