Graduate School of Sciences | Department of Environmental Engineering

Environmental engineering is a field of engineering aiming both to protect the environment from pollution by human activities and to protect humans from the adverse effects of a polluted environment. The principal tasks of an environmental engineer are to design and manage sanitary infrastructure, water and wastewater treatment facilities, to abate air pollution, to manage solid and hazardous waste, to manage environmental quality, to protect the natural environment, to execute legal and economic procedures in pollution control and prevention. Department of Environmental Engineering at Engineering-Architecture Faculty was established in the 1994-1995 academic year. The educational and research activities are conducted at the new facilities on Iki Eylül Campus. 6 professors, 7 associate professors, 3 assistant professors, 1 instructor and 9 research assistants are currently employed in the department. Department of Environmental Engineering has an educational profile of globally accepted principles. The department has been accredited by Association for Evaluation and Accreditation of Engineering Programs of Turkey (MUDEK) for a period of 5 years starting from 2009 and is entitled to the EUR-ACE label.