Environmental Engineering

Bachelor's Degree

This master's degree allows for a Double Degree with the Bachelor's Degree in Mineral Resource Engineering & Mineral Recycling
With the Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering you will be part of a profession with great future and projection, as you will work in the design of new production processes that will ensure the control and mitigation of environmental problems and the conservation of natural resources, through clean energy and technologies.

During the fourth year you will be able to take one of the these two majors:

  • Urban & industrial environment
  • Natural environment & global change

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Academic year starts

September

Duration

4 years

Study load

240 ECTS (including the bachelor's thesis)

Delivery

On-campus

Language

Spanish & Catalan

Places

60

Official degree

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering by the Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (recorded in the Spanish Ministry of Education's degree register)

We recommend for applicants to have completed high-school courses in science and technology and have the following characteristics:

  • Advanced knowledge of basic physics and mathematics studies.
  • Interest for geology and environment
  • Analytic skills
  • Abstraction and attention to detail skills.
  • Observation skills.

Means of admission

Find all the information on the different means of admission to the bachelor's degree.

Admission

To access the degree studies of Barcelona School of Civil Engineering, you must obtain a place through the university pre-enrolment procedure of the Generalitat de Catalunya.

You can check all the information regarding university pre-registration through the University Admission site.

Cut-off mark and grade improvement

The cut-off mark for the 2024-2025 year is 7.425.

Please check the Generalitat de Catalunya's Department of Universities and Research site for more information on the cut-off marks for former years.

You can also check the courses that will improve your admission grades.

Environmental engineers work in the following fields:

  • Quality control of groundwater, as well as water from rivers, lakes, seas and oceans.
  • Water supply to cities.
  • Treatment of waste water.
  • Decontamination of soil and groundwater.
  • Control measures on air and noise pollution.
  • Environmental biotechnology.
  • Management of solid waste.
  • Environmental impact of products and processes.
  • Evaluation of the impact of climate change.
  • Restoration of degraded lands.
  • Introduction of renewable energies.
  • Environmental and natural resources economy.
  • Circular economy.
  • Sustainable transportation and mobility.
  • Smart cities and sustainable construction.
  • Green infrastructures.
  • Environmental digitalization, data analysis and remote sensing.

Environmental engineers incorporate as:

  • Managers and technicians in the industry, engineering, administration and services.
  • University teachers.
  • Free exercise of the profession.
  • Researchers.
  • In companies as head of the Department of Environment and Quality, implanting quality standards (ISO, EMAS) or conducting environmental audits.
  • In engineering offices, developing projects for emission reduction and gas treatment, reclamation of degraded spaces, soil treatment, design and operation of WWTP (industrial and urban) and ETAP, TRS plants (industrial and urban).
  • In environmental consultancies, developing diagnostic studies and environmental management plans for companies, waste minimisation and recycling (IPPC), clean production technology proposals (BAT), environmental impact assessment studies (EIA).
  • In public administrations, offering technical assessment in municipal offices and councils, developing plans for the management of natural spaces, regulations and conducting environmental audits.

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COURSES

ECTS

First year
Fall semester
2500200 Biology & ecology6
2500201 Fundamentals of mathematics6
2500202 Mechanics6
2500203 Earth system6
2500204 Chemistry I6
Spring semester
2500205 Environmental economy & sustainability6
2500206 Chemistry II6
2500205 Environmental thermodynamics & kinetics6
2500208 Mathematics I6
2500209 Geology & edaphology6
Second year
Fall semester
2500210 Mathematics II6
2500211 Environmental microbiology & biotechnology6
2500213 Fluid mechanics6
2500214 Ecotoxicology principles & environmental analysis6
2500215 Statistics6
Spring semester
2500212 Geographic informations systems6
2500216 Hydraulics6
2500217 Atmospheric processes & hydrology6
2500218 Environmental hydrogeology & geochemistry6
2500219 Geomechanics6
Third year
Fall semester
2500220 Instrumentation, remote sensing & Big Data6
2500221 Numerical modelling6
2500222 Structures6
2500225 Water treatment6
2500226 Decontamination of soils & aquiphera6
Spring semester
2500223 Sustainable transportation6
2500224 Evaluation of environmental impact6
2500227 Solid waste6
2500228 Waste water & reuse6
2500229 Construction procedures & materials6
Fourth year
Fall semester
Major courses18
Common optional course6
2500230 Atmospheric & acoustic pollution6
Spring semester
Common optional course6
2500231 Decision making systems6
2500232 Project management & environmental legislation6
2500243 Bachelor's thesis12

Optional courses

Common optional courses
  • 2500239 Environmental impact of great infrastructures
  • 2500240 Renewable energy
  • 2500241 Sustainability & environmental ethics
  • 2500259 Technologies for sustainable aquaculture production

Majors

Urban & industrial environment
  • 2500234 Supply & drainage networks
  • 2500235 Sustainable mobility & smart city
  • 2500233 Sustainable construction
Natural environment & global change
  • 2500236 River & coastal space management
  • 2500237 Climate change & natural risks
  • 2500238 Energy model transition

Students enrolled at UPC for the Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering can access the following information:

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Choose the subjects you want to study and simulate how your schedule will be:

Check the timetables for the study program's courses

In this degree, classes take 50 minutes.

  • Morning: classes start at 8, 9, 10:10, 11:10, 12:10 and 13:10 with a break from 9:50 to 10:10.
  • Afternoon: classes start at 14:10, 15:10, 16:10, 17:10, 18:10 and 19:10.

Grey periods are teaching hours dedicated to laboratory or test activities. Each group has their grey periods schedules specified between brackets.

From the second year onwards, on Wednesdays from 12:00 to 14:00 there are no classes and these periods can be used for cultural activities (culture period).

To check the exam's calendar of this degree, go to ATENEA.

First year (Level 1)

        Fall semester:

  • Groups 11 & 12 Afternoon (Grey periods: Tuesdays 09:00-14:00, Thursdays 09:00-14:00)

        Spring semester:

  • Groups 11 & 12 Afternoon (Grey periods: Tuesdays 09:00-14:00, Thursdays 09:00-14:00)
Second year (Level 2)

        Fall semester:

  • Group 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 14:00-20:00, Thursdays 14:00-20:00)

        Spring semester:

  • Group 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 15:00-20:00, Thursdays 15:00-20:00)
Third year (Level 3)

        Fall semester:

  • Group 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 08:00-14:00, Thursdays 08:00-14:00)

        Spring semester:

  • Grup 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 08:00-14:00, Thursdays 08:00-14:00)
Fourth year (Level 4)

        Fall semester:

  • Group 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 14:00-20:00, Thursdays 14:00-20:00)

        Spring semester:

  • Grup 10 (Grey periods: Tuesdays 14:00-20:00, Thursdays 14:00-20:00)

The Bachelor's Thesis is an original exercise to be done individually and presented and defended before a university panel consisting in a project in the sphere of the specific civil engineering synthesising and integrating the competences acquired on the course.

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