General Information

Environmental engineers uphold the dual goals of minimizing our impact on the local, reginal, and global environment and concurrently improving public health and our standard of living. Environmental engineers face unique issues and must have a strong background in the earth sciences to understand complex environmental problems. 

Admission Requirements

• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering from an ABET accredited school or equivalent.
• Minimum undergraduate GPA: 3.0
• Official transcripts
• Statement of purpose
• Resume/CV
• English proficiency test score requirements (TOEFL, IELTS, PTE, Duolingo).
  • IELTS 6.5, TOEFL 80, PTE 58, Duolingo 115 

Program Requirements

• A minimum of 30 credit hours
• A minimum of 9 credit hours must be 6000-level lecture courses. The remainder may be 5000- level or 6000- level lecture courses.
• No core courses are required.

List of 5000 credit hours

• ENV ENG 5360: Water Resources and Wastewater Engineering (3 credit hours, TBD)
• ENV ENG 5605: Environmental Systems Modeling (3 credit hours, offered every fall)
• ENV ENG 5619: Environmental Engineering Design (3 credit hours, offered every spring)
• ENV ENG 5630: Remediation of Contaminated Groundwater & Soil (3 credit hours, offered every summer)
• ENV ENG 5635: Phytoremediation & Natural Treatment Systems (3 credit hours, offered spring every 3rd year)
• ENV ENG 5640: Environmental Law & Regulations (3 credit hours, offered every spring)
• ENV ENG 5642: Sustainability, Population, Energy, Water, & Materials 3 credit hours, offered spring & fall)
• ENV ENG 5650: Public Health Engineering (3 credit hours, offered spring & summer)
• ENV ENG 5662: Air Pollution Control Methods (3 credit hours, offered every fall)
• ENV ENG 5670: Solid Waste Management (3 credit hours, offered every summer)

List of 6000 credit hours

• ENV ENG 6600: Chemical Principles in Environmental Engineering (3 credit hours, offered every fall)
• ENV ENG 6601: Biological Principles in Environmental Engineering Systems (3 credit hours, offered every fall)
• ENV ENG 6602: Environmental Chemistry (3 credit hours, offered every fall)
• ENV ENG 6611: Physicochemical Operations in Environmental Engineering Systems  (3 credit hours, offered every spring)
• ENV ENG 6612: Biological Operations In Environmental Engineering Systems (3 credit hours, offered every spring)

A full list of course availability and timing can be found here: https://cec.mst.edu/academics/course-availability/

Please note:  During the semester a student will have completed nine hours of graduate credit, the student must formally plan the remainder of their graduate program in consultation with their academic advisor, and submit a Form 1 for approval, first to the department chair and then to the vice provost of graduate education.