Graduates’ Career Prospects

Our university enjoys a strong geographic advantage. It is located in Taoyuan—one of Taiwan’s major industrial hubs. To the north are the environmental engineering consulting firms and environmental testing clusters of Taipei; to the south lies the Hsinchu High-Tech Industrial Park. Because of this strategic location, our students have abundant job opportunities, short job-search periods, and are highly sought after by industry.

Graduates of the Department of Environmental Engineering typically enter the following career fields:

1. High-Tech Industry, Electronics Manufacturing, and General Manufacturing

Positions include:

  • Process Engineer

  • Facilities Engineer

  • Environmental, Safety & Health (ESH) Engineer

  • Quality Assurance / Quality Control Engineer (QA/QC Engineer)

  • RoHS Compliance Engineer
    and related roles.

2. Sustainability Professionals

Positions include:

  • Sustainability Manager / ESG Specialist / ESG Strategist
    Responsible for collecting international sustainability information, analyzing global regulatory trends, tracking FSC (Financial Supervisory Commission) policies and UN sustainability developments, ensuring company ESG strategies align with international standards, communicating with stakeholders (board members, investors, suppliers), integrating and drafting sustainability reports, participating in global evaluations, and planning/executing annual ESG initiatives.

  • Carbon Auditor
    (Also known as Carbon Asset Manager, Carbon Trading Specialist, or Sustainable Carbon Management Specialist.) Responsible for verifying the accuracy of corporate carbon-emission data, identifying emission sources, integrating organizational carbon impacts, and proposing improvement recommendations.

3. Academia and Research Institutions

  • University faculty

  • Research fellows / research staff in scientific institutions

4. Engineering Consulting Firms & Environmental Engineering Consultancies

  • Engineering design

  • Execution of governmental environmental projects

  • Preparation and writing of technical reports

5. Professional Construction or General Construction Sector

Positions include:

  • Supervising Engineer

  • Site Director / Construction Site Manager

  • Full-time On-site Engineer

6. Government Agencies

(Must pass civil service examinations such as Senior or Junior Civil Service Exams.)
Employment opportunities include:

  • Environmental Protection Administration (central government)

  • Local Environmental Protection Bureaus

  • Other environmental regulatory agencies

7. Environmental Equipment Industry

Positions include:

  • Sales Engineer

  • System Planning & Design Engineer

8. Operation Contractors (Outsourced Operations)

Examples include:

  • Wastewater Treatment Plant Operators

  • Pumping Station Operators

  • Incinerator Operators

9. Others

Other related professional roles depending on individual interests and career development.