About Us

Mechanical engineering is considered the foundation of industry. It is also one of the foundations for the realization of China's dream of becoming a powerful nation. At Tsinghua University, the Department of Mechanical Engineering was established in 1932, preceded by the Department of Mechanical Engineering at the School of Engineering, one of the first engineering departments of Tsinghua University. Following a series of adjustments to the schools and departments at the universities, the Department of Mechanical Engineering and Manufacturing was established in 1952. Since then, faculty and staff have devoted themselves with a great sense of duty and enthusiasm to fulfilling national strategic requirements and the advanced frontiers of mechanical engineering, exploring new scientific fields and making significant contributions to national scientific and technological progress and talent cultivation. On December 27, 2012, with the approval of the University, the current Department of Mechanical Engineering (hereinafter referred to as DME) was established by integrating the faculties specializing in mechanical engineering from the former Department of Mechanical Engineering and the former Department of Precision Instrumentation and Mechanics.

Currently, there are 175 employees at the DME, including 47 full-time professors, 76 associate professors,including 1 academician from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Engineering .

DME's facilities and subdivisions include the State Key Laboratory of Tribology (SKLT), the Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials Processing Technology, the Beijing Key Laboratory of Precision/Ultra-precision Manufacturing Equipment and Control, the Beijing Key Laboratory of Bio fabrication and Rapid Prototyping Technology, the International Joint Research Laboratory for Innovative Design and Manufacturing of Advanced Mechanical Systems (IDM Joint Lab). DME has also established several examination centres, namely the National Demonstration Centre for Experimental Teaching in Mechanical Engineering, the National Demonstration Centre for Virtual Simulation of Digital Manufacturing Systems for Teaching and Experimentation, the National Education Centre for Engineering Practice, the National Demonstration Centre for Teaching Mechanical Principles in Mechanical Engineering, the Centre for Advanced Testing and Teaching, and the Laboratory for Creative Design.