The School of Mechanical Engineering is the second school in Tsinghua University, Every year, nearly 600 undergraduate; 400 Master degree students and 140 Doctorate students graduate from the school. Meanwhile, the school also provide courses of "Manufacturing Processes and Methods", "Mechanics", and "Thermodynamics and Heat Transfer", as well as industrial training to all students of non-mechanical majors in the university.

Since the 1980s, great changes have taken place in all subjects of mechanical engineering due to the combination of the traditional machine manufacturing industry with the information technology. The development of science and technology has raised the educational level, which, in turn, has promoted the further development of science and technology. The school make。full: use of the advantages of the interaction and combination of ultile disciplines, follows closely the advanced level of disciplinary development, carries out a large number of state key research projects, and has made its due contributions to the development of the national economy in cooperation with industries.

It is the foremost task of the school to train a new generation of talented people in the field of mechanical engineering. The school not only requires the students to have solid foundation of theoretical knowledge, broad background in specialty, strong capability in practice and good computer skills, but also stresses on the improvement student's all-round quality and creativity. With its well-equipped laboratories and teaching acilities, combination of theories with practices, various advanced research subjects serving the national economy, and a high quality faculty team, the school provides the students with a good environment for studying and developing their talents as well as giving full play to their intelligence and wisdom.

The world has already entered the 21st Century, and China is going to join the WTO. This is an excellent opportunity for the development of China's machine manufacturing industry. The manufacturing industry is the basis of industrialization, and the development of inoration technology is inseparable from the development basic industries. While renovating the traditional industry with high technologies, we must make our efforts to find out new growth point. At the same time, in order to develop social economy and improve people's living standard, it is necessary to improve greatly the quality products and profitability, which, in turn, will raise a new challenge to the development of mechanical engineering. it is my sincere hope that the younger generation working in the field of mechanical engineering will devote themselves to the development of mechanical science and technology, and make contributions to the revitalization of China's machine manufacturing industry.