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. International Workshop on Sustainable Tourism Practice Teaching in Natural Heritage Sites
Organizer: School of Tourism Management
Program Highlights:
This program adopts a“field study + thematic workshop + academic symposium” format. Held in Altay and its surrounding natural heritage sites, the program explores balanced approaches to heritage conservation and sustainable tourism development, while cultivating participants' practical research skills and cross-cultural collaboration capabilities.
Dates: July 13- 20,2026
Who Can Apply: Graduate and senior undergraduate students in global cultural heritage, tourism management, and geography.
Registration opens in March 2026
Location: Zhuhai Campus
Contact: yanglsh25@mail.sysu.edu.cn
3. 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
4. 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
5. Practice exchange on collaborative development of industry-university-research in new energy based on consultation, joint construction and shared benefits
Organizer: School of Atmospheric Sciences
Program Highlights:
This program is closely aligned with China's "dual carbon" goals, leveraging leading renewable energy companies as core practice bases to fully utilize their technological strengths as global leaders in renewable energy. Through deep collaboration between universities and industry leaders in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the project explores a dual-driven approach of "humanistic empathy" and “technological co-creation” to chart a new course for regional energy transition. Serving as a practical platform, it fosters deeper integration among young professionals in the region while empowering high-quality development in the Greater Bay Area through technological innovation.
Dates: March 1-30,2026
Who Can Apply: Undergraduate and graduate students in new energy.
Registration opens in January 2026
Location: Zhuhai Campus
Contact: liufei26@mail.sysu.edu.cn