The Key Laboratory of Industrial Ecology and Environmental Engineering of the Ministry of Education, based in DUT, was approved for project establishment by the Ministry of Education in 2005 and passed the acceptance inspection of the Ministry of Education in 2008. It consists of seven research institutes (groups) and three public teaching and research platforms, namely "Environmental Analysis and Testing Center", the "Industrial Pollution Prevention and Simulation Laboratory", and the "Environmental Simulation/Ecological Simulation Laboratory".