Why Study Environmental Engineering?

Humans thrive when their environment is healthy. Pursue new knowledge that will help communities ensure access to clean water, soil, and air.

UMBC’s environmental engineering faculty are at the forefront of efforts to understand the impact of pharmaceuticals in wastewater, clean up toxic pollutants in soils and other environments, model how aerosol pollution travels and affects the weather and climate, and more. These experts will be your guide as you train to be an independent researcher and produce a dissertation that demonstrates a significant contribution to the state-of-the-art in the topic you select.