Talent Development

YSU is the first batch pilot university of Chinese Engineering Academic Programs, and ME’s Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation is the first pilot specialty of this program. The specialty of Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation received the MOE accreditation of Engineering Education in 2012, and reaccreditation in 2015. The specialty of Material Processing was accredited by China Accreditation Engineering Education Association and received Washington Accord experts’ field evaluation in 2016. On June 2, China became the 18th full signatory of the Washington Accord, an influential international accreditation agreement for professional engineering academic degrees. ME was awarded one second prize of national-level teaching awards and two first prizes of provincial teaching awards. ME students were honored with 33 first prizes of national-level awards, 47 second prizes of provincial awards among others.

ME enrolls 5000 students, among whom 3000 are undergraduates, 1500 postgraduates, and 200 PhD candidates. ME has attached great significance to students’ Engineering education, and maintained a close relationship with many large domestic enterprises. The enterprises set up some student awards and scholarships in recognition of their high moral standards and academic achievements, which promoted the cooperation between the university and enterprises. ME’s Parallel Robot Group was selected in the college student “Xiaoping Technical Innovation Group” in 2017.