The Department of Mechanical and Automotive Engineering grew out of Mechanical & Electronic Engineering Department established in Aug. in 2004, and then changed its name in Oct. in 2016. We now have three undergraduate majors, Electromechanical Engineering & Automation, Material Forming & Control Engineering, Automotive Service Engineering. Electromechanical Engineering & Automation is one of the bases for characteristic majors in Anhui.
We have three teaching and researching offices and three laboratories(with 30 experiment room) for Mechanical Engineering, Material Engineering and Automotive Engineering; two Engineering Technology Research Centers. Also, we have nearly 15.63 million Yuan worth of instruments and equipment, and 2000 square meters of experimental area.
Now, 1862 students are studying in the Department of Mechanical & Automotive Engineering, and the employment rate of graduates is over 97%, higher than the provincial rate. We have a staff of 40 people: 1 professor, 8 associate professors, 6 Senior Engineers, 6 Doctors, and 23 Masters. Teachers of our Department have published 104 papers in recent 3 years, 20 of which were collected by SCI and EI, and two were National invention patents. Students who took part in various professional competitions in recent 3 years, won 147 provincial prizes and 36 national prizes.