The School’s major programs date back to 1999 and have developed into a complete talent cultivation system covering undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral education. The School offers four undergraduate majors: Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Food Science and Engineering, and Environmental Science. Bioengineering has been approved as a national First-Class Undergraduate Major and has passed the Ministry of Education’s Engineering Education Accreditation; Food Science and Engineering has submitted its application for the same accreditation.

The School is a key contributing unit for the University’s two ESI Top 1% disciplines: Environment/Ecology and Agricultural Sciences. It hosts a doctoral program in Biochemical Engineering, academic master’s programs in Bioengineering, Environmental Science, and Industrial Microbiology, and a professional master’s program in Biotechnology and Engineering. The School also co-develops Hubei Provincial Key Disciplines in Environmental Science and Engineering and Biochemical Engineering, and operates research platforms such as the Institute of Environmental Ecology Engineering and the Bio-Food Shared Platform.