The Department of Thermal Engineering, originally knows as the Power group in the Department of Mechanical Engineering, was established in 1952 under the name of the Department of Power Systems. The Department of Mechanical Engineering had been originally established in 1932. The graduate section of the department has always focused on improving our graduates quality with an emphasis on moral education. At present, for teaching and scientific research, in the Department of Thermal Engineering there are five institutes, namely:
　Institute of Thermal Engineering;
　Institute of Power Mechanics and Engineering;
　Institute of Thermophysics (including the Center of Thermal Power Teaching Laboratory);
　Institute of Fluid Mechanics and Engineering;
　Institute of Control, Safety, and Simulation of Large Power Plants.