长春工程学院是一所以工学为主，管理学、理学、艺术学、文学等多学科协调发展，具有深厚建筑、水利、电力、地质等基础工业行业背景及鲜明办学特色的省属普通本科高校。学校是吉林省人民政府与国家应急管理部共建高校，吉林省特色高水平应用型大学A类高校，服务国家特殊需求人才培养项目——学士学位授予单位开展培养硕士专业学位研究生试点高校，教育部卓越工程师教育培养计划实施高校，CDIO工程教育改革试点高校，新工科综合改革类项目实施高校，欧盟伊拉斯谟计划研究生国际化培养项目实施高校，吉林省转型发展示范高校，吉林省本科人才培养改革示范高校(A类)。

Changchun Institute of Technology is a provincial public undergraduate university with engineering as its main focus, coordinated development of management, science, art, literature and other disciplines, and has a profound background in basic industrial industries such as architecture, water conservancy, electric power, geology and distinct school-running characteristics. It is a university jointly built by the People's Government of Jilin Province and the Ministry of Emergency Management of the People's Republic of China, a Class A university of Jilin Provincial Characteristic High-level Application-oriented University, a pilot university for cultivating postgraduate students with professional master's degrees awarded by bachelor's degree-granting units under the talent training project serving national special needs, a university implementing the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program of the Ministry of Education, a pilot university for CDIO engineering education reform, a university implementing comprehensive reform projects for emerging engineering, a university implementing the EU Erasmus+ program for international training of postgraduates, a demonstration university for transformation and development in Jilin Province, and a demonstration university for reform of undergraduate talent training in Jilin Province (Class A).

学校的办学历史可追溯至建国初期。1951年至1953年，长春土木建筑高级职业学校、长春测量地质技术学校和长春水力发电工程学校先后成立，历经五十载，三校几经易名，隶属关系和办学层次多次变更，主要归属原冶金工业部、水利电力部和中国有色金属工业总公司等管理。上世纪60年代，长春水力发电工程学校曾升格更名为吉林水利水电学院，举办本科教育。1997年，三校均成为全国示范性高等工程专科重点建设学校。2000年3月，三校合并组建长春工程学院。学校现有湖东和湖西两个校区，占地总面积45.8万㎡，各类校舍总建筑面积46.3万㎡，拥有固定资产总值11.36亿元，其中教学科研仪器设备总值3.98亿元，图书馆拥有中外文纸质图书185万册、电子图书262.98万种。

The school's educational history can be traced back to the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China. From 1951 to 1953, Changchun Civil Engineering and Architecture Senior Vocational School, Changchun Surveying and Geological Technology School and Changchun Hydropower Engineering School were established successively. After 50 years, the three schools were renamed several times, and their affiliation and educational levels were changed many times, mainly under the management of the former Ministry of Metallurgical Industry, the Ministry of Water Resources and Electric Power, and the China National Nonferrous Metals Industry Corporation. In the 1960s, Changchun Hydropower Engineering School was upgraded and renamed Jilin Institute of Water Resources and Hydropower, offering undergraduate education. In 1997, all three schools became key construction schools of national demonstration higher engineering colleges. In March 2000, the three schools merged to form Changchun Institute of Technology. The university now has two campuses, Hudong and Huxi, covering a total area of 458,000 square meters, with a total building area of 463,000 square meters of various school buildings, fixed assets of 1.136 billion yuan, including 398 million yuan worth of teaching and research instruments and equipment. The library has 1.85 million Chinese and foreign paper books and 2.6298 million kinds of e-books.