How to become an Environmental Engineer
Official title: Environmental Engineers
Researches, designs and directs engineering methods that treat and reduce the impact of human activity on the environment, carries out environmental assessments of construction projects, and applies engineering principles to pollution control, resource recovery and waste treatment.
Main tasks
- Research, assess and report on the environmental effects of construction and other activities, and design solutions using biological and chemical principles
- Oversee industry and government environmental facilities and programmes to make sure they meet environmental rules
- Design and supervise water, air and soil pollution control works
- Provide environmental engineering and technical support
Ways in
- University department: Engineering degrees, Offered by 93 universities in Taiwan
- Licence (national exam): Regulated profession. To practise as a professional environmental engineer you must pass the national Professional and Technical Examination (專門職業及技術人員考試) for 環境工程技師 and hold the certificate. Listed in the annex to article 2 of the Enforcement Rules of the Professional and Technical Examinations Act, item 16.
Pay · Outlook · AI and this job
- Average pay: NT$887,000 a year
- Demand for Science and engineering jobs is projected at about 952,000 in 2024 and about 1,072,000 in 2030. (+12.6%)
- Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Related jobs
- Industrial and Production Engineers
- Civil Engineers
- Mechanical Engineers
- Chemical Engineers
- Mining Engineers, Metallurgists and Related Professionals
- Other Engineering Professionals
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Questions people ask
How do I become an Environmental Engineer?
Ways in include: Engineering degrees.
How much does an Environmental Engineer earn in Taiwan?
Average pay is NT$887,000 a year (Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics).
Is an Environmental Engineer a growing career in Taiwan?
Demand for this job family is projected to change 12.6% from 2024 to 2030 (National Development Council).
Will AI change the work of an Environmental Engineer?
Generative AI can do relatively little of this work, by the ILO's global estimate.
Sources
- Ministry of Labor, Department of Statistics: Occupational Wage Survey (職類別薪資調查) (2025 survey (July 2025 monthly, 2024 annual), released 2026-05-29), Open Government Data License, version 1.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- National Development Council: Final manpower demand projections by occupation (職業別最終人力需求推估) (2025 to 2030 (base 2024), 13 job families), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
- International Labour Organization, Generative AI and Jobs: A Refined Global Index of Occupational Exposure (ILO Working Paper 140, Gmyrek et al.) (ILO Working Paper 140, May 2025, Annex Table A1), CC BY 4.0, retrieved 4 October 2026
Updated 4 October 2026