1. Majors for International Students

Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Groundwater Science and Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources.

(1) Description of Environmental Science

Environmental science builds upon solid foundation of environmental chemistry and incorporates knowledge about mathematics, computers, and relevant contents in geoscience, biology, economics, and legal science. It also studies and demystifies relationship between, as well asthe rules of human society and environment, and combines basic research with applied research, laying a sound foundation to address key environmental issues at present and in the future. Environmental science is among the leading disciplines with a high academic position and influence in similar subjects around the country, under which environmental chemistry, environmental planning and management, ecological rehabilitation and digital management in ecological system have distinct features.

Duration and Degree

Duration: three years for both master’s and doctoral programs

Degree: Master of Science / Doctor of Science

Course Language: English or Chinese

Main Research directions:

Environmental chemistry, theories on and technologies of environmental pollution control, techniques of environmental analysis, environmental planning and assessment, environmental economy and low-carbon economy, ecological environment system and information management, ecological environment systems engineering, biological prevention and treatment of environmental pollution and ecological restoration, applied ecology.

Main Courses:

Master’s programs: advanced environmental and hydrological geochemistry, advanced environmental chemistry, novel treatment technologies for contaminated sites, modern technologies for water treatment, modern biochemistry.

Doctor’s programs: advanced environmental chemistry, environment and resource science, principles and technologies of environmental restoration, technologies of environmental pollution prevention and control

Employment：

Students have been working in enterprises and public institutions, involved in environmental chemistry, theories on and technologies of environmental pollution control, techniques of environmental analysis, environment planning and assessment, environmental economy and low-carbon economy, ecological environment system and information management, ecological and environmental systems engineering, biological prevention and treatment of environmental pollution and ecological restoration, applied ecology, etc.

(2) Description of Environmental Engineering

Department of Environmental Engineering of JLU merged with the same department of the former Changchun University of Science and Technology. The Department began its undergraduate program in 1992, obtained approval to confer master’s degree in 1996 and PhD in 2003, and gained authorization to establish a post-doctoral research center on environmental science and engineering as a first-level discipline in the same year. The Experiment Center on Environmental Engineering, covering an areas of 1,600 square meters, is used to train undergraduates majoring in environmental engineering.

The Department has set up a high-quality teaching and research team, undertaking and finishing provincial- and ministerial-level projects, including National High-Tech R&D Program (863 Program), Major Science and Technology Program for Water Pollution Control and Treatment under the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, programs under National Natural Science Foundation of China, as well as international cooperation programs. It has been honored with multiple national, provincial-, and ministerial-level awards thanks to a batch of sophisticated scientific research results and pragmatic technologies, some of which are top-notch worldwide.

Duration and Degree

Duration: Three years for both master’s and doctoral programs

Degree: Master of Engineering / Doctor of Engineering

Course Language: English or Chinese

Main Research Directions:

Control and restoration of polluted sites, waste water treatment technologies, environmental biotechnology, equipment of environmental protection and environmental functional materials, treatment of solid wastes, environmental assessment and management, engineering design.

Main courses:

Master’s Programs: advanced environmental and hydrological geochemistry, advanced environmental chemistry, novel treatment technologies for polluted sites, modern technologies for water treatment, modern biochemistry.

Doctoral Programs: modern technologies for water treatment, environmental chemistry, principles and technologies of polluted sites restoration, environmental biotechnology.

Employment:

Students have been employed in enterprises and public institutions, involved in control and restoration of polluted sites, waste water treatment technologies, environmental biotechnology, equipment of environmental protection and environmental functional materials, treatment of solid wastes, environmental assessment and management, engineering design, etc.

(3) Description of Groundwater Science and Engineering

Over 60 years of history and development since its inception in 1952 grant profound disciplinary foundations to the Department. It has built a comprehensive cultivation system covering undergraduates, postgraduates, doctors, and post-doctors.The teaching staff and scientific research teams employ a number of outstanding scholars, including academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, guest experts at the national level, guest experts of the Ministry of Education of the PRC.Having cultivated over 6,000 undergraduates, more than 400 postgraduates, and over 100 doctors, the Department has earned reputation for high quality training in hydraulic engineering.In various historical period, it had hosted and undertaken hundreds of major scientific research and projects at the state level, presenting prominent research outcomes and making marked contributions to national and regional hydraulic engineering.

Duration and Degree

Duration: three years for both master’s and doctoral programs

Degree: Master of Engineering / Doctor of Engineering

Course Language: English or Chinese

Main Research Directions:

Searching, assessment and management of groundwater resources, development and utilization of groundwater and its geological, environmental, and ecological effect, control and restoration of undergroundwater and soil pollution, theories on the exploration of underground energy and disposal of wastes, as well as their applications.

Main Courses:

Master’s Programs: numerical computation methods, modeling of multi-component reactive solute transport, environmental hydrogeology, assessment and management of groundwater resources, control and restoration of underground water and soil pollution.

Doctor’s Programs: groundwater, applied hydrogeology, theories on and technologies of restoring underground water and soil pollution, theories on and modeling of multi-phase and multi-component reactive solute transport.

Employment:

Most students have been working enterprises and public institutions, involved in search for, assessment and management of groundwater resources, development and utilization of groundwater and its geological, environmental, ecological effects, control and restoration of groundwater and soil pollution, theories on the exploration of underground energy and disposal of wastes, as well as their applications.

(4) Description of Hydrology and Water Resources

Over 60 years of history and development since its inception in 1952 grant profound disciplinary foundation to the Department.It has built a comprehensive cultivation system covering undergraduates, postgraduates, doctors, and post-doctors.The teaching staff and scientific research teams employ a number of outstanding scholars, including academicians of Chinese Academy of Sciences, guest experts in the National Thousand Talents Plan, guest experts in the Chang Jiang Scholars Program under the Ministry of Education of the PRC.Having cultivated over 6,000 undergraduates, more than 400 postgraduates, and over 100 doctors, the Department has earned reputation for high quality training in hydraulic engineering.In various historical period, it has hosted and undertaken hundreds of major scientific research and projects at the state level, presenting prominent research outcomes and making marked contributions to national and regional hydraulic engineering.

Duration and Degree

Duration: three years for both master’s and doctoral programs

Degree: Master of Engineering / Doctor of Engineering

Course Language: English or Chinese

Main Research Directions:

Modern assessment and management of water resources, water environment and water ecology, simulated control and restoration of water and soil environment, hydrological forecast and watershed model.

Main Courses:

Groundwater, simulated forecast of groundwater pollution, ecological hydrology, modern hydrogeology, farmland water ecology, control and treatment of water and environmental pollution, water resources simulation and management, etc.

Employment:

Students have been employed in departments regarding land resources, water conservancy, water resources, urban construction, environmental protection, transport, and others, involved in scientific research, teaching, management, design, and production.