School of Ocean and Environment (formerly the Department of Salt Chemistry Engineering, Tianjin Institute of Light Industry), founded in 1953, was renamed the School of Marine Science and Engineering, Tianjin University of Science and Technology in 2002, and then became the School of Ocean and Environment, Tianjin University of Science and Technology in 2015. After more than 70 years of development, it has evolved into a comprehensive teaching and research-oriented school integrating science and engineering, forming a disciplinary system centered around marine science and environmental science and engineering.

The school currently boasts a Ph.D. program in Marine Science (established in 2024) and two master's programs in Marine Science, Environmental Science and Engineering (encompassing five secondary disciplines: Marine Biology (established in 2006), Marine Chemistry (established in 2006), Physical Oceanography (established in 2011), Environmental Science (established in 2001), and Environmental Engineering (established in 2001)). It also offers a master's degree in Environmental Engineering (established in 2005) and five undergraduate majors: Marine Science, Marine Technology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, and Marine Resource Development Technology. Currently, there are over 200 graduate students and engineering masters, and more than 870 undergraduate students. Since 2017, the school has adopted a broad-based admission approach, categorizing students into Marine Science and Environmental Science and Engineering, both following a "1.5+2.5" educational model. Marine Science includes Marine Science and Marine Technology, while Environmental Science and Engineering encompasses Environmental Science and Environmental Engineering.

During the "Eleventh Five-Year Plan," "Twelfth Five-Year Plan," and "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" periods, Marine Science was designated as a key discipline in Tianjin. Likewise, Environmental Science and Engineering was also recognized as a key discipline in Tianjin during the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan." In 2006, the Marine Science Experiment Center was honored as an Excellent Laboratory at the Tianjin municipal level. In 2010, the Environmental Science major was named a Tianjin Brand Major. In 2014, the "Marine Bioresources and Environment" innovation team was selected for the Tianjin Higher Education Innovation Team Development Plan, and the "Environmental Science and Engineering Teaching Team" was chosen as a Tianjin Teaching Team. In 2015, the "Marine Environmental Protection Technology Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center" was approved as a construction unit for the Tianjin Experimental Teaching Demonstration Centers. In 2017, the Environmental Science major was awarded the title of Tianjin Advantageous and Distinctive Major, while the Environmental Engineering major was recognized as a Tianjin Applied Major. Also in 2017, Marine Science was approved as a Tianjin First-Class Discipline, and the "Offshore Marine Environment" discipline group under Environmental Science and Engineering was approved as a Tianjin Distinctive Discipline Group. In 2019, the Environmental Science major was approved as a Tianjin First-Class Undergraduate Major Construction Site. In the "Fourteenth Five-Year Plan," the discipline groups of "Comprehensive Utilization and Environmental Protection of Offshore Seawater Resources" and "Land-Sea Integration and Marine Carbon Neutralization Technology" were approved as characteristic discipline groups for Tianjin higher education institutions to serve industries.

The school has an outstanding faculty of 87 members, including 65 full-time teachers, 9 teaching assistants, and 13 administrative personnel. Among them, there are 19 professors, 17 associate professors, 8 doctoral supervisors, and 45 master's supervisors. Over 93% of the teachers hold doctoral degrees. The faculty includes one member of the Marine Science Teaching Guidance Committee of the Ministry of Education, one member of the Environmental Science and Engineering Teaching Guidance Committee of the Ministry of Education, one recipient of the national high-level talent plan, one recipient of the Chinese Academy of Sciences' "Hundred-Talent Program," two recipients of the Ministry of Education's "New Century Talents Program," three Tianjin Distinguished (Guest) Professors, two individuals at the first tier of Tianjin's "131" Talent Plan, three recipients of the Tianjin Higher Education "Discipline Leading Talent Cultivation Plan," three recipients of the Tianjin Higher Education "Young and Middle-aged Innovative Talent Cultivation Plan," one Tianjin Teaching Famous Teacher, two recipients of the Haihe Scholar Program, and one recipient of the Haihe Scholar Cultivation Program.

The school possesses well-equipped research and development platforms, including the Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Chemistry and Food Technology under the Ministry of Education, the Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry, the Tianjin Engineering Center for Marine Environmental Protection and Remediation Technology, and the Asian Regional Reference Center for Artemia. It also houses 10 specialized research laboratories: Biological Oceanography, Brine Ecology and Bioresource Utilization, Marine Bioactive Substance Utilization, Marine Organic Photochemistry, Marine Microbial Resource Utilization, Marine Environmental Simulation and Assessment, Marine Remote Sensing and Information Technology, Environmental Pollution and Resourceful Treatment, Estuary-Marine Environment and Ecology, and Coastal Groundwater Utilization and Protection.

In the past five years, the school has undertaken two National Key R&D Program projects (including one international cooperation key project), more than 10 National Key R&D Program topics and subtopics, four Regional Innovation Key Projects of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two Integration Projects of Major Research Plans of the National Natural Science Foundation of China, two Innovative Talent Exchange Projects of the Foreign Expert Bureau of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and has won more than 10 provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological achievement awards such as the Tianjin Science and Technology Progress First Prize and the Tianjin Natural Science Second Prize in fields such as marine science and environmental science. Faculty members and graduate students have published representative high-level academic papers in top international journals such as PNAS, JPO, GRL, JGR, LO, JHM, EST, and CEJ, continuously enhancing the school's academic reputation and status.

The school actively promotes academic exchanges to enhance its international profile. It has established cooperative relationships for exchanging graduate students and young teachers with the University of Southern California (USA), the University of the Highlands and Islands (UK), the Bedford Institute of Oceanography (Canada), the University of Otago (New Zealand), Irkutsk State Transport University (Russia), Ghent University (Belgium), and the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology. It also maintains close cooperative relationships with well-known domestic higher education institutions and research institutions. During the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan" period, the school joined the "International SOLAS Plan," the "China Future Ocean Alliance," and the "China Marine Carbon Sink Alliance." It also serves as the Vice Chairman unit of "Microbial Oceanography" and the Tianjin Geographical Society, and as a board member of the "Chinese Marine Ecology Professional Committee," the "China Bio-Big Data Professional Committee," the "Chinese Coastal and Engineering Professional Committee," the "Chinese Algae Society," the "Tianjin Aquaculture Society," the "Tianjin Environmental Science Society," the "Tianjin Geological Society," and the "Tianjin Ecological Society." The school has hosted influential academic conferences such as the Advanced International Academic Exchange on Salt Lakes and Salts, the IUPAC 36th International Conference on Solution Chemistry, the Summit Forum on the Development of Salt Science, and the 14th International Salt Lake Conference, the 2nd International Conference on Geo-science and Environmental Chemistry, the International Workshop on Artemia Biodiversity and Utilization in Aquaculture, and the Webinar of Marine Biological Resource Exploitation and Sustainable Utilization.

In recent years, the school has vigorously strengthened ideological and political education, academic atmosphere construction, and the mechanism for fostering talent through scientific research and practice. Guided by systems such as the undergraduate tutorial system the establishment of academic societies, and leveraging academic and technological competitions, the school has built a platform for fostering talent through student research and practice. By collaborating with the Tianjin Development Zone Government, local enterprises and institutions, and voluntary environmental protection social organizations, the school has established a system for fostering talent through volunteer service in areas such as environmental protection and voluntary service. Through the construction of a practical education system, the school's student affairs have achieved a work pattern of striving for excellence in ideological and political education, scientific refinement of academic atmosphere construction, and innovation in practical education mechanisms, yielding fruitful results in student moral education, practical ability cultivation, and social service.