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The Department of Chemical Process Machinery at Zhejiang University was established in 1953 by renowned Chinese experts in machinery and mechanics, including Professor Wang Rendong. It began admitting graduate students in 1961, and obtained the right to confer doctoral degrees in 1981. A postdoctoral research station for this discipline was established in 1986. **"Key disciplines under the 95th and 15th 211 Project initiatives. In 2001, it was designated as a **key discipline in chemical process machinery. Over the past half century, this discipline has evolved since scientific research on pressure vessels began in the 1960s. Driven by the development and needs of the national economy, it developed in the 1970s into a field whose core focus of research lies in process machinery such as pressure vessels, rotating machinery, and chemical unit operation equipment, with the goals of high pressure, high speed, high efficiency, and safety. After the 1990s, with the rapid development of the information industry and control technologies, this discipline has undergone further transformation and advancement. It now includes a research laboratory for intelligent design and safety of process equipment, an innovation center for fluid machinery, a research laboratory for CAD of process equipment and control engineering, as well as a computer-assisted teaching laboratory for process equipment. The discipline boasts a range of internationally advanced software, and it has also designed and developed its own equipment such as high-speed rotor testing rigs, high-pressure fatigue testing devices, and comprehensive performance testing systems for process equipment. As a result, the equipment and environmental conditions supporting this discipline’s development are among the best in China. This discipline has won three **invention awards and two** science and technology progress awards, as well as over thirty provincial and ministerial-level science and technology progress awards; it holds ten **invention patents**, and has contributed to the development of two cases for the internationally recognized ASME boiler and pressure vessel standards. This discipline has achieved remarkable results in terms of building its academic team, conducting scientific research, and cultivating talent; it has developed a team composed mainly of middle-aged and young researchers with high academic standards and a strong spirit of innovation. There are 38 members in this discipline, including 10 doctoral supervisors, 14 professors, 16 associate professors, and 19 individuals with doctoral degrees. This discipline has trained 10 post-doctors and over 50 doctors, and published 6 monographs; among them, *New Type of Coiled High-Pressure Vessels* won the **Second Prize for Outstanding Scientific and Technical Books**. Since the 1990s, 12 specialized textbooks have been published, and he served as the chief editor of the nationally standardized textbooks \"Process Equipment Design\" and \"Process Equipment CAD\". "During the Ninth Five-Year Plan period, I led the reform of the curriculum system and teaching methods for mechanical engineering majors nationwide. Since 1999, he has been in charge of the research project titled \"Research and Practice on Curriculum Development for the Major in Process Equipment and Control Engineering\" funded by the Ministry of Education (Project No. B0704). He is responsible for planning and designing the curricula for the new majors that emerged as a result of adjustments made by the Ministry of Education. At present, the three research areas with distinct characteristics in this discipline are: 1. Digital design and safety of pressure vessels. Pressure vessels are essential equipment in industries such as petroleum, chemicals, nuclear energy, aerospace, and ocean development, and they pose a risk of leakage and explosion. Conducting research on pressure-bearing equipment is of great significance for **safety, the development of the national economy, the protection of people’s lives and property, and social stability. This research direction is characterized by mechatronics, focusing on the quantitative relationships between the structure of pressure-bearing equipment and heat transfer, mass transfer, reaction efficiency, and energy consumption. It also deals with effective numerical simulation methods for complex issues such as nonlinear fluid-solid coupling, transient dynamic responses, and fluid-solid-soil coupling. Additionally, it explores failure modes, failure criteria, risk assessment methods, and life prediction techniques for high-risk pressure-bearing equipment, as well as the development of efficient, safe, reliable, and intelligent integrated pressure-bearing equipment systems. 2. CAD/CAE for process equipment and its advanced control technologies: Research on the development of virtual process equipment using object-oriented technology; research on process management techniques for distributed collaborative design in the context of parallel engineering; 3D finite element analysis of fluid mechanics, thermodynamics, and solid mechanics applied to process equipment; and visual computer-aided manufacturing technologies. Focus on mold flow analysis, optimization of structure and performance, and reverse engineering ； Advanced control technologies for process equipment, full-speed dynamic balancing technology. Virtual instrument development technology for process industry monitoring systems ； Research on computerized equipment management technologies and key technologies for product data sharing in petrochemical enterprises. 3. Process mechanical monitoring and simulation technology: This field focuses on theoretical and experimental research on the nonlinear vibration, nonlinear random vibration, and stability of rotating machinery. It explores the theories and techniques for online identification of rotating machinery parameters as well as ultra-high-speed technologies. Effective methods for comprehensive monitoring, fault diagnosis, and reliability assessment of process machinery are also studied. Additionally, research is conducted on the fully optimized design of fluid machinery, including high-speed fluid machinery suitable for special applications. Theoretical modeling, analysis, and experimental study of the nonlinearity of rotors and their stability issues. This discipline admits 25–30 master’s students and 10–15 doctoral students nationwide each year. There is a comprehensive set of management and training programs for postgraduate education in this discipline. While emphasizing the fundamentals, it stresses the development of practical skills and research capabilities. The research direction for students is determined through a two-way selection process between the supervisor and the student. Students with excellent academic records may be exempted from entrance exams and advance directly to a doctoral program, and a Wang Rendong Scholarship Fund is available to reward outstanding students. Candidates applying for a master’s degree in this field must, in addition to taking the **national unified examinations for foreign language, mathematics, and **, also take an exam in Mechanics of Materials (edited by Liu Hongwen, published by Higher Education Press, editions from 1984 onward). Candidates must have chosen this subject as their first choice. In addition to the major in Process Equipment and Control, candidates from related fields such as Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Mechanics, Power Engineering and Thermal Physics, and Materials Science are also welcome to apply. Candidates may choose a set of examination subjects corresponding to their original major.