The new engineering education in chinabased on 207 new engineering research and practice projects

Abstract

Under the background of accelerating new industrial revolution, China's higher engineering education is in urgent need of cultivating a group of innovative talents in engineering science and technology. In order to improve the quality of engineering education, China proposed the "New Engineering Research and Practice Project" in June 2017. This study attempts to conduct a system review based on the 207 projects of the top engineering universities in China's New Engineering Research and Practice Project. It discovered the common key issues such as mechanism, ability, and discipline issues that are raised in the existing projects, in the meanwhile discussed how to meet industry demand in the process of new engineering construction. The research findings are as following: (1) The commonness of programs' schemes is emerging. In terms of mechanism construction, the mechanism of collaborative education receives the most attention, while the cultivation of soft ability and engineering innovation ability are focused most in terms of the talent ability; (2) Most of the construction plans are aimed at the transformation of traditional disciplines, and there is little construction of corresponding disciplines for national key industries such as energy conservation, environmental protection and new materials; (3) The overall design of the project somewhat lacks innovation and features, and certain construction schemes are similar with minor differences, failing to effectively combine the advantages of universities and disciplines to serve local industries and truly show its characteristics.