1. Introduction to the College of Marine and Environmental Sciences

College of Marine and Environmental Sciences (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 College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, 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, environmental science, and engineering.

The college 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.

The college 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 college 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 college 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 college 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. Agricultural science ranks top 1‰ in ESI global ranking.

2. Marine Science PhD Program：

The Marine science discipline of Tianjin University of Science and Technology was founded in 1953, and has been developed on the basis of the Marine Salt chemical specialty of the former Salt Industry College of the Ministry of Light Industry. It mainly serves economic and social development, carries out technological innovation and theoretical application, and provides technical and intellectual support for the development of Marine economy. In the service of the country and Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Marine ecological environment protection, comprehensive utilization of Marine resources, Marine economic development has irreplaceable, enjoy the reputation of "salt Huangpu".

The first-level discipline of Marine science has been selected as the key discipline of Tianjin in the "Tenth Five-Year Plan" to the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", and the double-first-class construction discipline of Tianjin in the "thirteenth Five-Year Plan". The "14th Five-Year Plan" was approved by Tianjin "Comprehensive Utilization of offshore seawater resources and environmental protection" service industry characteristic subject group. In 2011, it was approved as a first-level master's program, and in 2024, it was approved as a first-level doctoral program. The doctoral program includes Marine biology and biological oceanography, physical oceanography, Marine resource development and protection, and has formed advantages and characteristics in the fields of Marine ecological environment process and mechanism, Marine disaster simulation and risk assessment, and comprehensive utilization of Marine brine resources. A number of internationally influential landmark achievements have been made in phytoplankton carbon sink estimation, ecological environment assessment and pollution control in Bohai Bay, Marine disaster process simulation and prediction, phase balance theory construction of Marine brine system, and development and utilization of halogenite germplasm resources. The scientific research and teaching system has been continuously improved, and the relevant technological achievements are at the international advanced or domestic leading level.

Research Field

1. Marine Biology and biological Oceanography: Conducting research on biodiversity conservation in offshore China, regional Marine environments and ecosystems under the influence of anthropogenic activities and global change, Marine carbon sinks and related biogenic factor cycles, ocean ecology in the Indian and Western Pacific oceans, and biological adaptation mechanisms in high-salt environments. It forms the characteristic research direction of Marine ecosystem structure and function, reproductive development and metabolic regulation of halophilic and salt-tolerant organisms, detection of Marine foodborne pathogens and product safety evaluation.

2. Physical oceanography: focusing on "Marine environment change" and "ecological security", studying the law and mechanism of offshore dynamic and ecological environment change under multiple pressures, water-salt cycle and environmental effects at sea-land interface, and principles and technologies of estuarine and Marine ecological environment investigation, evaluation and restoration. It has formed characteristic research directions in the areas of fine observation of Marine dynamic processes, simulation and prediction of disaster dynamics and ecological processes, ecological effects of groundwater flux into the sea, and ecological restoration of coastal zones.

3. Marine resources development and protection: Taking Marine brine resources as the research object, basic, forward-looking and key application technology research related to comprehensive utilization of Marine brine resources and energy conservation and emission reduction has been carried out, and characteristic research directions such as green high-value development of Marine resources, separation and extraction of scarce elements, development, utilization and protection of brine insect germplasm resources have been formed.

Course type	Name	Credits	Hours
Public degree course	Chinese (Doctoral)	5	80
	Overview for China	3	48
Professional degree course	Biological Oceanography Ⅲ	2	32
	Advanced Chemical Oceanography Ⅱ	2	32
	Advanced Physical Oceanography	2	32
	Comprehensive Utilization of Marine Brine Resources	1	16
	Comprehensive Utilization of Marine Biological Resources	1	16
Professional elective course	Frontiers of Marine Science	1	16
	Modeling of Marine Ecosystem Dynamics	1	16
	Coastal Zone Hydrogeology	1	16
	Marine Biological Functional Genomics	1	16
	Phase Equilibria of Aqueous Electrolyte Solutions	1	16
Compulsory course	Teaching & Engineering Practices	1	-
	Academic Lectures	1	-

3. Marine Science Master Program：

Marine Biology is a discipline that studies all life phenomena and processes and their laws in the ocean, mainly studying the origin and evolution of life in the ocean, the classification and distribution of Marine organisms, their morphology and life history, growth and development, physiology and biochemistry, genetics, especially biological oceanography and Marine ecology. To clarify the relationship between the habits and characteristics of Marine organisms and the Marine environment, and reveal various biological phenomena and their laws in the ocean; To carry out Marine and brine biological resources utilization and technology research and development, for the rational development and sustainable use of Marine biological resources service.

Physical Oceanography (Physical Oceanography) is the study of the nature of seawater, the law of movement and mechanism, to explore the interaction of Marine water with the atmosphere, lithosphere and biosphere. Focusing on "Marine environment change" and "ecological security", using on-site and remote sensing observation, computer simulation and mathematical statistical analysis as means, to clarify the dynamic evolution law and driving mechanism of China's offshore waters under the dual impact of global change and human activities, predict the evolution trend of Marine environment, and develop Marine environment simulation and disaster assessment technologies. To provide a scientific basis for Marine disaster prevention and mitigation decisions.

Marine Chemistry is the study of the chemical processes of the composition, distribution, migration and transformation of chemical substances in the ocean, the Marine biogeochemical processes under the influence of global changes and human activities, and the chemical problems involved. To study the abundance and occurrence of chemical elements in seawater and Marine sediments and their migration and transformation rules in seawater and sediments, as well as the distribution, migration and transformation of Marine biogenic elements and pollutants and their environmental and ecological effects.

Research Field：

1. Major in Marine biology:

(1) Marine ecology

(2) Marine biotechnology and utilization of biological resources

2. Main research directions of physical Oceanography:

(1) Marine environmental simulation and disaster assessment

(2) Application and field observation of Marine remote sensing technology

3. Main research directions of Marine chemistry:

(1) Marine biogeochemistry

(2) Marine environmental chemistry

Course type	Name	Credits	Hours
Public degree course	Chinese	4	64
	Overview for China	3	48
Professional degree course	Introduction to Dynamical Oceanography	2	32
	Biological Oceanography	2	32
	Advanced Chemical Oceanography	2	32
	Modern Analytical and Testing Experiment Technology	2	32
Professional elective course	Applied Phycology	2	32
	Numerical Modeling of Marine Environmental Dynamics	2	32
	Ocean Data Analysis & Statistics	1.5	24
	Advanced Marine Biogeochemistry	1.5	24
	Advanced Marine Biochemistry	1.5	24
	Brine Ecology and Resource Utilization	1.5	24
	Remote Sensing Technology and Applications	1.5	24
Compulsory course	Teaching and Engineering Practices	1	-
	Academic Lectures	1	-
Basic theory course	Mathematical Statistics	4	64

4. Environmental Science and Engineering Master Program

The first-level Master's program in Environmental Science and Engineering consists of two second-level master's programs, namely Environmental Science and environmental Engineering.

Environmental science mainly studies the laws of movement and change of environment (structure and state) and the relationship between it and human social activities, and studies the laws and ways of co-evolution and sustainable development between human society and environment. Environmental science stems from the emergence of environmental pollution and the need for human beings to solve environmental problems. Environmental science is a new interdisciplinary and comprehensive discipline, its research field involves many aspects of natural science and social science, including the theory and method of environmental science, the spatial and temporal distribution, migration and transformation law of pollutants, environmental simulation and pollution prevention, environmental quality and evaluation, environmental planning and management. With the development of society, sustainable development has become the development strategy of human society, which opens up broad prospects for the development of environmental science, and will promote the perfection of environmental science theory and the establishment of the overall framework. At present, human beings are facing increasingly severe environmental problems. The improvement of the overall quality of life of human society in the 21st century largely depends on the progress of environmental science and technology. Therefore, the 21st century will be a period of vigorous development of environmental science.

Environmental engineering is an applied discipline that uses engineering methods and means to control environmental pollution and improve environmental quality. As a branch of a new comprehensive science, its research includes the mechanism of preventing and controlling environmental pollution, protecting and improving the environment, and protecting people's health; Protect natural resources and energy, eliminate waste of resources, control and reduce pollution; The comprehensive use of wastewater, waste gas and solid waste to promote the development of industrial and agricultural production has an important role in improving the quality of people's lives and developing the national economy in our country.

Research Field：

(1) Main research areas of Environmental Science

1. Environmental Monitoring and Evaluation: This discipline focuses on the research objects of water bodies, sediments and organisms in the lower reaches of river basins, estuaries and coastal waters, and mainly carries out innovative research in the fields of environmental investigation and evaluation of estuaries, coastal zones and coastal waters, Marine environmental protection, ecological restoration of damaged environments and sustainable coastal ecosystems. It mainly studies the chemical form and chemical behavior of pollutants in water bodies, sediments and organisms in environmental media, and the ways, mechanisms and processes of their impact on environmental change and ecological health, providing important scientific basis for environmental protection. The research direction includes: (1) environmental pollution interface processes and benchmarks; (2) ecotoxicology of environmental pollution; (3) Environmental pollution monitoring and impact assessment.

2. Groundwater pollution and water environment: For the purpose of improving the coastal groundwater environment, protecting water resources and their sustainable utilization, this discipline takes "surface water-groundwater" as a system to study, focusing on the formation of characteristics and advantages in groundwater and surface water pollution mechanism and regulation, groundwater environment assessment, and in-situ control technology of contaminated groundwater.

3. Principle and application of Marine environmental monitoring: This discipline takes the offshore Marine environment of China as the research object, and carries out the research on the principle of Marine environmental monitoring and its application in the field of ecological environment. It mainly conducts research on remote sensing information acquisition methods in China's offshore waters. Through observation data and remote sensing data processing of offshore environment, it elucidates the comprehensive effects of various processes such as physical, chemical, biological and geological processes under the background of global change and offshore eutrophication, and analyzes the spatio-temporal evolution law, driving mechanism and changing trend of China's offshore waters environment. It provides an important scientific basis for the exploitation and utilization of Marine resources and the protection of ecological environment.

(2) Main research areas of Environmental engineering:

1. Sewage treatment and utilization of water resources: development and application of water pollution control engineering and control chemistry, advanced oxidation technology, groundwater utilization technology, comprehensive utilization technology of seawater and seawater desalination engineering.

2. Control and resource transformation of pollutants: transformation of biomass clean energy and chemical products, comprehensive utilization of sludge and zero emission technology, transformation and control of gaseous pollutants.

3. Environmental materials and ecological remediation: development and application of mineral materials, risk assessment of groundwater and soil pollution, principles and technologies of pollution ecological remediation.

Credit requirements and curriculum：

Course type	Name	Credits	Hours
Public degree course	Chinese	4	64
	Overview for China	3	48
Professional degree course	Theory and Technology of Light Chemical Wastewater Pollution Control	2	32
	Modern Environmental Monitoring Technology	2	32
	Theory and New Technology of Air Pollution Control	2	32
	Principles and Techniques of Environmental Remediation	2	32
Professional elective course	Solid Waste Treatment and Resource Utilization Technology	2	32
	Groundwater Pollution and Remediation	2	32
	Environmental Pollution Chemistry	1.5	24
	Soil Pollution and Prevention	1.5	24
	Environmental Toxicology	1.5	24
Compulsory course	Teaching & Engineering Practices	1	-
	Academic Lectures	1	-
Basic theory course	Mathematical Statistics	4	64

5. Research platform

1）Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Chemistry and Food Technology, Ministry of Education (TUST), based in Tianjin University of Science and Technology, was approved by the Ministry of Education in 2009 and renamed in 2021. This laboratory in order to implement a series of national strategies such as “Maritime Power”, “One Belt, One Road”, “Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Coordinated Development” and “Bohai Economic Circle”, focuses on Tianjin Marine economy development “14th Five-Year plan” and the national economic and social development and the major scientific and technological issues on the national marine technology. The main research areas are Marine food, Marine chemical industry and Marine ecological environment protection, which faces the national strategic needs, especially the scientific and technological problems contained in the key technologies. The laboratory focuses on basic, critical and prospective research of Marine food, Marine chemical industry and Marine ecological environmental protection, which will promote the development on the Marine resource chemistry and food technology in China.

2) Tianjin Key Laboratory of Marine Resources and Chemistry is a provincial and ministerial level key laboratory established by Tianjin Science and Technology Commission and Tianjin Education Commission in October 2007 and supported by Tianjin University of Science and Technology. The main purpose of the laboratory is to study and develop the basic theories and applied technologies of chemistry and biology related to Marine resources based on Marine resources, closely combine with the development frontier of Marine disciplines in the world, and study green chemical technologies for sustainable development and efficient utilization of Marine resources according to the characteristics of Marine resources and their utilization in our country. To form a research and development base for Marine chemical resources and Marine biological resources. According to the operation requirements of "opening, flowing, joint and competition", the 2024 Open Fund project application Guide is released for domestic and foreign colleagues.

3) Tianjin Marine Environment Protection and Restoration Technology Engineering Center was approved for establishment by the Tianjin Science and Technology Committee in August 2016 and was officially recognized as a municipal engineering technology center by the Tianjin Science and Technology Bureau in August 2018. The center is based on the College of Marine and Environmental Sciences at Tianjin University of Science and Technology, and it has jointly established a technical development organization with the Tianjin Marine Environmental Monitoring Center of the State Oceanic Administration, the Tianjin Water Transport Engineering Research Institute of the Ministry of Transport, and CNOOC Energy Development Safety and Environmental Protection Company.

4) Asian Regional Artemia Reference Center (ARARC) was established in 2016 in collaboration with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). The center has been recognized by Tianjin Municipal Bureau of Science and Technology as Tianjin International Cooperation Base since 2017, and China-Malaysia Joint Research Center of Brine and Marine Science and Biotechnology since 2020. ARARC has developed into a comprehensive research and international cooperation platform that integrates multiple disciplines of basic biology, applied microbiology, and blue agriculture, focusing on experimental biology, ecological genetics, microbiology, and aquaculture. The research activities at ARARC are developed to meet the strategic needs of the marine economy and disciplinary frontiers, with Artemia and halophilic microorganisms as the main focus for both fundamental research and applications.

6、CONTACT：

NAME: yunhuaWang and shengliu Yuan

TEL: +（86）-22-60600359

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