College of Water Sciences

The College of Water Sciences (CWS) at Beijing Normal University was founded in 2005, with a long history tracing back to the establishment of the department of geography in 1902 www.bnu.edu.cn/shuikx/CWS. CWS is the first established institution of water sciences in China, with the responsibility of providing educational programs and conducting research in the field of environmental science and engineering. As a pioneer academic institution, the college has responsibility for educating postgraduate students as well as initiating academic exchanges with other institutions of higher education.

Today, the CWS offers over 20 courses at postgraduate level (Masters and PhD Research programmes), coupled with a thriving research culture across a wide range of environment-related disciplines. Our college offers Ph.D degree in the fields of environmental science and engineering, groundwater science and engineering. There are 27 faculty members, including 8 full-time professors, 2 members of the Chinese Academy of Science, and 7 associate professors. In addition, there are 15 post-doctoral researchers and 145 full-time graduates.

CWS is a research-led institution: the Engineering Research Center of Groundwater Pollution Control and Remediation under the Ministry of Education is hosted in the college. The aim of all studies in this center is to promote the development and application of science and technology for groundwater and soil, to enhance groundwater protection, and to assist in the development of strategies for sustainable development in China.

Our research teams have wide-ranging interests on groundwater and soil environment. Key areas include: (1) physical, chemical and biological processes of organic contaminants in soil and groundwater; (2) theory and technology of groundwater and site contamination control and remediation (3) bioremediation of soil and groundwater; (3) water resource protection, and poor groundwater treatment. Our objectives are to provide technical support to the scientific decision-making and promote the improvement of groundwater and soil environmental quality via multidisciplinary effort in China.