Strengthening engineering education to support the manufacturing of a major country
2024-11-14
The key to innovation lies in acquiring people. If science education is an important foundation for enhancing national technological competitiveness, cultivating innovative talents, and improving the scientific literacy of the entire population, then engineering education carries the mission of cultivating outstanding engineering talents and helping to improve China's industrialization level. Engineering education has great potential and achievements. General Secretary Xi Jinping emphasized: "Further strengthen science education and engineering education, enhance the independent training of top-notch innovative talents, and provide talent support for solving key core technology problems in China." China is the world's largest country in engineering education, and has cultivated batches of high-level engineering talents, injecting strong vitality into the development of engineering technology innovation. At the same time, we must also recognize that solving the problems of innovation capability not meeting the requirements of high-quality development, industrial system being large but not strong, comprehensive but not refined, urgently requires us to further improve the quality of engineering education, and provide talent guarantee for accelerating the cultivation of new quality productivity and building a modern industrial system. Engineering education must closely align with practical needs. We should adhere to the national strategic needs, strengthen the construction of new engineering majors, and target the cultivation of urgently needed and scarce talents in the country; At the same time, we will deepen our understanding of the characteristics of engineering technology innovation and industrial transformation, conduct on-site research on the demand for talents in cutting-edge fields such as artificial intelligence, quantum information, and integrated circuits, and develop a scientifically reasonable curriculum system. For example, Beijing University of Technology has added an undergraduate major in "New Energy Materials and Devices" to meet the development needs of China's strategic emerging industries such as new energy and new materials; Beijing University of Information Science and Technology has added an undergraduate major in "Intelligent Interaction Design" to cultivate innovative talents in the field of intelligent manufacturing. Relevant exploration is conducive to serving national strategies and promoting high-quality industrial development. Focus on tackling key core technologies and promote interdisciplinary integration. The engineering field often involves multiple disciplines and complex technologies, and promoting interdisciplinary integration is particularly important in engineering education. For example, the "Smart Transportation" major offered by Beihang University is a new engineering major formed by the interdisciplinary integration of mathematics, computer science and technology, control science and engineering, etc., based on the transportation engineering major. Central South University relies on its advantages in engineering and medicine, innovatively solves medical problems with engineering theory and technology, promotes the coordinated development of science, engineering, and medicine, and cultivates outstanding talents with interdisciplinary skills in engineering and medicine. Making good use of interdisciplinary integration as a "catalyst" is conducive to breaking down disciplinary and professional barriers, cultivating high-level engineering talents who integrate knowledge, quality, and ability, and promoting important breakthroughs and significant original scientific research achievements at the forefront of science. Engineering education emphasizes application and cannot do without practical support. It is necessary to vigorously promote the integration of industry and education. Deepening the integration of industry and education, as well as school enterprise cooperation, is an effective way to connect the industrial chain, innovation chain, and talent chain. The key is to innovate the integration mode and identify the win-win points of cooperation. For example, Chongqing University has jointly built an engineering practice education platform with automobile companies, and established 12 joint training experimental classes with relevant industry enterprises, focusing on cultivating and directing top-notch talents. Henan Quality Engineering Vocational College collaborates with research institutions and enterprises to establish an open regional industry education integration practice center for food production and inspection, offering practical courses such as "Fruit Wine Production Technology" to allow students to participate in the production process. It has been proven that making education better serve industrial development, allowing industry demand to lead teaching practice, and promoting deep integration of industry and education are crucial for improving the quality of engineering education. Engineering technology changes the world. The Decision of the Third Plenary Session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China proposed to focus on cultivating and nurturing outstanding engineers, skilled craftsmen, and high skilled talents. Respecting the laws of student growth and development, following the laws of industrial development, and continuously promoting the reform and practice of engineering education will undoubtedly cultivate and nurture more outstanding engineering talents, and continuously inject talent vitality into China's manufacturing, China's creation, and China's construction. (Xinhua News Agency) Author: Zhang Youliang (Associate Researcher at Capital Engineering Education Development Research Base and Beijing Institute of Technology)
Edit:Luo yu Responsible editor:Zhou shu
Source:people.cn
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