School of Engineering, Architecture, and Natural Sciences
RPC-SO-09-No.133-2025
Environmental Engineering
The Environmental Engineering program prepares well-rounded professionals capable of planning, managing, and supervising environmental projects while ensuring compliance with current laws and regulations, with the aim of promoting sustainability and fostering environmental awareness in professional practice.
Mode of study
In-person
Duration
4 years
Why study Environmental Engineering at ECOTEC?
Ranked among Ecuador's top private universities, ECOTEC integrates international academic quality standards (QS Stars, Times Higher Education, Innovatec) with a holistic education vision. We stand as a benchmark among Ecuadorian universities committed to innovation, sustainability, and global employability.
Degree awarded: Environmental Engineer
Admission Requirements
Color copy of the national identity card or citizenship card, or passport for international applicants.
Copy of high school transcript or academic record.
Updated digital photograph.
Graduate Profile
Carry out processes of analysis and interpretation of information in diverse contexts, promoting the assessment of data to make well-founded judgments, while maintaining a reflective and respectful approach toward different viewpoints for the purpose of contributing effective solutions to complex problems.
Effectively lead work teams, assuming commitments that contribute to the improvement and development of an organization, promoting collaborative leadership to strengthen cohesion and achieve common objectives, with an ethical and responsible attitude in joint decision-making for conflict resolution.
Generate original ideas in diverse contexts, promoting the association of concepts and the identification of relationships among factors to address challenges innovatively, while maintaining an open and flexible attitude toward change with a critical approach to implementing original and creative solutions.
Develop a logical and structured sequence of research processes autonomously and creatively to generate new knowledge and apply and strengthen existing knowledge, collecting and analyzing data clearly and coherently, while maintaining a critical and ethical approach throughout all stages of the research process.
Apply fundamental knowledge to design and evaluate basic strategies for ecosystem conservation and restoration, understand the sustainable use of natural resources, and promote biodiversity in diverse environments.
Implement sustainable practices that integrate circular economy principles, focusing on waste reduction and efficient resource use to optimize production processes and minimize environmental impact, promote long-term sustainability, and strengthen corporate responsibility.
Interpret relevant legal frameworks and environmental policies, participate in environmental governance initiatives, and promote regulatory compliance and ethics in resource management, with the purpose of ensuring sustainable development and social equity while preparing to assume greater leadership roles in environmental decision-making.
Use introductory environmental monitoring and analysis tools to evaluate water, soil, and air quality, apply basic concepts of statistical analysis and Geographic Information Systems (GIS), in order to interpret environmental data and propose responsible evidence-based recommendations, ensuring continuous improvement of environmental quality.