About Environmental Health - Bsc (hons) Degree in Cardiff Metropolitan University

Course Overview

A degree in Environmental Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University provides an opportunity to study for five potential career opportunities within one discipline area.  

Environmental Health includes occupational health, safety and wellbeing, environmental protection, housing, food safety and public health.  If you want to be a highly regarded professional in a career that will enable you to play an important role within society, then Environmental Health at Cardiff Metropolitan University is the programme for you.​​

Why study with us?

What makes us stand out from the rest? ​ 

• We have excellent employability rates for graduates within public, private and independent sectors. 

• Uniquely, our programme is accredited by both the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health and the Institution of Occupational Safety & Health (IOSH). This means students are able to gain graduate level membership of both organisations and increase their potential employability prospects.  

• We have excellent work based placement opportunities in both the private and public sector.   

• Our teaching team consists of experienced practitioners from both public and private sectors. Our staff have obtained a range of accolades in relation to professional practice and teaching in Higher Education. 

• Cardiff Metropolitan has been delivering environmental health and public health qualifications for over 40 years. Our BSc (Hons) Environmental Health degree has an excellent reputation and is one of the longest running in the UK. 

Employability & Careers

Undertaking an Environmental Health degree is a pathway into a large number of careers.  

Within the private sector the five disciplines of the degree open up a wide array of employment opportunities. These include consultancy, auditing and regulatory compliance roles within medium to large companies both in the UK and abroad.  

Within local government, the profession of the environmental health practitioner is highly regarded and environmental health practitioners are employed by all local authorities throughout Britain. The armed forces and public health bodies also offer strong career options for environmental health practitioners.  

Our graduates work in all the following areas:  

• Local Authority Environmental Health Departments  
• Central government and its agencies (e.g. Food Standards Agency, Public Health Wales/England, Environment Agency, Health and Safety Executive)  
• Military service (Army, Navy and RAF)  
• Holiday & Travel companies  
• Large Retailers such as Tesco and Sainsbury’s  
• Private consultancy  
• Housing associations  
• Academia  
• Overseas  
• International Health Development. 

Graduates from the course have a very high rates of employment. This is assisted by the strong reputation of the course and the integration of a Professional Employability module. This module provides meaningful work experience and assistance from leading industry professionals in developing strong CV’s, personal statements for job applications and the knowledge and aptitudes required for the job application process.  

Opportunities for further study include the MSc Occupational Safety, Health and Wellbeing and Masters of Applied Public Health, as well as a number of research studentships

Academic qualification equivalents

• Secondary School Diploma or equivalent, include one English, Grade 12 (ENG4C or ENG4U), minimum 60%

English language requirements (one of the below):

• IELTS      :      6.0 overall* with no sub score lower than 5.5
• PTE         :      Overall - 52, Reading - 51, Speaking - 51,Listening - 51,Writing - 51

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Cardiff Metropolitan University Average Tuition Fees And Other Expenses

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