Sustainable Future
1. International Summer School on "Sponge City Governance"
Organizer: School of Civil Engineering
Program Highlights:
This program fosters interdisciplinary collaboration and international knowledge exchange, aiming to cultivate versatile professionals with global vision and innovative capabilities to contribute to sustainable urban development.Amid accelerating global climate change and urbanization, challenges such as urban flooding and water scarcity are growing increasingly severe. Through comprehensive UK-based curricula, global case studies, and fieldwork, the program systematically introduces cutting-edge technologies like Low Impact Development (LID) and hydrological modeling.
Dates: July 13-24,2026
Who Can Apply: Graduate students in sponge city-related fields or those with more than 2 years of relevant working experience.
Registration opens in March 2026
Location: Zhuhai Campus
Contact: heshanx@mail.sysu.edu.cn
2. MARINE International Summer School
Organizer: School of Marine Sciences
Program Highlights:
This program has been held for three consecutive years, focusing on the cutting-edge fields of marine science. It brings together top scholars from around the world to deeply analyze the latest research trends in physical oceanography, marine biology, marine geology, and marine chemistry, paying attention to issues such as the interaction between the ocean and the atmosphere and environmental ecological effects. It strengthens the global perspective and interdisciplinary innovation ability of the participants. Through on-site investigations and on-site teaching using comprehensive research vessels and unmanned ships, the theoretical knowledge in the classroom is closely integrated with the practical observations at the ocean front.
Dates: July 12-18,2026
Who Can Apply: Undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in marine science or related fields.
Registration opens in March 2026
Location: Zhuhai Campus
Contact: mengzh6@mail.sysu.edu.cn
3. International Short-Term Study Program in Atmosphere-Ocean-Climate
Organizer: School of Atmospheric Sciences
Program Highlights:
This program is dedicated to building a high-level platform for academic exchange and industry-university-research collaboration, promoting international cooperation in the fields of marine and atmospheric sciences. It brings together renowned scholars from China and abroad to offer courses and specialized lectures on cutting-edge topics such as ocean-atmosphere interaction and climate dynamics, alongside organized discussions on hot research topics. Through demonstrations of new technological equipment and visits to research vessels, participants will gain firsthand insight into the application prospects of innovative technologies like artificial intelligence in environmental science.
Dates: October 31 -November 16,2026
Who Can Apply: Postgraduate and PhD students, postdoctoral researchers in atmospheric and marine sciences.
Registration opens in May 2026
Location: Zhuhai Campus
Contact: chenlu75@mail.sysu.edu.cn