The Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering is an interdisciplinary characteristic department combining environmental scientific theory and environmental governance engineering technology, which is in line with the global ecological environment protection development trend.

The teaching and research scope covers atmospheric environment detection, water resource pollution control, solid waste recycling and treatment, ecological environment restoration and regional sustainable development planning. It pays equal attention to environmental data monitoring research and practical governance engineering scheme design.
It cooperates with local environmental protection departments and ecological governance engineering enterprises to carry out practical environmental improvement projects. It cultivates composite talents who understand both environmental scientific principles and environmental engineering practical operation, serving regional ecological environment protection and green development construction.
Department of Environmental Sciences and Engineering Website(https://env.unc.edu/)