Abstract: This paper focused on the typical application of virtual simulation technology in mechatronics experiment teaching of UESTC. It demonstrated the basic features and construction methods of the mechatronics virtual simulation platform, and discussed the application direction in future of the virtual simulation platform. Virtual simulation technology has overcome varieties of drawbacks in traditional mechatronics experiment teaching, not only saving resources teaching, but also improving the quality of teaching. The intuitive 3D model and freely develop environment, can show the real work scene vividly, fully stimulating students’ creativity and developing their engineering practice ability. The role of virtual simulation technology in mechatronics experiment teaching will become increasingly prominent, and will become a new direction of teaching reform in higher education.