The College of Urban and Environmental Sciences enjoys a long history.  In 1902, the Department of History and Geography was established when  Shaanxi University was founded. In 1937, the Department of Geography was  set up with the establishment of the Xi'an Temporary University. In 1992, the  original Department of Geography was renamed as “Department of City and  Resources”, complying with the needs of scientific development and  economic construction. In 1996, based on the original environmental  geography and environmental ecology, the teaching and scientific researchers  of chemistry, chemical engineering, and other disciplines were absorbed, and  the Department of Environmental Sciences was established. After continuous  development and construction, the new College of Urban and Environmental  Sciences was established in October 2009.  For more than a century, faculties in the College of Urban and  Environmental Sciences persevered, contributing to the disciplines’  development and construction and talent training. A group of famous  scholars taught here, including Huang Guozhang, Fu Jiaojin, Xia Kairu,  Wang Chengzu, and Chen Zongxing. A group of well-known scholars and  more than 10,000 talents were cultivated here, including Liu Changming,  academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Cui Peng, academician of  the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Niu Wenyuan, academician of the  Third World Academy of Sciences.