1. MSc Environmental Engineering
Course aims and information
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Imperial College London
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2. Aims of the Environmental Engineering MSc at Imperial College:
▪ To provide advanced training for engineers and scientists in Environmental Engineering;
▪ To produce highly employable MSc graduates;
▪ To provide a challenging, interesting and motivating course;
▪ To attract high quality students;
▪ To be regarded as a leading Environmental Engineering MSc with an international reputation for producing quality MSc graduates.
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3. Course history and development:
1950: Originally the course was the MSc in Public Health Engineering
(run association with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine)
1960s: Close links form with MSc in Engineering Hydrology at Imperial
1980s: Greater emphasis on waste management and air pollution
1989: MSc Public Health Engineering becomes MSc Environmental Engineering
2003: Options in Sustainable Development and Business Management added
Now Offer: MSc Environmental Engineering
MSc Environmental Engineering and Sustainable Development
MSc Environmental Engineering and Business Management
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4. Students on the Environmental Engineering MSc course
The course typically has students each year
In the last 5 years these have come from the following countries:-
Greece Japan China Thailand
UK Pakistan Nigeria Mauritius
Portugal Somalia Malaysia Colombia
Cyprus Zimbabwe Ireland Singapore
Canada Taiwan India Iran
West Indies Ghana France Botswana
Spain Cameroon Uganda Palestine
Turkey Indonesia Hong Kong Venezuela
Poland
The MSc therefore provides the opportunity to study with students from a wide range of countries
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5. MSc Course Delivery:
▪ Two terms of taught/lectured material and coursework
October – December
January – April
▪ Teaching concentrated on 3 days per week
▪ Examination (end of April)
▪ MSc Project from May to September
▪ Part-time options available
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6. Autumn Term modules: Microbiology for Environmental Engineering
Mathematics and Statistics
Hydroinformatics
Chemistry for Environmental Engineering
Environmental Fluid Mechanics
Urban Hydrology and Urban Drainage
Landfill Engineering and Environmental Analysis
or Sustainable Development
or Business Management
Plus associated coursework
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7. Spring Term modules: Water Supply and Distribution
Water, Waste and Health in Developing Countries
Contaminated Land and Groundwater
Solid Waste Management
Air Pollution Control
Water and Wastewater Treatment
Advanced Water and Wastewater Treatment and Design Project
or Sustainable Development
or Business Management
Plus associated coursework and study tour
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8. STUDY TOUR This takes place during the final week of the Spring term
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9. May - September: Major Research Project (4 months full-time study):
Examples of recent project titles:
▪ Life cycle analysis of wastewater treatment technologies
▪ Assessment of water efficiency in large buildings
▪ Beneficial reuse of fine particulate material generated by waste recycling
▪ Improving healthcare waste management in a major London hospital
▪ In-sewer processes – wastewater transformations and the fate of bromates
▪ Removal of endocrine disruptor compounds in wastewater treatment
▪ Development of a waste management plan for Cyprus
Students need to pass all three components (exams, coursework and project)
to be awarded the MSc
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10. Student feedback:
• Always very positive
• First term concentrates on background information and theory
• Second term content is more applied
• Study tour very useful and enjoyable!
• Examinations are demanding
• Not an easy course, but it is very worthwhile and enjoyable
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11. Professor Nigel Graham Professor Sue Grimes Professor Howard Wheater
Key Academic Staff:
Professor Nigel Graham
Professor Sue Grimes
Professor Howard Wheater
Professor Cedo Maksimovic
Dr Chris Cheeseman
Dr Stephen Smith
Dr Geoff Fowler
Dr Adrian Butler
Dr Christian Onof
Dr Neil McIntyre
Dr Michael Templeton
Key Support Staff: Ms Judith Barrett and Ms Angela Frederick
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