LICENCIATURA SAÚDE AMBIENTAL (Degree in Environmental Health ) - Licenciatura

The Degree in Environmental Health emanates qualified professionals that apply the fundamental principles of Environmental Health to the diagnosis, evaluation, prevention and control of environmental factors that can affect the physical, psychological and social well-being of populations. These professionals identify and characterize health risk factors with origin in the surrounding environment (air, food, water, waste, soils, among others), prepare and develop actions with the purpose of preventing illnesses and promoting health, as well as activities of control and surveillance of systems, structures and actions that impact environment and health.  These interventions are performed in different settings: habitational, recreational, educational, industrial and services. 

The study program encompasses three major areas of knowledge: Public Health, Environment and Quality of Life, and Occupational Safety and Health.

The Degree in Environmental Health provides a Professional Certificate of Environmental Health Technician, issued by the Central Administration of the Health System (Law Decree No. 320/99, of 11 August); Access to the profession of Level VI Workplace Safety Technician (Law No. 42/2012, of 28 August), with a Professional Title issued by the Authority for Working Conditions.