The predecessor of The Faculty of Water Resources and Hydraulic Power was the Hydraulics Department of Northwestern Technical College established in 1937. This faculty has nearly 70-year's teaching history. The specialties of this faculty are catered due to the environment in the northwest part of China, and therefore the graduates play an important role in the development in various institutes of hydraulic engineering and design. This faculty is involved in many important research projects sponsored by National Natural Science Fund of China and the ones of Shaanxi Province. The Faculty of Water Resources and Hydraulic Power is especially well-known for its key technologies to tackle the problems like water management and exploration of water resource strategies in arid and semi-arid regions and large and medium-sized core projects of the upper and middle stream area of Yellow River. This faculty boosts the programs relating to hydraulics, and covers programs as follows: civil engineering, environmental engineering, agricultural civil engineering and electrical engineering. It also has close cooperation with its colleagues in Japan and Singapore.

This faculty consists of 10 departments, 11 laboratories and an institute of civil engineering design. It offers 9 programs for a doctoral program, in which the post-doc research positions are provided. 11 for a master's degree, and 10 for a bachelor's degree. Besides these, it also offers 2 programs for a professional master's degree: Hydraulic Engineering and Civil Engineering and Architecture. Also established at XUT is the publication of the academic magazine Journal of Northwest Hydroelectrical Power.

Among 148 teachers of the faculty there are 44 professors, 50 associate professors. The total student population of this faculty is 3503 ， and among which there are 207 doctoral students, 676 master students, and 2620 undergraduates.

Programs offered:

The List of List of Bachelor Programs

Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering	Project Management
Thermal Energy and Power Engineering	Agricultural Water Conservancy Engineering
Civil Engineering	Electric Engineering and Automation
City Planning	Environmental Engineering
Water Supply and Sewerage Engineering	Hydrology and Water Resources

The List of List of Master Programs

Electric Power System and Automation	Hydraulic Structure Engineering
Geotechnical Engineering	Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering
Structural Engineering	Port, Coast and Near-Coast Engineering
Disaster Protection Engineering	Agricultural Water and Soil Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resources	Environmental Engineering
Hydraulics and River Dynamics

The List of List of Doctor Programs

Geotechnical Engineering	Water Conservancy and Hydropower Engineering
Hydrology and Water Resources	Environment Engineering
Hydraulics and River Dynamics	Port, Coast and Near-Coast Engineering
Hydraulic Structure Engineering	Arid Environ Ecology
Water Resource and Hydropower Construction Engineering Management

Main Research Directions:

Arid Hydrology and Rainfall-Flood Erosion

Water Resources System Engineering

Soil Dynamics and Loess Dynamics

Rockbody Dynamic Behaviors and Numerical Simulation

Sideslope Engineering

Multi-Flow Technology and Application

Fluid Mechanical Technology

Coastal Wave Motion

River Sediments

Coupling of Fluid with Solid and Application

Power System Planning and Operation

Automatic System and Devices in Power Plant

Agro-Water Resources Utilization

Regional Economy and Water Resources Management

Soil Improvement and Water-Saving Irrigation Technology

Water Pollution Control and Eco-Environment

Water Environment Simulation and Repairs

Geological Disasters Simulation and Control

Analysis of High-Rise Building Structures

Anti-Seismic Hydraulic Structures

Stress Analysis of Hydraulic Structures and Computer Simulation

Hydraulic Structure Seepage-Proof and Construction New Technology

Body Configuration Test of Discharge Structures and Simulation Analysis