Environmental Engineering is a young discipline emerging at the intersection of nature, society, science and technology. It utilizes scientific and engineering knowledge to improve environmental conditions for the health and welfare of the society, to protect the environment from human influences and to protect humans from the adverse effects of nature at local and global scales. The rapidly growing environmental problems in our time diversify and intensify the domain of action of environmental engineers.

Department of Environmental Engineering at Bahçeşehir University offers following programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels:

In addition, the Department offers the possibility of a double major with related engineering fields and a minor programme in Environmental Engineering.

Research is conducted in following subjects: Environmental systems, water pollution and control, air pollution and control, energy and environment, solid and hazardous wastes. Investigations on environmental systems involve the cognition of dynamics of natural systems and their modelling and simulation. In addition, mathematical modelling of design and operation of environmental technological systems is a major area of work.
Research on water pollution and control focuses upon pollution sources and effects of pollutants on surface and ground waters, as well as marine pollution. Water and wastewater treatment technologies are also an important area of work.

Investigations on air pollution and control encompass measurement, modelling and simulation of the emissions and imissions of atmospheric pollutants.
Work on energy and environment concentrates upon the remediation and minimization of environmental effects of conventional energy production and use. Investigations on new and renewable energy are also important areas of action.

Research on solid and hazardous wastes is directed towards waste characterization, waste quantification, minimization of wastes at source, low waste technologies, collection, recovery, reuse, recycling and final disposal issues.