I. Field Introduction

The Master's program in Resources and Environment offered by the School of Resources and Environment is a comprehensive and interdisciplinary field that integrates natural sciences, engineering sciences, and social sciences. Based on the school's disciplinary development characteristics, faculty construction, and scientific research, it has formed two major areas: Environmental Engineering and Surveying and Mapping Engineering. Specifically, the Surveying and Mapping Engineering field is rooted in the Southwest region, guided by surveying and mapping science and technology theories, and supported by foundational master's training in related fields such as environmental remote sensing, 3S integration, and meteorological applications. With "3S" technology integration as its backbone, it conducts research on theories and technologies of atmospheric remote sensing, remote sensing theories and technologies of meteorological disasters, application and development of geographic information systems, and theories and technologies of ecological environment remote sensing. The goal is to cultivate well-grounded, comprehensively skilled, strongly practical, and innovative high-level engineering and management talents in the fields of planning, design, research and development, application, and management within surveying and mapping engineering.

Our university established the undergraduate major in Geographic Information Systems as early as 2002, followed by the Remote Sensing Science and Technology major in 2008 and the Surveying and Mapping Engineering major in 2011, forming a stable undergraduate training system in Surveying and Mapping Science and Technology. In 2003, we obtained the master's degree authorization for Environmental Science, and in 2011, we obtained the master's degree authorization for Engineering (in the field of Environmental Engineering), which was adjusted to the Master of Resources and Environment in the 2018 admission catalog. Currently, we have 57 faculty members, including 14 professors, 19 associate professors, 51 with doctoral degrees, and 14 with overseas experience. Among them, there is 1 National Model Teacher, 1 member of the Teaching Guidance Committee for Environmental Engineering under the Ministry of Education, 1 talent from the Sichuan "Thousand Talents" plan, 8 reserves for Sichuan's academic and technological leaders, 1 "Three Educations" Exemplary Teacher, 5 excellent young teachers with "One Specialty and Multiple Skills" from Chengdu, and 5 registered surveyors. The discipline boasts 1 provincial key laboratory, 2 provincial research platforms, and over 1,100 sets of research equipment valued at nearly RMB 30 million.

The Surveying and Mapping Engineering field has developed four stable research directions: theories and technologies of atmospheric environment remote sensing, remote sensing theories and technologies of meteorological disasters, application and development of geographic information systems, and theories and technologies of ecological environment remote sensing. It has distinct characteristics and advantages in quantitative remote sensing, the integration of surveying and meteorology, disaster monitoring and early warning, geographic information models and simulations. The developed early warning models for mountain torrents and geological disasters have been adopted by multiple operational departments and have received excellent feedback.

II. Training Objectives

The program aims to cultivate high-level, applied, and interdisciplinary talents with a solid theoretical foundation, broad professional knowledge, the ability to independently undertake engineering or management tasks in the field of surveying and mapping engineering, mastery of advanced research methods and modern technological means for solving engineering problems, as well as strong abilities in continuous learning, innovation, teamwork, and an international perspective.