School of Energy Science and Engineering，was established in 1954, and consisted of 2 departments which are Energy and Environment Engineering Department and Flight Vehicle Propulsion and Fluid Dynamics Department，10 institutes or centers. Three undergraduate disciplines are available: Thermal Energy and Power Engineering, Flight Vehicle Power Engineering and Nuclear Reactor Engineering.

School of Energy has a strong reputation in teaching and scientific research. There are one national engineering laboratory, one national lecturing exemplary on mechanics, one national exemplary laboratory. In recent years, School of Energy has been awarded 2 second-class National Award for Natural Sciences, 2 second-class National Award for Technological Invention and 4 second-class Reward of National Science and Technology Progress. School of Energy has 100 teachers including 40 professors, among them there are 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering. There are 2 winners of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, 2 Changjiang Distinguished Professor, 1 National Renowned Teachers, 9 winners of China Young Scientists Award. Among the teachers, there are 61% who have experienced at least one year scholar visiting abroad. School of Energy has 1190 students including 20 international students.

School of Energy has constructed a wide and solid international collaboration with more than 30 universities in more than 20 different countries, and signed joint training agreement with 6 universities including Moscow Aviation Institute. Up to now, School of Energy has fully participated with the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, established the Sino-EU doctoral school for Sustainability Engineering, and completed Erasmus + lpeb project. For increasing the international influence in energy field, School of Energy held “New Energy” international summer school annually from 2015 and also series of international symposiums including the 7th International Symposium on Coal Combustion. Meanwhile, School of Energy plays an important role in several international research institutions such as China-USA Joint Research Center on Clean Energy.