Bachelor of Environmental Engineering in Newark United States | University of Delaware

Environmental engineering utilizes scientific principles and engineering methods to enhance the natural environment, tackle pollution issues, and promote ecological sustainability.

Environmental engineers work to safeguard and revitalize the quality of our land, water, and air. The comprehensive core curriculum equips students with the rigorous training necessary to apply scientific principles in both natural and engineered systems, ensuring safe drinking water, managing solid and hazardous waste, remediating contaminated soil and groundwater, and preventing and controlling environmental pollution. Students explore the origins and behavior of environmental contaminants and develop and evaluate solutions for practical environmental challenges. The program also offers flexibility, allowing students to tailor their education through technical electives aligned with professional aspirations, graduate studies, or minors in sustainability, energy, policy, or related disciplines.

Our faculty, engaged in research and professional organizations, keep the curriculum up-to-date and academically demanding. Discovery learning is incorporated through discussions of contemporary issues, course projects focused on current environmental problems, and involvement in undergraduate research. Approximately 30% of environmental engineering undergraduates serve as paid research assistants; while juniors and seniors are commonly involved, students can start participating earlier in their academic journeys.