Resources and Environmental Science, Chongqing University

About us

The School of Resource and Safety Engineering was one of the initial engineering schools of Chongqing University found in 1929. It was named the Department of Mining and Metallurgy Engineering in 1935 and the main disciplines included mining and metallurgy. After that it was re-named the Department of Mining Engineering in 1955 along with the establishment of mining engineering discipline. Later in 1987, it was retitled as the Department of Resource and Environmental Engineering due to the foundation of the discipline of mining environment and then the name was changed to College of Resource and Environmental Engineeringin1992followed by the department adjustment of Chongqing University.In2000, it was renamed the College of Resource and Environmental Science in accordance with the combination of Chongqing University with other universities. Now, the College establishes two departments (i.e., Departments of Mining Engineering, and Safety Engineering) after the construction of the Department of Safety Engineering in 2019.