The university focuses on engineering, combining science and engineering with coordinated development across multiple disciplines, encompassing nine major categories: science, engineering, economics, law, education, literature, management, art, and interdisciplinary studies. It comprises 25 professional schools. Currently, it has four campuses: Mingxiang, Yingxi, Huyu, and Bailin, covering an area of ​​2.22 million square meters, with a total building area of ​​1.67 million square meters. As of now, the university has 48,781 students, 463 international students, and 3,928 faculty and staff. It boasts 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 3 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and over 70 national-level talents, including specially appointed (chair) professors of the Ministry of Education's "Changjiang Scholars Program" and recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars. The university has been selected as a national pilot university for comprehensive reform of "all-round education" and one of the top 50 universities in innovation and entrepreneurship, approved as a national-level innovation and entrepreneurship college construction unit, and awarded the title of "National Civilized Campus" in the first batch.

Adhering to the educational philosophy of "student-centered and teacher-based," the university upholds the fundamental task of cultivating virtue and talent and the goal of building a world-class university, committed to nurturing socialist builders and successors who are well-rounded in moral, intellectual, physical, aesthetic, and labor education. Currently, 26 of the university's majors have passed international engineering education professional certification (evaluation), with 41 national first-class major construction sites, 15 provincial first-class major construction sites, 5 Ministry of Education Excellent Engineer Pilot Majors, 11 provincial Excellent and Top-notch Pilot Majors, 8 national teaching achievement awards, and 46 national first-class courses. Various innovation teams have achieved outstanding results in domestic and international competitions, and the university's student academic competition results consistently rank among the top 50 universities nationwide. In the China International College Student Innovation Competition (formerly the China International "Internet+" College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition), the university has won a total of 11 gold and 17 silver medals in the past five sessions, demonstrating its continuous improvement in overall strength. Four projects have been selected as high-quality projects for ideological and political work in higher education by the Ministry of Education, one has been designated as a national model teacher studio for college counselors, and two have been recognized as advanced collectives in the national education system. The "Screw Home" project has been selected as a national model site for learning from Lei Feng, and one student has been awarded the title of "Most Beautiful College Student" nationwide. The university attaches great importance to and strives to build a comprehensive and multi-level sports work system and a positive and healthy campus culture. It has achieved remarkable results in competitive sports and is the only university in China to date to have won the national championships in both men's basketball and men's football.

The university boasts strong research capabilities and outstanding achievements. It has twice served as the lead institution for the National Key Basic Research Program (973 Program) projects, and has undertaken a total of 2,635 national-level projects, including the "863 Program" and the "National Key Research and Development Program." It has won 43 national science and technology awards. The university has one national key laboratory jointly established by the province and the ministry, two national key laboratories (in participation), five key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, two engineering research centers of the Ministry of Education, two innovation teams of the Ministry of Education, one key innovation team of the Ministry of Science and Technology, and 15 postdoctoral research stations. In recent years, the university has strived to become a talent engine serving national and regional economic and social development, with its technology transfer and commercialization of research results generating over 10 billion yuan in economic benefits for local governments and industry enterprises.

Standing at a new historical starting point, the university will be guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, remain true to its original aspiration and keep its mission firmly in mind, take promoting social progress, realizing national prosperity and strength, and seeking human well-being as its own responsibility, and forge ahead unswervingly towards building a distinctive, advantageous, and influential open world-class university.