Sichuan University founded Sichuan University Aviation Department 1945. The former Aviation Department of Sichuan University was merged into Beihang University in the national faculty adjustment in 1950s, and Sichuan University has now rebuilt the School of Aerospace Science and Engineering 2011+0/.

In 20 13, master's and doctoral students were formally enrolled, and undergraduates began to be enrolled in 20 16. In 20 16, it was officially approved as a master's degree authorization point for the first-class discipline of "Aerospace Science and Technology". The "985 Project" aerospace engineering key scientific and technological innovation platform construction focuses on supporting research directions with the characteristics and advantages of Sichuan University, such as aircraft propulsion and combustion dynamics, advanced navigation and flight simulation, aircraft structure and mechanism, etc.