Research on Five Stakeholders & Five Relationships of Higher Engineering Education in China

Abstract

With the development of globalization, higher engineering education has been on the rise which includes five Stakeholders and five relationships. This paper will discuss five relations of higher engineering education: teaching, research and social services, professional education and humanity education, ability education and knowledge education, theoretical teaching and practical teaching, development of education and development of national and regional economy. Among them, teaching, research and social services are three major functions of higher engineering universities; professional education and humanity education, ability education and knowledge education, theoretical teaching and practical teaching are the goals of higher engineering education; development of education and development of national and regional economy involve the interaction between higher engineering universities and society. Furthermore, the five stakeholders are students, teachers, universities, employers and governments. The five relationships and five stakeholders of higher engineering education are reunified firstly, and at the same time, the driving force of various interests of higher engineering education is analyzed thoroughly at the higher level for guiding and enlightening the future development of our country’s higher engineering education.