In 1985, Professor Yang Weimin, a renowned expert in China's defense technology and education sectors and the founder of reliability systems engineering, established the Department of Systems Engineering and the Research Institute of Reliability Engineering at Beihang University in response to major national stratigic needs. In 2010, the Department of Systems Engineering was renamed the School of Reliability and Systems Engineering. Over nearly 40 years of development, the School has fostered a culture with the "Weimin Spirit" as its core. Adhering to the concept of "pioneering innovation, daring to be first, demand-driven development, professional advancement, discipline leadership, science and education coordination, team advantages, and collective development," it has forged a unique path of innovation characterized by "orienting toward engineering services, pioneering research areas, and creating a talent cultivation system." The School and the Research Institute have coordinated to build a reliability professional ecosystem that includes talent cultivation, scientific research, engineering applications, and social services, becoming a leading force in the field of reliability in China.

The School has a total of 108 full-time faculty members, including 36 full professors and 64 associate professors. Among them, there is one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, six national leading talents and eight national young talents.

The School adheres to the fundamental task of "moral education and talent cultivation," solidifying the "Four-Strengths" education model of "strong passion, strong foundation, strong practice, and strong integration." It aims to create an educational environment that is "trustworthy, lovable, respectable, and reliable." The School has established a national virtual simulation experimental teaching center and an experimental teaching demonstration center under the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, along with more than 20 off-campus talent cultivation bases that cover key technological and national economic sectors. Additionally, it has initiated the establishment of a quality and reliability professional education alliance with the participation of more than 60 universities and enterprises. The School closely integrates theoretical research, engineering applications, and talent cultivation, training a large number of high-level professionals in the field of reliability, who has become a core force in industries such as aerospace, aviation, shipbuilding, and electronics. In 2023, the School led the team to win the second prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award.