華中科技大學激光加工國家工程研究中心是國家工程研究中心建設計劃項目之一，是國家利用世界銀行貸款科技發展項目中的子項目。1994年1月，國家計委以“計科計（1994）29號文”，同意以華中科技大學為依托建設激光加工國家工程研究中心，1995年7月國家計委以“計科技（1995）993號文”，下發了關于激光加工國家工程研究中心可行性研究報告的批復，2003年11月30日通過國家發改委組織的專家驗收。
    國家計委、世界銀行對工程研究中心建設的要求，激光加工國家工程研究中心1997年進行轉制，建立武漢華工激光工程有限責任公司，該公司是華工科技產業股份公司（國內第一家以激光為主業的上市公司）的子公司。目前，激光加工國家工程研究中心采用“一個中心，兩個基地”的運行模式，一個工程中心，一個研發基地，一個產業化基地。研發基地設在華中科技大學、產業化基地設在華工激光公司。
    工程中心現有員工300余人，其中博士、碩士占45％，中國激光界資深專家、教授24人，已與美國、德國、澳大利亞、日本、英國、新加坡、香港等國家和地區的著名研究機構和企業建立起緊密的合作關系；擁有科研、開發和中試生產用房地產23000米，儀器設備1000余臺。
    激光加工國家工程研究中心于2012年4月在鞍山設立分中心，服務當地經濟發展與產業升級。

鞍山中心主要職能：

1、激光技術創新研究與成果轉化；

2、激光加工技術的推廣；

3、激光加工工藝的人才培養；

4、與當地的交流平臺和形象展示。

5、激光精密微細加工裝備核心器件與工藝研發平臺、激光有色金屬加工裝備研發平臺、激光成套設備示范與應用研發平臺、激光加工用光學與光纖器件研發與測試平臺、激光器件與裝備設計、仿真平臺等。

Engineering Center

HUST National Engineering Research Center for Laser Processing is one of the planned construction projects of the National Engineering Research Center and the sub project of national science and technology development projects with the world bank loan. State Development Planning Commission agreed to construct the National Engineering Research Center for Laser Processing relying on Huazhong University of Science and Technology in January 1994 and issued a approval on the feasibility study report on the National Engineering Research Center for Laser in July 1995. The project has passed the acceptance by the National Development and Reform Commission on November 30, 2003.he national development and Reform Commission acceptance by experts group.

The State Planning Commission, asked the world bank to the Construction Engineering Research Center, National Engineering Research Center for laser machining in 1997 restructuring, the establishment of Wuhan Huagong Laser Engineering Co., Ltd is a tech Company Ltd. (the first domestic laser industry in listed companies) subsidiary. Currently, National Engineering Research Center for laser machining the "one center and two base operation mode", an engineering center, a research base, an industrial base. R & D base is located in the Huazhong University of Science and Technology, industrial base in HGLASER company.

The engineering center of more than 300 employees, including doctors, masters accounted for 45%, Chinese laser industry experts, 24 professors, has been with the United States, Germany, Australia, Japan, Britain, Singapore, the famous research institutions and enterprises in Hongkong and other countries and regions to establish a close cooperative relationship with scientific research, production test; real estate development and 23000 meters, equipment more than 1000 units.

Laser processing National Engineering Research Center in April 2012 set up a branch in Anshan to serve the local economic development and industrial upgrading

Main functions of the Anshan center:

1, laser technology innovation research and achievements transformation;

2, the promotion of laser processing technology;

3, personnel training of laser processing technology ;

4, with the local exchange platform and image display

5, r&d platform of precision laser micromachining core device and technology, r&d platform of laser nonferrous metal processing equipment, laser equipment demonstration and application development platform,  development and testing platform of laser processing using optical fiber devices, laser devices and equipment design and simulation platform.