Environmental Health and Engineering
We use fundamental science to protect the health of the environment and its inhabitants.
What We Do
Our unique cross-divisional department combines the strengths of the Whiting School of Engineering and the Bloomberg School of Public Health. Our graduates are prepared to be successful public health and engineering professionals in private and governmental organizations and attend the best graduate and PhD programs.
Our Programs
We offer undergraduate and graduate degrees in environmental engineering, as well as a range of master's and doctoral degrees in public health.
Undergraduate Programs
Our Bachelor of Science in Environmental Engineering prepares students to succeed in the private sector, governmental organizations, and top-tier graduate programs.
Graduate Programs
We offer a range of interdisciplinary graduate programs at the intersection of public health and engineering.
Non-Degree Programs
Our department offers certificates and other programs to foster professional growth.
Yinka Bode-George, MHS '17
"...my most crucial gain from this graduate experience was the opportunity to construct a public health lens framed around undoing drivers of environmental health inequities."
Junyao Gu, MS-GEE ’19
"I really love interdisciplinary research, so knowing students can benefit from both the Whiting School of Engineering and the Bloomberg School of Public Health made me so excited to attend."
Natalie Exum, MS, PhD '16
is an environmental health scientist bridging the gap between public health and sanitary engineering to understand how environmental infectious pathogens are transmitted to humans.
Centers and Institutes
The Department of Environmental Health and Engineering houses six diverse Centers.
Center for Alternatives to Animal Testing (CAAT)
Johns Hopkins Center for a Livable Future (CLF)
Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security
Johns Hopkins Education and Research Center for Occupational Safety and Health
The Johns Hopkins University Water Center
The Johns Hopkins P.O.E. Total Worker Health Center (POE Center)
Upcoming Events
In his lab, Carsten Prasse studies contaminants in the urban water cycle and how they impact environmental and human health.
Support Our Department
A gift to our department can help to provide student scholarships and internships, attract and retain faculty, and support innovation.