第二炮兵工程学院是在上世纪50年代中期,毛泽东主席提出发展核力量、遏制核讹诈的背景下,1959年9月经周恩来总理亲自审定批准成立的。1979年学院被确定为全国重点院校,1995年被总部列为全军重点建设院校,1999年被列为全军12所综合院校之一,2003年被确定为学历教育院校, The Second Artillery Engineering College was established in September 1959 under the approval of Premier Zhou Enlai himself in the mid-1950s when Chairman Mao Zedong proposed the development of nuclear forces to curb nuclear blackmail. In 1979, the college was identified as one of the key national institutions in China. In 1995, it was listed as one of the key military institutes in the army by the headquarters. In 1999, it was listed as one of the 12 comprehensive colleges in the army. In 2003,