Introduction to the College of Ecology and Environment

The history of the College of Ecology and Environment can be traced back to the forest departments of universities such as Central University, Jinling University, and Wuhan University. In 2014, the School of Biology and Environment was established by combining disciplines such as ecology, botany, zoology, biochemistry and molecular biology, and environmental science from the former School of Forest Resources and Environment, as well as environmental engineering from the School of Chemical Engineering and the School of Materials Science and Engineering. In 2023, based on the two first level disciplines of ecology and environmental science and engineering, it will be renamed as the School of Ecology and Environment.

The college has two first level disciplines, ecology (national key discipline and Jiangsu Province first level key discipline) and environmental science and engineering (Jiangsu Province advantageous discipline). All four disciplines involved in the college, engineering, environment/ecology, agricultural science, and animal and plant science, have entered the top 1% of ESI global rankings (top 3 ‰ of animal and plant science); The college has the authority to confer doctoral and master's degrees in the first level disciplines of ecology, environmental science and engineering, resources and environment, and forestry; Having a postdoctoral research station in ecology; There are three undergraduate majors: ecology, environmental science, and environmental engineering; There are over 1200 doctoral, master's, and undergraduate students currently enrolled.

The college has four departments: Ecology, Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, and Nature Reserve. There are currently 92 faculty members (including 3 full-time foreign teachers and 5 postdoctoral fellows), including 75 full-time teachers, 29 professors, and 33 associate professors. Received 1 national major talent plan and 3 national youth talent plans; 2 provincial leading talents, 3 Jiangsu specially appointed professors, 2 provincial youth talent plans, 3 provincial middle-aged and young academic leaders, 6 academic backbones, and 2 training objects; Obtained 2 provincial innovation teams and 13 provincial innovation talent plans; Two specially appointed overseas professors and over ten part-time overseas professors.

The college has 4 provincial key laboratories, 3 other provincial research platforms, 10 provincial graduate workstations and industry university research bases, and jointly builds the "Southern Modern Forestry Jiangsu University Collaborative Innovation Center" with the College of Forestry. In the past 10 years, the teachers of the college have undertaken more than 200 national and provincial-level projects, including the National Key Research and Development Program, "973", "863", Science and Technology Support Program, and National Natural Science Foundation. Their research achievements have won 2 second prizes for national scientific and technological progress and more than 20 other awards at the ministerial and provincial levels.

The college adheres to the educational philosophy of "cultivating students, respecting scholars, emphasizing disciplines, valuing academia, and maintaining a strict academic atmosphere", advocates the educational concept of "learning, scholarship, nurturing, diligence, confidence, and questioning", implements the educational strategy of "characteristic establishment, talent strengthening, democratic governance, and internationalization", takes the construction of "Double First Class" universities and high-level universities as guidance, closely focuses on the scientific and technological and talent needs of national economic and social development, forestry development, and ecological environment construction, constantly explores and innovates, pursues excellence, and builds the college into an important talent training and scientific research and development base in China and the industry. It is a research-oriented college with high academic influence at home and abroad.