The college consists of four departments and one research institute, namely, the Department of Urban and Regional Planning, the Department of Urban and Economic Geography, the Department of Resources and Environmental Geography, the Department of Ecology and the Institute of Historical Geography. In addition, there are more than ten research centers, such as geographic science research center and urban planning and design center.
Peking University Architectural Research Center is also affiliated to the College of Urban and Environmental Sciences, and enrolls masters (architectural design and its theory) and doctors (architectural design and its theory, human geography direction, tutor: Zhang Yonghe).
The college has a national first-class key discipline of geography. Physical geography and human geography are two national key disciplines. 20 1 1, and established the first batch of first-class disciplines of ecology with other colleges in the school. There are physical geography, human geography, Quaternary landform, historical geography, urban and regional planning, environmental science, ecology and other disciplines, involving resources, environment, ecology, cities and other fields. The college has a national talent training base for geographical basic science, a key laboratory for surface process analysis and simulation of the Ministry of Education, and a remote sensing laboratory for man-earth system and environment.
In terms of teaching, the college sets up majors according to the needs of national construction and the frontier of science.
The undergraduate course has five majors: environmental science, ecology, resources and environment, urban and rural planning and management, geographical science and urban planning.
Postgraduates have eight majors: physical geography, human geography, environmental geography, historical geography, geomorphology and environmental evolution, urban and regional planning, Quaternary geology and ecology.
Doctoral students have seven majors: physical geography, human geography, environmental geography, historical geography, geomorphology and environmental evolution, Quaternary geology and ecology.
In scientific research and social services, he undertook a large number of important national scientific research projects and international cooperation, and published a large number of high-level research papers. Many awards, including the second prize of the National Natural Science Award, provided scientific basis for national decision-making.