The Danish environmental sector experiences an increasing demand for employees with knowledge of both environmental biology and environmental chemistry as well as of technological solutions. Danish companies also undertake many environmental tasks abroad.
With a master degree you will be qualified for jobs as, for example:
• Project worker or manager in consulting engineering companies
• Consultant in local and regional governments
• Caseworker in public administration
• Industrial engineer or manager in public utility undertakings (e.g. water and sewer)
• Engineer at environmental or development departments.
You could, for example, work in:
• Restoration of streams
• Regeneration of wet meadows in river valleys
• Design of wastewater plants
• Waste management
• Environment assessment
• Planning of urban traffic infrastructure
• Development of environmentally efficient technologies
• Assessment of environmental impact of off-site construction work
• Implementation and management of environmental installations
• Assessment of strategic and market ventures
• University research or industrial research.
Example of a career
Read more about the
tasks of the environmental engineer.