People need a healthy environment in every respect in order to live. Environmental engineers therefore have to deal with an extremely wide range of areas: For example, water management, waste recycling and environmentally friendly waste disposal, soil protection and remediation of contaminated sites, traffic, air pollution control, climate protection as well as environmental and quality management.
The Bachelor's degree course lasts seven semesters and offers an overview of technical solutions in the complex contexts of environmental engineering. Ecological aspects are combined with the economic and practice-oriented tasks of engineering. This innovative approach of the University of Kassel is in great demand in the working world: environmental engineers work in research, industry, engineering offices and in public administration.
The course teaches the skills required to understand environmentally relevant procedures, processes, methods and systems, to calculate, design, evaluate, compare and further develop them using scientific methods. In the first semesters, engineering fundamentals such as mathematics and mechanics are taught. Students then deepen their knowledge in the areas of resource management and waste technology, urban water management, hydraulic engineering and water management and transportation. They thus acquire detailed knowledge and competent skills in the field of environmental engineering. The engineering internship can be completed in companies, engineering offices, administrations or private organizations. This is often where contacts are made with future employers. The Bachelor's degree qualifies students for direct employment or for admission to a subsequent Master's degree course. Interested students should bring math skills with them - a preliminary course refreshes these.
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