浙江工业大学膜分离与水科学技术中心为2013年成立的校级直属研究院，高从堦院士担任中心主任。
2015年获批建设浙江省“2011协同创新中心”—膜分离与水处理协同创新中心1个，同年与湖州市政府共建湖州研究院1个。
中心研究方向主要包括三个：分离膜技术、海水淡化及综合利用技术及饮用水净化、污水和废水处理及资源化技术，并下设四个支撑平台：分离膜制备及产业化、海水淡化及资源化及饮用水净化、污水与废水处理及水再利用、传统产业转型升及清洁生产。
中心汇聚了一批专门从事膜与膜过程研究的高级专业技术人才，其中中国工程院院士1人，教授3人，副教授4人，具有博士学位8人，博导3人，硕导3人；校内兼职研究人员17名，其中教授7人，副教授5人；海外兼职特聘教授8人。
中心承担了国家“863”、“973”、国家重点研发计划、国家自然科学基金及省部级项目十余项。
中心现有实验室13000余平方，拥有一套完整的压力驱动膜、电驱动膜的小试设备及中试生产线，以及用于膜分离技术应用的工程试验装置。
同时，拥有大量的用于膜材料开发、膜应用的大型分析测试仪器，包括场发射扫描电镜、原子力显微镜等大型仪器20余台，固定资产达2000余万元。
Center for Membrane and Water Science ＆Technology (CMWST) was founded in 2013, and is directly affiliated to Zhejiang University of Technology. The director of the center is Prof. Congjie GAO, the Fellow of Chinese Academy of Engineering. Collaborative Innovation Center for Membrane Separation and Water Treatment(CIC-MSWT) of Zhejiang Province and Huzhou Institute was set up in 2015. CMWST is devoted to the fundamental science research and engineering technology development in the directions of membrane separation technique, seawater desalination and drinking water purification, and wastewater treatment and resources recovery. There are four research platforms including the membrane fabrication and Industrialization, the seawater desalination and pure water production, wastewater treatment and reclamation, and the transformation of traditional industries and cleaner production.
CMWST has an innovative work team, including 3 professors, 4 associate professors, 3 PhD supervisors, 3 master supervisors, 8 lecturers and technicians, 17
part time professors, and more than 60 graduate students. CMWST undertake the national "863", "973", State's Key Project of Research and Development Plan, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the provincial and ministerial level projects more than ten items. The center takes up 13000 square meters for research, and possesses a wide range of technical apparatus, such as the pressure-driven and electrically driven membranes equipment and pilot plant, the experimental platform for large scale and engineering application in membrane separation. Simultaneously, the center is equipped with over 20 advanced instruments for membrane preparation and characterization, including the field emission scanning electron microscope (FESEM), atomic force microscopy (AFM),et al. The total investment of the fixed assets is more than 20 million RMB.。