As a senior majoring in resources and environment at China Agricultural University, the following issues regarding employment in this major are all based on my personal experience and I am absolutely not lying.
Environmental and ecological engineering, as a rising major, is still an unpopular major in China. The employment prospects are not very good yet, but I believe that in the near future, as the country pays more and more attention to environmental protection, It is getting stronger and stronger, and the employment prospects for professionals related to environmental protection are very good.
Our teacher once said in class that fields related to environmental and ecological engineering will require a large number of talents, such as environmental and ecological restoration, soil restoration, soil pollution control, three waste treatment, etc. When we were in the second year of college and divided into majors, a professor from the college developed a process for the preparation of chemical fertilizers. He applied for a patent and sold the technology to the company. He became the company's technical director and gained a lot financially. From this we can see that employment in environmental and ecological engineering majors will still have a good trend in the future, but for now, the employment situation is not optimistic.
Every senior year, companies will enter campus recruitment. During the recruitment process, I found that the starting salary for undergraduates majoring in electronic information and computer science is 9k per month, followed by students majoring in economics and finance, with a starting salary of 7k per month; followed by students majoring in environmental agriculture, with a starting salary of 6k per month. . Although the starting salary does not explain much of the problem, future career development cannot surpass other industries. There is a saying in Buddhism called "Others are hell", which warns us not to always compare with others, but if you really like this major and like to explore the mysteries of nature, and your mathematics is your weak subject, then I suggest You don’t need to compare yourself with others, Anxin can shine in this field. But if you are very talented in mathematics, but your physical strength is not as good as your mental strength, it is strongly recommended to switch to an industry that can give full play to your own advantages, such as computers or financial economics, because the environmental and ecological restoration major is relatively hard, but for mathematics The requirements are very low. If your advantages cannot be brought out but your disadvantages are clearly exposed, you will suffer great frustration in your study and work life. As for how to choose, please take a seat.
If you are determined to choose this major, there are three ways out.
The first is to work as a civil servant in the government's environmental protection department. Nowadays, recruitment of civil servants has professional requirements. It is easier for environment-related majors to enter government departments, and the work of the Environmental Protection Bureau will be relatively easy in the future.
Secondly, getting a PhD or even going to a research institute to do scientific research after a PhD is a decent way out, but it is not suitable for everyone. Specific research directions include soil direction, atmosphere direction, sewage treatment direction, environmental restoration direction and solid waste treatment direction.
Finally, if you go to a company, you can get the title of environmental assessor, or go to the company's technical department to participate in research and development, or go out for research. However, the number of environmental protection companies is currently limited, so there are relatively few jobs provided. School recruitment will I found that there are many companies recruiting electronics and economics professionals, but there are very few companies recruiting environmental talents. This requires you to be mentally prepared.
To sum up, the current employment situation of environmental and ecological engineering majors is not good, but the future prospects are promising.
Finally, I hope my answer will be helpful to you, thank you!