Mechanical Engineering is one of the oldest disciplines, which was built up at the beginning of HIT in 1920, and is also one of the first established related disciplines in China. After decades of development, the School of Mechatronics Engineering currently comprises 15 departments and research centers. The discipline of Mechanical Engineering ranked No. 2 in 2002 and No. 4 in 2006 respectively at the academic assessment of the Ministry of Education, and was approved as the national key discipline in 2007.

The school is on a clear path to become a world-class school of Mechanical Engineering. As the next phase of strategic development, we are now recruiting faculty members to join the following research units and programs