Ⅰ.Professional settings

The School of Architecture is locatedinLongzihu Campus, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power (NCWU).

-In 1995, the major of architecture was set up.

-In 2006, the School of Architecture was established, and seven majors were successively established: Architecture,Urban andRuralPlanning,ArtDesign,VisualCommunication,PublicArt,EnvironmentalArtDesign,LandscapeArchitecture.

-In 2015,three undergraduate majors: EnvironmentalArtDesign,VisualCommunication andPublicArt wereset upfrom theSchoolof Architecturetoestablish theSchool ofArt and Design.

The School of Architecture currently has three five-year undergraduate majors:Architecture,Urban andRuralPlanning, andLandscapeArchitecture. There are academic first-classmaster authorization points in architecture and professional master authorization points in the field of horticulture and seed industry.Theschoolenrolls academicpostgraduate students in architecture(research directionsincludearchitectural design and theory, architectural technology science, architectural history and theory, ecological city planning and design) .At the same time, theschoolalsoenrolls postgraduates majoring in architecture and civil engineering (human settlement environment design), art design (landscape design, environmental design and applied research), agronomy and seed industry (garden and landscape, ornamental gardening).There are more than 800 students intotal, including undergraduate and graduate students.

-Theundergraduate majorarchitecture has passed the China Higher Education ProfessionalArchitectureEducation Evaluation.

-Undergraduatestudents are enrolled inthe major categoryof"architecturalmajor";

-Enrollmentof undergraduatestudentsmajoring in architecture from the Ural College ofNCWU,"BRICS Network University"

-The architecture major is the "Professional Comprehensive Reform Pilot" in Henan Province.

Ⅱ.Teacher situation

The college has 79 faculty members, including:67 full-time teachers,14 master tutors,4 professors,19 associate professors,20 doctors,45 masters,4 national first-class registered architects, and more than 10 national registered planners. 1 first-level registered constructor.Theschoolhasalonghistory ofhired senior designers from outside the school as part-time professors.

Ⅲ.Research institutions

Theschoolhas sixscientific research institutions.

-the ResearchCenterforHumanSettlementPsychology andAncientGeomancyCulture

-theUrban and Rural Planning Modern Information Comprehensive Experimental Platform (in preparation)

-theNational Water Conservancy Scenic Area Development Research Center

-theSustainable Architecture Institute

-theNCWU’sArchitecture Creation Room

-theArt studio

Ⅳ.Laboratories

Theschoolhas an architecture and art experiment center. Including:

-ModelMakingRoom

-Building Physics Laboratory

-Computer-aidedDesignLaboratory

-VirtualSimulation(VR)SpaceExperienceLaboratory

-StructureExhibitionRoom

-PhotographyStudio

-Urban andRuralPlanningModernInformationComprehensiveTestPlatform-BuildingArtStudio.

Ⅴ.Scientific research results

Theschoolhas established an innovative scientific research team on the theory and application of ecological civilization in Henan Province, and a sustainable built environmentteamin university. It has undertakenseveralNational Natural Science Foundation of Chinaprojectsand nearly 100 projects of various vertical and horizontal directions at the provincial and ministerial level.

It has won 2 second prizes and 4 third prizes of provincial scientific and technological progress; 3 scientific and technological progress prizes of China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing, and several provincial survey and design prizes.

Nearly 50 faculty’s research achievements have been appraised; more than 400 papers have been published in academic journals at home and abroad, and nearly 50 monographs and textbooks have been published.

The teaching team's "Innovative Research and Practice on the Teaching Mode of the Lower Grade Architectural Design Curriculum in Integrating Ecology-Constructing Theory" won the first prize of provincial teaching achievement, and the "Research on the Renewal of the Training Mode of Architecture Professionals under the Policy of Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction" win the second prize.

Ⅵ. Development Goals

Theschool willcontinuouslyimprove the quality of student training, strengthenthediscipline construction, vigorously conduct scientific research, and expands channels for international cooperation in running schools.Continuously cultivatethehigh-quality applied talentswithbasic theoretical knowledge and design methods of human settlement environment for the social and economic development, have design ability, practical ability, innovative thinking and international vision, and be able to engage in design and planning, teaching and scientific research, professional management in the field of urban and rural construction,and haveinternational design collaboration capabilities.