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 168 employees at the DME, including 48 full-time professors, 76 associate professors and 139 post-doctoral lecturers, as well as 82 post-doctoral students and 128 contract employees who are intensively engaged in research activities. DME's research team consists of scholars and talents who are leaders in their fields, including 5 distinguished scholars of the Chinese Academy of Science & Engineering, 9 winners of the National Outstanding Young Scholars Fund Award, 13 New Millennium Excellent Talents Award winners, one winner of the National Master in Teaching Award, and 6 scholars honoured with The Teacher of Beijing award. Millennium Excellent Talents Award winners, one winner of the National Master in Teaching Award,
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. The Department of Mechanical Engineering has a high-level teaching and research team, including 3 renowned academicians from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academicians from the Chinese Academy of Mechanical Engineering
Faculty members: 168
Associate Professors & Equivalent Positions: 25
Assistant Professors & Equivalent Positions: 76
Full Professors & Equivalent Positions: 48
Support Staff: 19
Technical Staff and Engineers: 14
Administrative Staff: 5
Current Students in 2020:
Undergraduate: 536
Graduate（Master Candidates）: 371
Graduate（Ph. D Candidates）: 531
