The first-level discipline of water conservancy engineering of Three Gorges University was formed in 1978 in Gezhouba Hydropower Engineering College opened the undergraduate major of water conservancy and hydropower construction engineering, after years of construction and development, the major of water conservancy engineering is a brand major in Hubei Province and a characteristic major of colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education. At present, the research fields of this discipline have covered four secondary disciplines, including hydraulic structure engineering, water conservancy and hydropower engineering, hydraulics and river dynamics, hydrology and water resources. Among them, the major of hydraulic structure engineering recruited and independently trained master's students in 1996, began to jointly train doctoral students in 1998, and passed the national "211 Project" project review, and was listed in Hubei Province's key discipline and "Tenth Five-Year" project construction doctoral degree program in 2001. In the secondary disciplines of hydraulic structural engineering and water conservancy and hydropower engineering, there is a "Chutian Scholar" distinguished professorship. This discipline has formed distinctive advantages and characteristics in the theory and application of high dam design, construction optimization and feedback design of hydraulic buildings, ecological water conservancy, etc., and its research results are at the leading level in China.