Shipbuilding Mechanical Engineering at Jiangsu University of  Science and Technology is based on the mechanical discipline since 1933.  It has become a microcosm of Shipbuilding Mechanical Engineering  education after 80 years of changes and development. The Department of  Mechanical Engineering, Department of Mechanics, School of Machinery and  Power Engineering are all the predecessors of the School of Mechanical  Engineering established in August 2008, along with the transfer of the  school of Power Engineering. The School of Mechanical Engineering is one  of the schools at JUST with a long history and academic strength and  has become an important base of shipbuilding and ocean engineering  machinery, high-tech equipment and personnel training along with  scientific research facilities.
     The School of Shipbuilding Mechanical Engineering has formed a union  with a high level education system, a healthy participation in  research, a rich engineering experience, and reasonable teaching  structure. There are 71 faculty and staff members in the school  including 8 full professors and 27 associate professors. Forty percent  of the total number of full-time teachers holds Ph.D. degrees. Nine of  the teachers are young academic leaders, targeted trainees, and  outstanding instructors of Jiangsu Province.
     The School has three undergraduate majors including the following:  mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, mechanical and  electronic engineering and industrial design; The School has one  first-level discipline of masters’ degree authorization center, three  secondary discipline of masters’ degree authorization centers, and a  training field for Masters of Engineering.
     The School has more than 1,000 undergraduate students and over 230  graduate students. Since 1978, the School has cultivated more than  10,000 undergraduate students and nearly 500 graduates.
     The School owns one of the major laboratories of Jiangsu Province  and one excellent production-study-research combined base for graduate  training. The School has built a provincial specialty, a  provincial-level experimental demonstration center and eight  provincial-level enterprise workstations for graduate students. Also,  one experimental major of national-level Excellence Engineer Training  Plan is recognized by the Ministry of Education of China, one key  construction professional major of Jiangsu Province's 12th Five-Year  Plan and one experimental and practice education center of higher  education institute of Jiangsu Province.
     The School has professional laboratories and advanced teaching  facilities, which are available for the students and faculty to do some  in class teaching and innovative practice with favorable environment and  experimental conditions. In order to adapt to the advancement of  technology, the School aims to cultivate practical talents for the  forefront of production and pays high attention to enhancing the  students' practical ability and engineering ability. In recent years,  the School has received some awards including the Champion Cup  Competition for the national undergraduate students and the Mechanical  Innovative Design Competition in Jiangsu Province.
     The School has capabilities to undertake major applications of  fundamental research in the field of Mechanical Engineering, new  concepts and new technological innovations and models developed in key  technologies. The School has achieved fruitful results not only in the  development of military equipment and other vessels; but also in  machinery equipment and automatic control in civilian areas. In recent  years, the School has hosted more than 20 projects funded by National  Natural Science Foundation of China, Provincial Natural Science  Foundation of China, the Provincial Science and Technology-based  Research Programs and National Defense Fundamental Research and the  National Defense Model Contracts. The School receives research funds of  ¥10 million per year, 2 to 3 Achievement Awards per year and more than  10 patents every year. Over 100 research papers are being published each  year.
     In the past five years, our School has paid high attention to the  cooperation with enterprises and has trained about 1,500 people for the  society with academic talents, which includes 1,300 from the academic  education program and nearly 200 Engineering Masters. Most of them make a  positive contribution to the enterprise's development and have received  praise as well. 
     After decades of development, from the Huangpu River to the ancient  canal, from Machinery Institute to the School of Mechanical Engineering,  our School's development is the combination of the hard work and  painstaking efforts of several generations of students and staff.
     1933-1978, Machinery specialist of Dagong Private Vocational and Technical School.
     1978, The school was upgraded to university, with the establishment of the Department of  Mechanical Engineering.
     December 1988, Department of Mechanical Engineering was divided into  the Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Department of Power  Engineering.

     December 1998, Department of Mechanical Engineering and Power  Engineering, as well as the Basic Drawing Department merged into a new  Department of Mechanical Engineering .
     July 2002, Department of Mechanical Engineering was renamed as School of Mechanical and Power Engineering .
     August 2008, The Department of Power Engineering, Department of  Mechanical Engineering and Department of Industrial Design merged into  the new School of Mechanical Engineering.

   Current Leaders:
   Dean: Tang, Wenxian, Professor
   Vice Secretary of the Party and Associate Dean: Chen, Lan, Associate Professor
   Vice Dean: Zhang, Bingbei, Professor
   Vice Dean: Zhou, Honggen, Associate Professor