Master of Environmental Engineering
Course code: MC-ENVENG
3 years full time / 6 years part time
2 years full time (or part time equivalent) with relevant prior qualifications
March, July
Commonwealth Supported Places (CSPs) available
Access Melbourne is available
March, July
AUD $62,976 (2026 indicative first year fee)
IELTS 6.5: with no band less than 6.0
Career outcomes
Overview
Careers
As an environmental engineer you could work in catchment management, conservation and natural resources, resource planning and management, waste and water resources, engineering consulting and more.
Transferable skillset
You’ll gain a transferable skillset that will be highly valued in management consulting, finance, business analysis, project management and many other areas.
Our graduates are working in a diverse range of sectors including:
- Catchment management
- Civil Engineering
- Conservation and natural resources
- Consultancy
- Infrastructure engineering
- Energy
- Mining
- Resource planning and management
- Oil and gas
- Waste and water resources
- Alluvium Consulting
- Bureau of Meteorology
- China Ministry of Environmental Protection
- GHD
- Golder Associates
- Jacobs
- KBR Inc
- KPMG
- Melbourne Water
- North Sumatra Hydro Energy
- Woodside Energy
- Application Engineer
- Environmental Engineer
- Senior Consultant
- Hydrologist
- Project Environmental Engineer
Accreditation
An internationally recognised qualification
The Master of Environmental Engineering is professionally recognised under EUR-ACE® (accrediting agency: ASIIN) and the Washington Accord (through Engineers Australia), so you can work as an engineer in Australia, Europe, Hong Kong, Japan, US, and more.
Profile
Nav De Silva
"No two days are the same. You could be out in the field taking water samples, on campus building a raingarden or in the lab devising sustainable solutions to solve some of the world’s most pressing environmental problems."
Graduate pathways
Once you've completed your undergraduate degree, you can go on to gain employment or begin a graduate degree and work towards a professional qualification such as law, engineering or medicine. Or you could join our graduate research community and contribute to our world-changing research.
Your graduate degree will be internationally recognised, and set you apart from those who study a traditional Australian single or double degree.
Explore the graduate pathways available once you complete your undergraduate degree here.