A hydrogel is a highly hydrophilic polymer crosslinking network. Hydrogels have high water content, good biocompatibility, and a very similar flexibility to that of tissue structure, making them excellent materials for tissue engineering [
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3]. The formation of hydrogels can be achieved through physical or chemical crosslinking [
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5]. Chemical crosslinking is the most commonly used crosslinking method, which is more stable than physical crosslinking and can improve the mechanical and degradation properties of hydrogel scaffolds in tissue engineering applications [
6]. Chemical crosslinking includes Michael addition, Schiff base, enzymatic reaction, click chemistry, and photopolymerization. Photopolymerization has attracted much attention in the field of tissue engineering [
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11]. In recent decades, the application of hydrogels in tissue engineering has tended to have the characteristics of precise structure and flexible operation to control cell behavior, cell viability, and delivery of drugs. Photopolymerization has the advantages of flexible operation and spatiotemporal control of the formation of hydrogels, which can meet the needs of tissue engineering [
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13]. For example, the rapid reaction rate of photopolymerization can make the hydrogel easily encapsulated without obvious cell subsidence and maintain high cell viability [
14]. The control of photopolymerization in the spatiotemporal formation of hydrogel can construct a complex crosslinking network [
15], which is beneficial to control cell behavior and drug delivery [
16]. In addition, photopolymerized hydrogels have mild reaction conditions (no need for high temperature and extreme pH conditions) and fluidity, which makes the use of the process less invasive and minimizes surgical trauma [
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18]. Moreover, photopolymerized hydrogels can accurately build custom-geometrically shaped biomaterials through 3D biological printing. It can produce structures that can reproduce the complex tissue and structure-function relationship existing in natural tissues and organs, so that implanted tissues can be repaired and loaded with drugs for delivery [
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21]. Therefore, in the field of tissue engineering, the application of photopolymerized hydrogels has a considerable potential [
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24]. In this review, we summarize the photoinitiators used in photopolymerized hydrogels, the materials currently used, the manufacturing technology of photopolymerized hydrogels, and the application of photopolymerized hydrogels in tissue engineering.