北京大学城市与环境学院简介(英文).pdf

A Brief History of the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences (UES) The College of Urban and Environmental Sciences was originally established from the Department of Geography, which was established in 1952 as the Department of Geology and Geography. In 1989, the department was renamed the Department of Urban and Environmental Sciences, which later became the College of Urban and Environmental Science in 2002. As UES expands, the number of students has soared in response to the growing demands of these fields. Administrative Structure UES is under the administration of the Faculty of Natural Sciences. Currently, UES consists of five departments, Department of Environmental Science, Department of Ecology, Department of Physical Geography and Geomorphology, Department of Urban and Economic Geography, and Department of Urban and Regional Planning, and two centers, the Center for Historical Geography and the Center for Architecture. Each of the five departments and two centers are managed by a department chair or center director. The department chairs and center directors are elected by the faculty members of the corresponding department or center and appointed by the Dean. The primary responsibilities of the chairs or center directors is to conduct curriculum reviews and revisions of their respective program, recruit graduate students, and promote the department’s teaching, research, and service activities. Faculty There are 68 full-time faculty members at UES, among which 32 are full professors, 25 are associate professors, three are assistant professors, and eight are research professors. The full professors, research professors, and associate professors serve as graduate faculty, with full professors and research professors also serving as doctoral candid