From April 21st to 22nd, 2018, Professor Cheng Qiangong and Dr. Yang Hufeng from the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering attended the UNESCO Chair 2018 Workshop on Geo-disaster Reduction Meeting held in Yichang, Hubei Province. Professor Wang Fawu, chair professor of UNESCO Chair 2018 Workshop on Geo-disaster Reduction Project, officially awarded the certificate of the International Cooperation Unit of our faculty.

From April 21st to 22nd, 2018, Professor Cheng Qiangong and Dr. Yang Hufeng from the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering attended the UNESCO Chair 2018 Workshop on Geo-disaster Reduction Meeting held in Yichang, Hubei Province. Professor Wang Fawu, chair professor of UNESCO Chair 2018 Workshop on Geo-disaster Reduction Project, officially awarded the certificate of the International Cooperation Unit of our faculty.

UNESCO-Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction International Collaboration Unit Certificate

Based on the long-term and extensive international cooperation foundation of the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering and ICGdR (see the following major events in international cooperation in recent years:), in March 2017, President Liu Guoxiang signed a letter of support and commitment as a collaborating unit to support the Shimane University and ICGdR as the chairman institutions to establish UNESCO-Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction. The project was officially approved in October 2017, marking the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering as a collaborative unit for the project.

Based on the UNESCO-Chair project platform, extensive and in-depth international cooperation will be carried out between the collaborating units, which will effectively promote the process of the Internationalization Model Academy of the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering. At present, the Faculty and the International Cooperation and Exchange Office are vigorously promoting the signing of academic and student exchange agreements between Southwest Jiaotong University and Shimane University.

Major events in international cooperation in recent years:

In April 2014, Southwest Jiaotong University hired Professor Wang Fawu from the Shimane University in Japan as the Overseas Dean of the Faculty of Geosciences and Environmental Engineering.

In March 2015, Professor Wang Fawu, the overseas dean, came to the Faculty of Geosicences and Environmental Engineering to guide the construction of the geological engineering discipline, and became a guest of the “Chuangyuan” lecture hall.

In September 2015, it was hosted by the “National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Safe Space Information Technology for High-speed Railway Operation” (Southwest Jiaotong University). The ICGdR China National Committee Working Conference co-organized by the Graduate School of Southwest Jiaotong University and the Science and Technology Department was held at Southwest Jiaotong University.

In October 2016, the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering “National Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Safe Space Information Technology for High-Speed Railway Operation” (Southwest Jiaotong University), and the International Geological Hazard and Disaster Reduction Association (ICGdR) hosted the 14th International Geology Disaster and Disaster Reduction Academic Conference.

In August 2017, Prof. Cheng Qiangong from the School of Geosciences led a research team to participate in the National University of Japan, the International Geological Hazard and Disaster Reduction Society (ICGdR), the Japan University of Kyoto Disaster Prevention Research Institute Landslide Research Center, Japan’s Hidden Island International Geological Park, etc. The 15th International Conference on Geological Hazards and Disaster Reduction.

In October 2017, the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering (Southwest Jiaotong University) became the UNESCO Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction Partnership.

In April 2018, the School of Earth Sciences and Environmental Engineering (Southwest Jiaotong University) became the international collaboration unit of UNESCO's UNESCO-Chair on Geoenvironmental Disaster Reduction and received a certificate.