The Department of Environmental Science was established in 1981 and began offering a Master's program in 1992. It was renamed the Department of Environmental Science and Engineering in 2005 to reflect its broader curriculum and research activities. Over the past decade, undergraduate enrollment averaged 320 students, while graduate enrollment averaged 30. In 2006, a Ph.D. program was introduced to enhance academic excellence and address global environmental needs. The department aims to equip students with the skills needed for success in this evolving field.
Our departmental teaching directions focus on earth's environment, personal health, and sustainable development. It covers areas such as environmental ecology, pollution prevention, environmental monitoring and analysis, environmental microbiology, environmental chemistry, and environmental planning and management. To achieve the goals of resource recycling and sustainable development, we actively promote interdisciplinary research and international cooperation, focusing on the practical applications of environmental technology and management. In the context of increasing global attention on issues such as climate change, net-zero carbon emissions, and environmental sustainability in recent years, innovative technologies such as wastewater regeneration, green energy technology, carbon capture, waste recycling and resource recovery, and artificial intelligence (AI) have become indispensable key elements in our teaching and research of environmental technologies.