Strategies for Reforming Graduate Engineering Education: A New Model in the "Made in China 2025" Era
Xiao Ma *
School of Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China.
Weijie Zhang *
School of Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China.
Tingting Wu
School of Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China.
Shifeng Wang
School of Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China.
Fei Li
School of Mechanical Engineering, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Zhengzhou 450045, China.
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Abstract
The "Made in China 2025" initiative emphasizes the need for mechanical engineering graduates with strong practical and innovative skills. Currently, graduate mechanical engineering education faces challenges such as the disconnect between thesis topics and engineering practice, and insufficient university-industry collaboration. To address these issues, this paper proposes a novel educational model—"one core, two centers, and five-ability cultivation." This model focuses on practice and innovation, with school and industry supervisors as the two focal points. It aims to develop five key abilities in students: knowledge application, communication, project summarization, innovation, and progress control. By optimizing training objectives, developing a parallel evaluation system, and strengthening university-industry collaboration, this model seeks to enhance students' overall quality and better serve the national manufacturing strategy. The successful implementation of this model provides valuable insights for reforming graduate engineering education and has important implications for aligning educational practices with industry demands.
Keywords: Educational reform, graduate students in mechanical engineering, one core, two centers and five-ability cultivation, made in China 2025, university-industry collaboration