The oldest majors in this major are mainly in Zhejiang University, Nanjing University of Technology, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, beijing university of chemical technology and Sichuan University. Formerly known as chemical process machinery, undergraduate direction belongs to mechanical discipline. After graduation, the name is chemical process machinery, which belongs to the discipline of thermal energy and power engineering. Postgraduates in this direction are mainly in the above schools after graduation.

The main content of undergraduate study is machinery, while chemical engineering and control are two wings, and the employment direction is also these directions. Since the name of the major was revised, colleges and universities have started to offer this major. China University of Mining and Technology (Xuzhou) belongs to 2 1 1, but this major is a new international direction after 2005. There are not many graduates, and the research direction is more inclined to mining machinery. Detailed information can be searched on the website of this school.

In recent years, the employment form is relatively optimistic, basically reaching more than 90%. However, there are not many high-paying jobs and a wide range of employment.