Objective Understanding the mental health conditions of the students of technician schools and providing evidential basis for an effective lift of the mental health level of the students.Method Selecting a random sampling of 698students from Shandong Engineering Technician College as the targets of the survey and adopting SCL-90symptom self-evaluation scale and self-composed basic conditions survey form to measure the mental health conditions of the students

and to conduct a statistical analysis of the results.Results The overall and average SCL-90scores and scores for all the factors of the students of the technician college were higher than those of the national youth level with statistically significant differences（P<0.01）.The stratified statistical results showed that students with medium or higher level mental problems were 19.1%of all surveyed.Among all factor scores

the one for obsessive-compulsive disorder stood as the most severe with a percentage of 35.2%.There were little differences in the total scores of male and female students while factors such as obsession

depression

anxiety and dread all registered higher scores in female students than in male students（P< 0.05）.The somatization score for the fourth year students was higher than those of the first

the second

and the third year students（P<0.05）.Students participating in the integrated learning scored markedly lower than non-participating students in the three factors of interpersonal sensitivity

depression

and dread（P<0.05）. Rural born students scored markedly higher than urban born students in the five factors of somatization

obsession

interpersonal sensitivity

hostility

dread

and paranoia.Non-single child students scored markedly higher than single-child students in the four factors of obsession

depression

anxiety

and dread.Children of single-parent families scored markedly higher than those of two-parent families in the four factors of somatization

interpersonal sensitivity

depression and hostility with statistically significant differences（P<0.05）. Conclusion The state of mental health of the students of technician colleges is markedly inferior to that of the national youth level.Departments of concern shall give sufficient attention to the question

and conduct pertinent and well-directed guiding and intervention in accordance with the varied conditions of such students so as to improve the mental health level of the students of technician colleges.