• 1984
    • Authorized to award the master’s degree in in environmental engineering

  • 1986
    • Authorized to award the  Doctoral degree in environmental engineering

  • 1998
    • The environmental Engineering program began to recruit undergraduate students

  • 2004
    • School of Environmental Science and Engineering was founded, comprised of three affiliated departments, one affiliated institute and one affiliated experimental teaching center, i.e.,Department of Environmental Science, Department of Environmental Engineering, Department of Municipal Engineering, Environmental Science Research Institute, and Undergraduate Teaching and Experimental Center..

    • Authorized to award the Master’s degree in environment science.

    • Started to enroll undergraduate students majored in Environment Science, Water Supply and Sewerage Engineering

    • Environmental Science and Engineering disciplines was listed as one of the "985" key construction disciplines

  • 2005
    • The college building of 15000 square meter was completed in July of the same year, equipped with more than 10 million RMB of advanced instruments and equipment, which accelerated the pace of building the college into a first-class teaching and research platform in China.

  • 2006
    • Authorized to award the doctoral degree in the first-level disciplines of Environmental Science and Engineering

  • 2007
    • The first-level discipline Post-doctoral Research Station of Environmental Science and Engineering was approved.

    • Approved Environmental engineering as the key discipline in Guangdong Province

    • Approved the construction of the Provincial key laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration of Guangdong Institutions of Higher Education.

    • Completed the overall relocation from Wushan campus to the Higher Education Mega Center Campus.

  • 2008
    • Approved the construction of the Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters of Ministry of Education

  • 2009
    • The tutorial system was implemented in undergraduate education

    • Approved the construction of the Provincial key laboratory of Guangdong-Hong Kong Combined Air Pollution Treatment and Control Research Center

    • Approved the construction of South China University of Technology Motor Vehicle Exhaust Purification Industry-University-Research Demonstration Base

  • 2010
    • Approved Environmental Engineering to be an undergraduate specialty of Institutions of Higher Education of Guangdong province.

    • Listed as the "International Science and Technology Cooperation Base" by the Department of Science and Technology of Guangdong Province

    • Approved to construct the Air Pollution Control Engineering Technology Research Center of Guangdong Higher Education

  • 2011
    • Approved to construct the Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Atmospheric Environment and Pollution Control

    • The major of Environmental Engineering was certified by China Engineering Education Accreditation Association

    • The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters of the Ministry of Education passed evaluation

  • 2012
    • The college was renamed as School of Environment and Energy

    • The discipline of Environmental Science and Engineering was co-ranked 14th in the third-round national discipline evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education

    • Environmental Science and Engineering was approved as the first-level Key Disciplines of Guangdong Province

    • Established the New Energy Research Institute

    • The School became one of the support units of Professional Committee of the Chinese Society for Environmental Sciences for VOCs Pollution Prevention and Control

    • Approved the construction of Guangzhou Engineering and Technology Research Center of Water Resources and Water Environment

  • 2013
    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center of Environmental Science and Engineering

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmental Risk Prevention and Emergency Response.

  • 2014
    • The major of Environmental Engineering was accredited by China Engineering Education Accreditation Association for the second time

  • 2015
    • Hosted the 8th National Conference on Environmental Chemistry with 4,142 delegates, which was the largest event in the field of environmental chemistry in China

    • Second-level disciplines of Environmental Ecology (with master’s degree awarding right) and Green Energy Chemistry and Technology (with master’s and doctor’s degree awarding right) were authorized

    • Established the Environmental and Ecology Research Institute

    • Successfully passed the self-assessment of the authorization of Environmental Science and Engineering academic degree and Environment Engineering professional degree

    • Approved the establishment of Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Solid Waste Treatment and Recycling for Environmental Protection

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Provincial Industrial Organic Waste Gases Pollution control Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmental Protection

    • The Key Laboratory of Pollution Control and Ecosystem Restoration in Industry Clusters of Ministry of Education passed evaluation

  • 2016
    • Approved the construction of the National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Environmental Nanomaterials Engineering Technology Research Center

  • 2017
    • Environmental Science and Ecology entered the global ESI top 1% for the first time

    • In the 4th-round of the national key discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, the discipline of Environmental Science and Engineering was co-ranked the 8th and evaluated as A-level

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Plant Fiber High-value Cleaning and Utilization Engineering Technology Research Center

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong Ecological Dialysis Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmental Treatment

    • Approved the construction of Guangdong for Energy Materials and Surface Chemistry Engineering Technology Research Center

    • The major of Environmental Engineering was accredited by China Engineering Education Accreditation Association for the third time

    • Set up the 3+2 Sino-Australian environmental engineering program and enrolled students for the first time

    • Approved the construction of Guangzhou Key Laboratory of  Energy Materials and Surface Chemistry

    • Founded the Environment and Energy discipline construction Guidance Committee

    • The Engineering Technology Research Center for Environmental Risk Prevention and Control and Emergency Response of Guangdong Province passed the evaluation of Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology

  • 2018
    • The major of Environmental science and engineering took a new way to recruit undergraduates based on the "Enrolment and training of students in large category"

  • 2019
    • Set up the undergraduate program of "Environmental Science and Engineering"

    • The doctoral degree program in resources and environment was approved

    • Approved the construction of the Environmental Engineering undergraduate program as the first-class major in Guangdong Province

    • National Engineering Laboratory for VOCs Pollution Control Technology and Equipment passed the certification of China Inspection Body and Laboratory Mandatory Approval.

    • The college set up 9 Department and Institutes ,including the water engineering and technology, industrial wastewater treatment, atmospheric environment and pollution control, soil pollution control and restoration, solid waste treatment and recycling, pollution control materials and technology, environmental resources and ecology, new energy, environment and energy integration.