环境生物技术是生物技术与环境科学紧密结合而产生的新的边缘学科。环境生物技术是建立在生态学，分子生物学和生态毒理学等学科的理论基础上，利用生物体、生物的代谢反应过程和生物合成产物对污染或被破坏的生态环境进行治理和修复以及监测和评价的单一或复合的工艺技术系统。本课程主要包括以下内容：污染物的生物去除技术、污染预防技术、污染物生物检测与评价技术、生物能源技术、生物生产相关领域及技术、现代生物技术在解决环境问题中的作用与应用等。本课程的目的是培养学生用生物学手段来解决环境污染问题的素质与创新能力。

Environmental biotechnology is when biotechnology is applied to and used to study the natural environment. It is the development, use and regulation of biological systems for remediation of contaminated environments (land, air, water), and for environment-friendly processes (green manufacturing technologies and sustainable development).This curriculum mainly concerns the following: biological technical to remove the pollutants; the pollution prevention technology; the biological examination and assess technology to the pollutants; the biological energy technology, the biological production correlated domain and technical; the application of modern biological technology to solve of environment problem; and so on. This goal of this curriculum is to train quality and the innovation ability of the student to solve the environmental pollution problems with the biology method.