The history of the School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering (SUCEE) of Chongqing University (CQU) began with its establishment in 1956 as the Department of Sanitary Engineering. The name was changed to the Department of Water Gas and Building Materials in 1973, then to the Department of Urban Construction in 1979, and then to the School of Urban Construction in 1994，After the consolidation of Chongqing Construction University and Chongqing University to form a new Chongqing University in 2000,the name was changed to School of Urban Construction and Environmental Engineering. SUCEE was one of the first collages in China to establish integrated subjects, including Department of Environmental Engineering, and Department of Building Energy-Saving Technology and Engineering. With a history of more than 60 years, SUCEE is one of the colleges in China with a complete educational system, the largest in scale, strong strength of teaching and scientific research and favorable social fame.

In addition to an expert of the “Recruitment Programme of Foreign Experts”,a scholar of theThousand Talents Plan，a candidate of the National New Century Talents Project, and a National New Century Talent. There are currently 151 faculty members (including 113 teachers, among which there are 39 professors and 42 associate professors),99 of the teachers have obtained their doctorate degree.