The bearingless induction motors combined the advantages of magnetic bearings and induction motors, so they can produce the radial suspension forces simultaneously to support the rotor, and the electromagnetic torque to drive the load. Therefore,it showed great scientific research and application values in special fields, such as high-speed machine tools, compressors, turbo-molecular pumps,computer disk drives,etc.The operational principle of bearingless induction motors was introduced herein firstly.Then,the representative motor topology structure,mathematical model, and control strategy of the bearingless induction motors were overviewed.Finally,according to the current issues of the bearingless induction motor technology, several possible development trends of the bearingless induction motor technology were discussed, in order to show the way for studying the bearingless induction motor technology further.