The School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University was established in 1911. It is one of the oldest and most prestigious schools at Zhejiang University, one of the earliest institutions in China to engage in mechanical science research and talent cultivation, and one of the first disciplines in China to be included in the "Double First Class" initiative. It has been honored as one of the first pilot schools for comprehensive reform under the Ministry of Education's "Three Full-scale Educations," recognized as an advanced collective in the national education system, a model faculty for party building nationwide, a teacher team styled after Huang Danian in universities across the country, and recipient of the National Worker Vanguard Award.

Throughout its history spanning over a century, the school has nurtured a group of outstanding scientists, educators, and exemplary figures, including Academician Lu Yongxiang, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, and Academician Lin Junde, a figure who moved China and a model hero featured on military posters, alongside 14 academicians. Additionally, it has produced nearly 30,000 outstanding talents from all walks of society. A high-level teaching staff has been formed with Academician Lu Yongxiang as the academic leader, and Academicians Tan Jianrong and Yang Huayong as key academic leaders, making significant contributions to China’s socio-economic development, higher education in mechanical engineering, and scientific research.

Today, the School of Mechanical Engineering at Zhejiang University adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, upholds the "Four Orientations," and remembers matters of national significance. Fully implementing the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, it focuses on cultivating highly competent, innovative talents and leaders with well-rounded intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor-based virtues and global competitiveness. Rooted in China, the school serves and contributes to society while striving forward to build a world-class mechanical engineering discipline at Zhejiang University.