MEng in Environmental Engineering
Course Overview
The MEng in Environmental Engineering is a UK Level 7 postgraduate degree qualification running one year full-time or two years part-time, aligned with Institution of Civil Engineers technical guidance and RICS professional practice statements. It is designed for engineers moving into research-informed environmental practice across water, air, waste and net-zero programmes, closing with a substantial dissertation or sponsor consulting project, and the curriculum is refreshed each year against UK sector expectations and UK infrastructure, construction and environmental practice. Every module is written and marked to UK postgraduate standards, and the same intake cohort covers on-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes with weekly tutor visibility across every mode. Assessment briefings, taught sessions and tutor clinics run to a single teaching rhythm, and the MEng in Environmental Engineering schedule is published at the start of each intake so learners can plan around work, family and travel commitments.
By the closing weeks of the MEng in Environmental Engineering you will design environmental interventions with defensible methodology, apply UK regulatory frameworks and defend a dissertation in front of an academic panel, and be ready to step into senior, consulting or research-adjacent UK positions. The programme sits alongside the Institution of Civil Engineers, the CIOB and CIBSE communities that shape UK infrastructure delivery, plus the London consultancies working on transport, energy and net-zero programmes, so the professional-body scene you are studying sits inside a short tube ride of the central London campus. Assessment blends taught coursework, applied artefacts and a closing dissertation or sponsor consulting project moderated to UK postgraduate standards, with a named programme tutor from induction through the closing submission. Every learner receives structured milestone feedback, one-to-one review sessions and an evidence-based portfolio review that maps directly onto UK employer expectations for the MEng in Environmental Engineering subject area.
Key Features
- Coaching from working UK environmental engineers and consultants.
- Careers-service introductions to London environmental consultancies and utilities.
- Curriculum aligned with CIWEM, IES and Institution of Civil Engineers competencies.
- Modules on water treatment, air quality, contaminated land and net-zero engineering.
- Applied projects using UK regulatory frameworks and industry modelling tools.
- Choice of research dissertation or sponsor consulting project.
- Named dissertation supervisor and structured milestone reviews.
What You Will Learn
- Model air quality across urban and industrial contexts.
- Assess contaminated land under UK Part 2A and equivalent regimes.
- Design net-zero interventions with sustainability metrics.
- Apply the Environment Act, WFD and UK planning frameworks.
- Handle environmental impact assessment at senior level.
- Apply research methodology to a piece of original environmental engineering work.
- Defend a dissertation or consulting project in a formal viva.
- Design water treatment and distribution schemes to UK standards.
Who This Course Is For
- Working consultants stepping into architectural authority.
- Career changers with adjacent scientific degrees aligning environmental skills at MEng level.
- Experience-route applicants with five or more years of senior professional practice.
- International applicants aligning senior experience with UK academic vocabulary.
- Bachelor graduates progressing into senior environmental engineering roles.
Career Pathways
- Water Resources Engineer
- Sustainability Consultant
- Air Quality Consultant
- Contaminated Land Specialist
- Head of Sustainability (with progression)
- Senior Environmental Engineer
- Environmental Consultant
The LSCE careers service runs one-to-one interview support in the final stage and taps its UK contact book across environmental consultancies, water utilities and net-zero programme teams to help place MEng graduates into senior UK roles. Alumni support continues after graduation through the LSCE careers network, so the MEng in Environmental Engineering remains a live credential in your career progression conversations for years after you finish.
Entry Requirements
Applicants to the MEng in Environmental Engineering are assessed on the balance of academic preparation, professional experience and stated intent to work in environmental engineering and sustainability. The requirements below are the standard published entry criteria, and admissions will confirm any credit-transfer, English-language or portfolio route in the first response.
- A UK Bachelor's degree at 2:2 or above, or an international equivalent, in a discipline relevant to environmental engineering.
- Applicants with five or more years of senior professional experience are considered for admission by portfolio.
- IELTS 6.5 overall (no band below 6.0) for non-native English speakers.
- Two references , normally academic; senior professional accepted for experience-route applicants.
- A one-page personal statement setting out your dissertation or capstone interest in environmental engineering.
Why Study at LSCE
LSCE is the specialist computing and engineering division of Harold International College of London, teaching in small tutor-visible cohorts across every level of the ladder. The central London campus places ICE One Great George Street, the CIOB and CIBSE London offices and the consultancies of Waterloo and the City within a short tube ride, so students learning on the MEng in Environmental Engineering can attend the same industry evenings, guest lectures and continuing professional development sessions that working practitioners attend. Partnerships with UK professional bodies, including the ones woven through the MEng in Environmental Engineering curriculum, mean the qualification carries weight with employers, and the syllabus is refreshed each year against professional-body guidance and the latest UK sector needs.
On-campus, fully online and distance-learning routes join the same intake cohort with weekly tutor visibility, so the postgraduate experience of the MEng in Environmental Engineering does not depend on which route you pick. Students routinely attend ICE London Region events, CIOB Members Forum, CIBSE London evening lectures and RICS London CPD sessions during their studies, and the LSCE careers service maintains a working contact book across UK employers, hosts industry-careers days and offers one-to-one application support during your final stage. Postgraduate learners on the LSCE ladder also access shared library, elective-module and student-society facilities through the wider Harold International College network subject to availability.
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