[News from the news center]Recently, the MOE has announced a list of universities, 846 engineering majors in 198 Chinese universities and colleges have passed professional certificationaccording to the statisticsbythe end of 2017. These majors were honored top majors of global engineering education. 9 majors of our university wereselected, which ranked 25th in national universities.
MOE screen shot.
Passing the certification means that the relevant education schemesachieve substantial international equivalence and the quality of education has gained international recognition. Graduates who apply for qualifications for engineering practice or apply for postgraduate degrees in relevant countries and regions under the Washington Accords will be treated as local graduates. At the same time, the certification results will be highly authoritative in the industry and in the enterprise. Graduates also have varying degrees of exemption and benefits in terms of taking some engineer qualification examination.
YSU attaches great importance to professional certification work, vigorously supports all majors to participate in the certification and provides full support in application, professional construction, preparation for the experts’ review and field examination. YSU also provides funds for curriculum development, teaching reforms, learning outside, and making some favorable policies supporting the certification work in order to guarantee the certification work going smoothly.
Our school started professional certification work in 2012 and used this work as a good opportunity to promote teaching reform and strengthen professional development. We implemented a comprehensive reform of the education model based on the OBE educational concept and standardized various teaching activities. The awareness of establishing teaching standards is raised and the development of teaching quality standards is underway. In recent years, YSU has actively carried out relevant seminars and forums centering some objects that are re-design the teaching and learning objectives and graduation requirements, and conducting education scheme in accordance with certification standards. Apart from concentrating on the development of students' professional knowledge and ability, YSU also attaches great importance to the ability of engineering practice, team coordination, lifelong learning, all-round potentials and international communication, which contributes to the development of curriculum, the improvement of teaching quality and the recognition of graduates.
In 2016, the majors of Materials Forming and Control Engineering and Electronic Information Engineering were selected by MOE and accepted an on-site inspection by international observers, which contributes China’s formal participation in the “Washington Accords” International Engineering Education Organization. YSU’s professional accreditation organization work has not only been highly spoke by the committee of the “Washington Accords” organization, but also been given strong affirmation by the Ministry of Education Higher Education Teaching Evaluation Center.
Table 1: Universities and majors certified
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| University
| No. of majors certified
|
1
| Dalian University of Technology
| 19
|
2
| Kunming University of Science and Technology
| 15
|
3
| Beijing Institute of Technology
| 13
|
4
| Beijing University of Science and Technology
| 12
|
5
| Geely University
| 12
|
6
| Hefei University of Technology
| 12
|
7
| Southwest Jiaotong University
| 12
|
8
| Jiangsu University
| 12
|
9
| Sichuan University
| 12
|
10
| Southeast University
| 11
|
11
| Zhejiang University of Technology
| 11
|
12
| Beijing Jiaotong University
| 11
|
13
| Nanjing University of Technology
| 11
|
14
| Harbin Institute of Technology
| 11
|
15
| Taiyuan University of Technology
| 11
|
16
| Central South University
| 11
|
17
| Fuzhou University
| 11
|
18
| South China University of Technology
| 10
|
19
| Hunan University
| 10
|
20
| Xi'an University of Technology
| 10
|
21
| Zhengzhou University
| 10
|
22
| Nanjing University of Technology
| 10
|
23
| China University of Mining and Technology
| 10
|
24
| Tongji University
| 10
|
25
| Yanshan University
| 9
|
26
| Wuhan University of Technology
| 9
|
27
| East China University of Science and Technology
| 9
|
28
| Beihang University
| 8
|
29
| Beijing University of Technology
| 8
|
30
| Northeastern University
| 8
|
Table 2 YSU majors certified
No.
| Discipline
| Major
|
1
| Machinery
| Machinery Design, Manufacturing and Automation
|
2
| Material Forming and Control Engineering
|
3
| Instruments
| Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments
|
4
| 电气类
| Electrical Engineering and Automation
|
5
| Electronic Information
| Electronic Information Engineering
|
6
| Automation
| Automation
|
7
| Computer Science
| Computer Science and Technology
|
8
| Civil Engineering
| Civil Engineering
|
9
| Chemicals and Pharmaceuticals
| Chemical Engineering and Technology
|
(Translated by Lv Bo)