Public Health Engineering, consists of the art of improving and controlling the physical environment of man, helps to reduce the spread of diseases hence prolong life and promotes physical and mental efficiency. This field emphasizes on safe water supply, sewage disposal, solid and hazardous waste management, environmental and public health legislation and on the use of all means available for the promotion of domestic and personal cleanliness to address public health challenges emerging out of environmental problems.
The programme develops the intellectual and analytical skills that practicing public health assistant engineers need in the 21st century. The main objective of the course is to equip undergraduate students with the knowledge and skills to understand, appreciate and design interventions for solving public health and environmental challenges in society with an insight on and the legal aspects and managerial framework related to public health practice.