Harbin Engineering University is located in the beautiful Songhua River-the northern ice city Harbin. The school's predecessor was the Military Engineering College of China People's Liberation Army (Harbin Military Industry for short), which was founded in 1953. From 65438 to 0970, based on the whole system of naval engineering department and some cadres and teachers of other departments (departments), Harbin Institute of Shipbuilding Engineering was established in the original site of Harbin Military Industry. 1994, renamed Harbin Engineering University. The school has been affiliated to the Sixth Ministry of Machinery Industry, China Shipbuilding Corporation and the National Defense Science, Technology and Industry Committee, and now it is affiliated to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology. In 2007, it became a university jointly established by the Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Education, the People's Government of Heilongjiang Province and the Navy. 20 19 became a university jointly established by Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, Ministry of Education, Heilongjiang Provincial People's Government and Harbin Municipal People's Government.