The College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering has a rich history. It evolved from the Department of Aerospace Engineering, which was initially a part of the Tactical Missile Section within the Missile Engineering Department at the PLA Military Institute of Engineering. In 1978, we welcomed our first undergraduate students specializing in missile structural design, solid rocket engines, automatic missile control, and missile guidance.

In 1987, we made a significant move by allowing mutual conversion between the military and civilian sectors in the field of military industry. The Department of Architecture Engineering came into existence in 1995, building upon the major of Industrial and Civil Architecture (specifically Missile Structure Design) and the major of Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning (focused on Solid Rocket Engines) from the Aerospace Engineering Department. This department expanded in 1997 to include a major in water supply and drainage engineering.

In 1999, we resumed enrollment for the aircraft design major, merging the mechanics major from the Department of Mathematics and Mechanics into the School of Architecture Engineering. In the same year, we officially established the School of Architecture Engineering. Later, in 2003, with the university's approval, the school was renamed as the School of Architecture Engineering (Department of Aerospace Engineering).

September 2007 marked the resumption of enrollment for the Aircraft Power Engineering major, and in 2008, we introduced the Quality and Reliability Engineering Major. In May of the same year, our institution underwent a renaming to become the College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering.

Presently, our college offers a comprehensive academic portfolio, including 1 doctoral program and postdoctoral mobile station in primary disciplines, 3 doctoral programs in secondary disciplines, 3 master's programs in primary disciplines, and 7 undergraduate majors. However, it's important to note that enrollment is currently suspended for three of our majors: Building Environment and Energy Application Engineering, Water Supply and Drainage Science and Engineering, and Aircraft Quality and Reliability.

Moreover, our college takes pride in having 2 ministerial-and-provincial-level key disciplines, 3 national first-class undergraduate discipline construction sites, 3 provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 3 provincial-level first-class majors, and 1 national defense characteristic major.

The predecessor of College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering was the Missile Engineering Department, the PLA Military Institute of Engineering.

At present, it has become an important base for scientific research and talent cultivation in the fields of aerospace, civil engineering, and ocean engineering in China

1958-1970 Missile Engineering Department （the PLA Military Institute of Engineering）

1970-1995 Missile Engineering Department（the Department of Aerospace Engineering）

1995-1999 the Department of Architecture Engineering

1999-2003  the School of Architecture Engineering

2003-2008  the School of Architecture Engineering (the Department of Aerospace Engineering)

2008-  the College of Aerospace and Civil Engineering