Program overview
This major focuses on the planning, design, construction, and management of ports, waterways, and coastal engineering. In simple terms, it's about how to build ports for safe docking, deepen waterways for large ships, and construct breakwaters to protect coastlines. Core courses include hydraulics, soil mechanics, structural mechanics, port planning and layout, waterway engineering, and coastal dynamics. You'll also learn engineering drawing, surveying, and computer-aided design. It's suitable for students who are interested in math and physics and enjoy solving practical problems. If you're curious about oceans and rivers or want to participate in large-scale engineering projects, this major will be a great fit. Chinese universities have strong programs in this field—for example, Hohai University, Tianjin University, and Dalian University of Technology all have excellent faculty and lab facilities, and many courses use real cases from China's coastal ports.