Objectives: This discipline cultivates students who have rigorous attitudes and practical minds for studying, positive moral characters,strong knowledge foundation,overall competency, physical and mental health and strong practice ability. We aim to develop future high-level applied professionals with certain ability to innovate who may be engaged in the research on new theories, new technologies, new methods, new equipment, new processes, new materials and new management models in fields such as the hydraulic engineering, urban drainage engineering, agricultural water and soil engineering, environmental water conservancy, and hydrogeology. The students are expected to have a strong theoretical foundation and systematic expertise of Hydraulic Engineering and may be engaged in scientific research,engineeringdesign, engineering management and relevant technical works.

Curriculum: Optimization Methods, Finite Element Method, Advanced Fluid Mechanics, Advanced Hydraulic Structures, Advanced Soil Mechanics, Advanced Rock Mechanics, Water Resources Planning and Management, Irrigation and Drainage Theory and Technology, Engineering Project Management (bilingual). Computational Fluid Mechanics, Water Environment Chemistry, Water-Saving Irrigation Theory and Technology, Watershed Hydrological Models, Mathematical Model and Simulation of Water Environment, Ecological Restoration of Water and Soil Pollution (bilingual), Water Information Technology and System Development, Principles and Applications of Finite Element Software, Soil Dynamics, Engineering Seepage Analysis and Control, Reliability Analysis of Hydraulic Structure, Structure and Engineering System Optimization, Safety Monitoring and Health Diagnosis of Hydraulic Buildings, and Hydraulic Engineering Economics.

Career paths: In recent years, students of this pathway are ideally placed to work in colleges and universities, research institutes, enterprises and institutions related to the hydraulic industry as well as the management departments of the government, and have all the career choices as described for hydrology and water resources, hydraulics and river dynamics, hydraulic structure engineering, hydraulic and hydropower engineering and other related works.