As one of the most important engineering materials, advanced ceramics can be widely used in industry. Traditional sintering methods usually lead to the undesirable grain growth which results in degradation of the mechanical properties. In addition, both time and energy consumption is not good for green and sustainable development. Fast sintering technologies provide a new route to solve this problem. With the help of fast sintering new methods, the advanced ceramics can be well prepared in low temperature with short time. The consumption of energy and time has a considerable reduction. The suppression effect of fast sintering technologies on grain growth improves the properties as well. This review paper represents recent mechanisms study and experimental work of fast sintering technologies, mainly focusing on spark plasma sintering, selfpropagating hightemperature synthesis, and some new technologies based on the two methods. It is indicated that fast sintering new technologies have unique advantages in rapid fabrication, ceramics joining, functional graded materials and nanoceramics preparation.