The School of Naval Architecture and Ocean Engineering was created on April 18, 1959. The NA&OE has the right to confer masters degree and doctoral degree, which was the first batch of disciplines in China that have the right to confer degrees. In 1995, NA&OE established a post-doctoral mobile station for naval architecture and ocean engineering. In 1998, the naval architecture and ocean engineering was approved as the key discipline of Hubei Province. NA&OE was awarded the master"s degree in marine engineering in 1990. In 2000, NA&OE was awarded the doctoral and master"s degree in the first-level discipline. In 2007, the ship and marine hydrodynamic laboratory was approved by Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory (funding), and the design and construction of naval architecture and ocean structure was approved as a provincial key discipline in 2008. In 2010, the “Key Laboratory of Marine and Marine Hydropower Hubei Province” passed the acceptance test.

In 2013, naval architecture and ocean engineering was approved as the first-level discipline of Hubei Province. In 2014, the “Collaborative Innovation Center for Advanced Ship and Deep-Sea Exploration (2011 Plan)”, which was led by Shanghai Jiaotong University, was recognized by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance. As a member of the “China Ocean Equipment Engineering Technology Development Strategy Research Institute”, which was led by Shanghai Jiaotong University, was approved by the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 2015. In 2016, NA&OE was approved as a national defense specialty discipline of the “National Shipbuilding and Manufacturing” of the National Defense Science and Technology Bureau. In 2017, the “National Engineering Laboratory for Marine Engineering Equipment Testing and Testing Technology”, which was led by CSIC 750 Test Site, was recognized by the National Development and Reform Commission. In 2018, the “Engineering Research Center for Ship Data Technology and Support Software H...