Environmental Engineering
Environmental engineering includes the application of engineering principles and technologies to improve and maintain the quality of the environment for the protection of human health and natural ecosystems and for the environment-related enhancement of the quality of human life.
The Environmental Engineering Graduate Program (EnE) is an interdisciplinary interdepartmental collaborative program involving six departments of the College of Engineering of UP Diliman. The EnE Graduate Committee, under the Office of the Dean, College of Engineering, consists of representatives from the six participating departments out of which an EnE Coordinator is selected who will carry out the overall supervision and coordination of the program.
Departments that participate are
- Department of Chemical Engineering
- Department of Civil Engineering
- Department of Geodetic Engineering
- Department of Industrial Engineering
- Department of Mechanical Engineering
- Department of Mining, Metallurgical and Materials Engineering
The MS and PhD in Environmental Engineering is awarded to a graduate student after a demonstrated mastery of subject matters in environmental engineering and proven competence in the conduct of individual research that represents an original contribution to knowledge. There are three fields of specialization, which are: Air Pollution, Solid and Hazardous Waste, and Water and Wastewater. To qualify for the MSEnE, a student must complete a minimum of 24 units of coursework and 6 units of thesis. There are two ways of entry for a student planning to take PhD EnE: either as straight PhD (graduate of BS course) or PhD after finishing MS degree. To qualify for the PhD EnE degree, a student must complete a minimum of 24 units of graduate courses (if one has a master’s degree), or a minimum of 45 units (if one has a bachelor’s degree) with additional credit of 12 units of dissertation.