ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE School of Environment at Beijing Normal University A long history in the environmental sciences Beijing Normal University’s School the Second-class National Natural Science patents and published 61 scientific of Environment is pursuing top-level Award (2015), second prize of National monographs. The school currently hosts research and education in the field of S&T Progress Award (2008, 2012, 2014), two journals: Journal of Environmental the environment. first prize in the Natural Science Award Accounting and Management (L&H from the Ministry of Education (2005), Scientific Press), and Energy, Ecology ocated in the nation’s capital and first prize in the S&T Progress Award from and Environment (Springer). with a history stretching back over a the Ministry of Education (2003, 2004, L century, the School of Environment 2008, 2009, 2011, 2015), first prize in the A big vision at Beijing Normal University (BNU) enjoys Technological Invention Award from the The four core values of the school are excellent funding, receiving over 60 mil- Ministry of Education (2012), second prize promoting interdisciplinary and transdis- lion RMB funding a year. Its main sources in S&T Progress Award from the Ministry ciplinary scholarship; realizing innovation of funding include the Ministry of Science of Education (2008, 2011, 2012), second and academic excellence among students and Technology of China (the National prizes in the natural science and patent and faculty; achieving student growth and Basic Research Program of China and awards from the Ministry of Education success; and making decisions through the National High-tech R&D Program), (2014), first prize (2010) and second prize consultation and cooperation. the National Natural Science Foundation (2002, 2005) in the Beijing S&T Award The school seeks to realize sustainable of China, the Ministry of Environmental and the Higher Education Teaching communities and environments through Protection, the World Bank and other Achievement Award granted by the Beijing collaborative research and teaching, international organizations. Municipal Government (2004, 2008, 2012). graduate student engagement, and com- In the period 2009−2015, the school munity involvement. It aims to broaden High accolades published more than 1,865 peer- understanding and nurture researchers in The school’s achievements have received reviewed articles, 1,323 of which were the field of environmental sustainability wide recognition, as evidenced by the in Science Citation Index journals. by creating, exchanging and translating many awards it has won. These include Furthermore, it was awarded 124 national knowledge from diverse perspectives. Advertiser retains sole responsibility for content ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Highly ranked The School of Environment at BNU is one of the oldest and most prestigious institutions for environmental research and education in China. Its environmental science and environmental engineering programmes were respectively ranked first and second among Chinese univer- sities in the ranking published by the Chinese University Evaluation Research Group. Internationally, the Environment/ Ecology programme of BNU was ranked in the top 0.1% in the Thomson Reuters Essential Science Indicators database, BNU’s environmental science programme ecological, and hydrological science and regulating urban ecosystems and explor- was ranked in the top 101−150 in the engineering. It has 18 technical and gen- ing the theory and technology for environ- 2016 QS World University Rankings and eral staff members, including an informa- mental and ecological restoration. BNU‘s Earth and Environmental sciences tion technology assistant and field and The Key Laboratory for Water and programme was ranked 84th in the Nature laboratory technicians. Sediment Sciences was founded in Index ranking. Environment/ecology is August 2000 with approval from the among the top 100 disciplines according International programmes National Ministry of Education. It is ex- to 2017 US News. The international Master and doctoral ploring the frontiers of water-sediment The school has four departments (De- programmes in ecological environment sciences and engineering issues in China partments of Environmental Sciences, protection and management off ered by and abroad. Its researchers conduct Environmental Planning and Manage- the school aim to cultivate international research in the area of hydraulics and ment, Eco-environmental Engineering, students who can analyze and explore ex- river dynamics; hydrology and water re- and Environmental Systems Engineering) isting and developing issues in the ecologi- sources; and environmental engineering. and seven institutes (Institutes of En- cal and environmental sciences. More than The school has an outstanding inter- vironmental Sciences, Environmental 20 English courses are off ered to students. national research profile, which falls into Policy and Management, Watershed Man- All students are supported by scholarships six broad themes of ecohydrology with a agement, Aquatic Ecology Engineering, from either the Chinese or Beijing govern- focus on environmental flows; ecological Urban and Regional Ecology, Water ment. Currently, more than 70 internation- modelling based on systems ecology, Quality Control Engineering, and Cross- al students are enrolled in international system dynamics and thermodynamics; media Pollution Control). programmes; they come from countries formation and evolution of wetlands; around the world, including Canada, India, physical, chemical and biological pro- A wide choice of educational courses Japan, Italia, Liberia, Pakistan and the UK. cesses of inorganic and organic con- It off ers a wide range of education The school has three field test bases taminants in water, soil and sediments; programmes at both undergraduate (Yellow River Delta, Hanshiqiao and environmental engineering including and postgraduate levels. It has two Baiyangdian bases) and three research wastewater and solid waste treatment undergraduate programmes in the centres (Research Center for Wetland and atmospheric pollution control; and fields of environmental sciences and Ecology and Engineering, Environmental environmental assessment, manage- environmental engineering. At the post- Impact Assessment Center of BNU ment and economics. graduate level it off ers master degrees in and Global Environmental Policy environmental sciences; environmental Research Center). engineering; population, resources and There are two key laboratories at the environmental economics; hydraulics school. The State Key Laboratory of Water and river dynamics; and hydrology and Environment Simulation was established water resources and doctoral courses in in 1995. It is an important platform for environmental sciences; environmental research on water environment and water engineering; and population, resources ecology and it seeks to cultivate creative Contact and environmental economics. researchers with global profiles. The The school is well resourced with over laboratory pursues research in simulating E-mail: [email protected] 70 teaching and research faculty mem- water environment process and eff ects, [email protected] bers, whose specialist fields cover a wide modeling ecohydrological processes Tel: +86-10-58800151 spectrum in the areas of environmental, and eff ects, simulating wetland habitats, Website: http://env.bnu.edu.cn Advertiser retains sole responsibility for content.