Environmental Engineering

Environmental Engineering - Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) in Civil Engineering, specializing in Environmental Engineering

Work fields for Ph.D. graduates specializing in Environmental Engineering:

Preparing hydraulic designs for various water installations in water and wastewater treatment plants and others.
Preparation of hydraulic designs for water transmission networks with closed and open channels.
Preparing designs for building services such as internal networks for transporting hot and cold water and sewage networks.
Work in various educational institutions as teachers in universities and institutes.
Work in various research institutions.
Preparing various advanced research in the various fields of health and environmental engineering.
Executing various water installations, various water networks, tunnels, and others.
Supervising the implementation of various installations, including buildings, bridges, tunnels, water networks of various kinds, and others.
Providing various consultations with regard to the construction sector, infrastructure and various water projects.
Maintenance of buildings and infrastructures and making future adjustments to them if needed.
Owning private contracting companies concerned with implementing projects in the construction and infrastructure sector.
Work in industrial jobs in government and private factories.

Entities employing Ph.D. graduates in environmental engineering sciences:

Ministry of Higher Education and Scientific Research.
Private universities.
Research institutions.
Private and mixed sector companies involved in the field of construction.
State ministries and agencies not associated with a ministry, governorates and municipalities.

Duration of study of the major:

Three years (one year for studying courses and another two years for research)

The scientific department that grants the specialization:

Civil Engineering Department.

The scientific backgrounds that can be submitted to obtain the specialization: