Engineering Education: Challenges and Countermeasures

In recent years, engineering education in China has made remarkable achievements, but it also faces many challenges. In order to better meet the needs of social and economic development, we put forward the following suggestions.

Practice is king.

Engineering education should pay attention to practice, and let students master true knowledge in practice by adding experiments, practical courses, internships and practical projects.

Stimulate innovation potential

It is very important to cultivate students' innovative ability. Set up innovative courses and innovative laboratories to encourage them to think and solve problems independently.

Interdisciplinary communication

Engineering education needs to be integrated with other disciplines to broaden knowledge horizons. Open interdisciplinary course, organize project cooperation, and promote interdisciplinary exchanges and cooperation.

Teachers' quality improvement

High quality teachers are the cornerstone of engineering education. Strengthen teacher training, encourage industry practice, and improve teaching and engineering practice ability.

Curriculum keeps pace with the times

Optimize the curriculum and pay attention to practicality and foresight. Update the content of teaching materials, increase practical courses and case studies, so that education can keep up with the pace of the industry.

Win-win cooperation between schools and enterprises.

Strengthen cooperation with enterprises to understand the industry demand and development trend. * * * Build a platform for school-enterprise cooperation and carry out project cooperation to provide more practice and employment opportunities for students.