The Environment Research Institute at Shandong  University was established in November 2003. It is an independent unit  directly under the university for supporting scientific research and  postgraduate training. It was founded by Professor Wang Wenxing, a  famous environmental science expert in China and an academician of the  Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Discipline  construction has always been one of the priorities of the Environmental  Research Institute. There are 4 disciplines conferring doctorate  degrees, including 2 first-level disciplines, environmental science and  engineering, and 2 second-level disciplines, environmental chemistry and  environmental biology. The main research fields are: environmental  chemistry, environmental toxicology, environmental biology and  environmental ecology.

Talent is the  first primary resource of the institute. The institute attaches great  importance to the introduction and training of outstanding talents. It  not only introduces well-known scholars from home and abroad, but also  strives to cultivate its own academic leaders. To increase the training  of talents, in a planned and focused manner, the institute always  supports young academic leaders and outstanding young backbone teachers  to go abroad for further study. Presently, there are 33 faculty members  in the institute, including 14 professors, 9 associate professors, and 4  lecturers and assistant researchers. Among them, there is 1  academician, 1 Taishan Scholar Distinguished Expert, 1 Overseas  High-level Young Talent, 1 National Natural Science Foundation  Outstanding Youth Science Fund winner, 2 Taishan Scholar Young Experts, 3  Provincial Outstanding Youth Fund winners , 2 New Century Outstanding  Talents from the Ministry of Education, 3 "Qilu Young Scholars", etc.  There are currently 151 postgraduates, including 48 doctoral students  and 103 master students.

The laboratory  construction of the Environmental Research Institute is operated with a  high starting point and strict requirements. There are more than 20  advanced large-scale instruments in the laboratory, including ion  chromatography, atomic absorption, multi-stage aerosol sampler, DIONEX  GP-IC, inverted fluorescence microscope, and Fourier infrared  spectrometer. The institute has undertaken a number of national,  provincial and ministerial scientific research projects, including:  National Natural Science Foundation of China, New Century Excellent  Talents Support Program, Shandong Province Excellent Young and  Middle-aged Scientist Research Award Fund, etc.

The  Environmental Research Institute put great stress on foreign  cooperation, including joint training of graduate students, teacher  training, and cooperation in scientific research projects. It has good  academic exchanges and project cooperation relations with Harvard  University, University of North Carolina, the Hong Kong Polytechnic  University and other famous universities. The institute has also  established good cooperative relations with the Chinese Academy of  Environmental Sciences, the Research Center for Eco-Environmental  Sciences of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the Institute of  Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Peking  University, Tsinghua University, Fudan University and other  organizations.

Address: Environmental Research Institute, Shandong University, 72 Binhai Road, Jimo, Qingdao, Shandong, P.R.China, 266237

Phone: 0532-58631986

Fax: 0532-58631986

Email: hj@sdu.edu.cn