Master of Professional Engineering (Sustainability and Environmental Engineering)
Program Overview
This three-year engineering degree provides cross-disciplinary skills in sustainability and environmental engineering. Students can transition from science or engineering backgrounds, specializing in areas such as energy, CO2 reduction, and environmental engineering. Graduates are prepared for careers in various fields, including energy, environmental engineering, and waste recycling. The program is offered full-time or part-time, requires 144 credit points, and includes a professional practice component.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
Develop specialized technical knowledge in sustainability and environmental engineering to help you transition to an engineering career. Gain a cross-disciplinary set of skills in engineering, management, and science to design solutions to pressing global issues. This course is for people seeking to make the transition from a science or mathematics-based career to become an engineer, or who already have an engineering degree and would like to change paths to a different specialization.
Careers:
Graduates can pursue a career in a wide range of fields, including:
- energy engineering
- CO2 reduction
- mineral engineering
- environmental engineering
- water process
- waste recycling, and
- food engineering.
Other:
- Duration: 3 years full-time (Available part-time)
- Location: Camperdown/Darlington University of Sydney
- Study mode: Face to face
- Credit points: 144
- Professional practice component: Usually undertaken over 12 weeks.
- Mandatory work hours: This course requires you to complete 420 work hours.
- Why study with us?
- We're ranked 25th globally for engineering and computer science (2023 Shanghai Ranking of Academic Subjects).
- We are a top 20 university globally (2025 QS World University Rankings)
- Access to more than 1200 industry, not-for-profits, and government partners to gain real-world work experience before you graduate.