Introduction to the School of Energy and Power Engineering, Jiangsu University
The School of Energy and Power Engineering traces its origin from the Department of Power Machinery Engineering, established in 1963 as one of the three founding departments in the university. The school currently offers three undergraduate programs: Energy and Power Engineering, New Energy Science and Engineering, and Energy Storage Science and Engineering. The Energy and Power Engineering is recognized as the first batch of National First-Class Undergraduate Program while the New Energy Science and Engineering listed in the first batch of National Strategic Industry Program has been selected as the National First-Class Undergraduate Program since 2021. The school provides the doctoral degree program in Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics, the professional doctoral degree program in Energy and Power, and the postdoctoral research station. Notably, the Fluid Machinery and Engineering program is designated as the National Key Discipline. The school offers master’s degree programs in 8 second-level disciplines: Fluid Machinery and Engineering, Power Machinery and Engineering, Thermal Energy Engineering, Engineering Thermophysics, Refrigeration and Cryogenic Engineering, Chemical Process Machinery, Fluid Mechanics, and Civil Engineering. The first-level discipline of Power Engineering and Engineering Thermophysics is classified as the Provincial Key Discipline and the Provincial Advantageous Discipline of Jiangsu Province.
The school comprises the Department of Energy and Power Engineering, the Department of New Energy Science and Engineering, the Department of Energy Storage Science and Engineering, the Central Laboratory, and several institutes, including the Institute of Fluid Machinery, the Institute of Engineering Thermophysics, the Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Multiphase Flow, the Institute of Advanced Power, the Institute of Energy Storage Technology, the Institute of Process Equipment and Control, and the Institute of Energy Conservation Technology. It currently employs over 160 faculty and staff, including 21 doctoral supervisors, 23 full professors, over 50 associate professors, and more than 60 national and provincial high-level talents. The school enrolls nearly 2,000 undergraduates, over 400 master’s and doctoral students, and more than 40 international students. Over the years, the graduates have been widely welcomed by employers, with a nearly 100% employment rate.
The school has established robust and distinctive academic frameworks after over six decades of development. It features prominent research strengths in areas such as Charged Multiphase Flow Theory and Engineering Applications, Performance and Optimization Design of Fluid Machinery, Clean Combustion Theory and Technology, Advanced Power Systems, Process Control of High-Efficiency and Low-Emission Power Devices, New Energy and Green Emission Reduction, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration Technologies, and Indoor Thermal Environment Technologies and Engineering Applications. The school has achieved significant high-level research accomplishments spanning the past years. It has undertaken over 600 research projects funded by national, provincial, and industrial sources, including more than 70 projects supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China. It has received over 50 science and technology awards of the provincial and ministerial level, published more than 1,300 academic papers and over 40 monographs and textbooks. Two textbooks are awarded the Second Prize for Ministerial Excellent Textbooks and several textbooks are designated as the National Planning Textbook. In recent years, the school has also received three Second Prizes for National Teaching Achievement Award.
The Energy and Power Engineering Experimental Center is the National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center and the Jiangsu Provincial Fluid Machinery Practice Education Center. It holds several key laboratories, including the China Machinery Industry Centrifugal Pump Key Laboratory and the China Machinery Industry Internal Combustion Engine Common Rail Injection and Alternative Fuel Combustion Key Laboratory. The center is equipped with advanced instruments and software such as Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV), 3D Phase Doppler Particle Dynamics Analyzer (PDPA), the JDDF1400 Low-Speed Wind Tunnel of open-closed modes, high-speed digital cameras, HVAC testing systems, high-performance graphics workstations, parallel computing clusters, CFD software, and multifunctional fluid machinery test platforms. These resources, combined with comprehensive teaching and experimental equipment, provide excellent conditions for talent cultivation and scientific research.
The school actively engages in external cooperation and exchange. It maintains long-term partnerships with nearly 100 domestic enterprises and research institutions. It fosters extensive relationships in academic exchanges, research collaborations, and talent cultivation programs with over 60 universities and research organizations across countries including United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Germany, Sweden, Austria, Thailand, Singapore, Australia, New Zealand, and South Korea.
(Updated in April 2025)
