What popular majors are required by the Ministry of Education to promote the construction of ＂new engineering＂？
CCTV News:A few days ago, the Ministry of Education requested to promote the construction of "new engineering" and identified 612 projects as the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects. The concept of "new engineering" quickly became popular in colleges and universities. What is "new engineering"? What are the popular majors?
The Ministry of Education promotes the construction of "new engineering"
A few days ago, the Ministry of Education issued the "Action Plan for Artificial Intelligence Innovation in Colleges and Universities", calling for promoting the construction of "new engineering". attach importance toArtificial intelligence and computer, control, mathematics, statistics, physics, biology, psychology, sociology, law.The cross-integration of professional education in other disciplines has formed a new mode of "artificial intelligence +X" compound professional training. By 2020, 100 "artificial intelligence +X" composite specialties will be built, and 50 artificial intelligence colleges, research institutes or interdisciplinary research centers will be established.
What is "new engineering"?
The General Office of the Ministry of Education recently issued the Notice on Announcing the First Batch of "New Engineering" Research and Practice Projects (hereinafter referred to as the Notice).612 projects were identified as the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects.
According to the Circular, the construction of "new engineering" is a strategic action to actively respond to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation. The new economy characterized by new technologies, new industries, new formats and new models calls for "new engineering", the in-depth implementation of a series of major national strategies calls for "new engineering", the industrial transformation and upgrading and the transformation of old and new kinetic energy call for "new engineering", and the promotion of national hard power and international competitiveness calls for "new engineering".
The notice pointed out that it is necessary to grasp the connotation of the construction of "new engineering" and make overall consideration."New engineering specialty and new requirements of engineering"Accelerate the training of engineering science and technology talents in emerging fields, transform and upgrade traditional engineering majors, and actively lay out the training of talents in future strategic areas. Innovating the organizational form of universities,Promote the combination of "science and engineering" and "industry and engineering" and the intersection of "industry and medicine", "workers and peasants" and "industry and literature".
Universities with engineering advantagesWe should play a main role in engineering science and technology innovation and industrial innovation;
Comprehensive universitiesIt should play a leading role in promoting new technologies and nurturing new industries;
Local colleges and universitiesIt should play a supporting role in regional economic development and industrial transformation and upgrading.
Encourage subordinate universities to co-ordinate the use of special funds for education and teaching reform in central universities; encourage"Double first-class" constructionThe research and practice project of "new engineering" is brought into the overall plan of "double first-class" construction in colleges and universities.
What majors are included in "New Engineering"?
The list of the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects announced recently includes202 "new engineering" comprehensive reform projects and 410 "new engineering" professional reform projects.Among them, the major reform category of "New Engineering" covers 19 project groups.
A quick look at some "new engineering" majors:
Data Science and Big Data Technology
Data Science and Big Data Technology, a new major announced by the Ministry of Education in 2015, corresponds to big data in undergraduate major.Data science and big data technology are a new interdisciplinary subject with strong practicality, and three courses of mathematics, statistics and computer are required.On the basis of these background disciplines, colleges and universities cross-integrate other professional knowledge and skills.
At present, there are three major employment directions for big data: big data system research and development, big data application development and big data analysis. Specific positions such as: big data analyst, big data engineer, etc.
Robot engineering
Intelligent robot is the product of many disciplines and technologies, such as new materials, new technology, new energy, global positioning and navigation, mobile Internet, cloud computing, big data, automation and so on.
According to the development plan of the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, by 2020, the installed capacity of industrial robots will reach 1 million units, which requires about 200,000 industrial robot application-related employees. This means that,In the future, it is necessary to train more than 30,000 industrial robot application talents every year on average.
Internet of Things
The major of Internet of Things Engineering offers two categories: basic courses and professional core courses. Because the Internet of Things is an interdisciplinary subject, involving communication technology, sensor technology, network technology, RFID technology, embedded system technology and many other knowledge, it is very difficult to learn these knowledge in depth at the undergraduate level, and some Internet of Things research institutes require a master’s degree in core technical work, so undergraduate graduates can start with the knowledge related to the Internet of Things, find the correct professional direction, lay a solid foundation, and enhance their practical and application capabilities.
In addition, excellent foreign language ability is also a prerequisite, because the research and development and application of the Internet of Things are mainly concentrated in Europe and the United States, and students need to read foreign language materials and cope with international exchanges.
Intelligent science and technology
Intelligence science and technology’s undergraduate major is an interdisciplinary major that integrates many disciplines such as electricity, computer, sensing, communication, control and so on. It involves robot technology, micro-electro-mechanical system, intelligent system based on new generation network computing, and various intelligent technologies and systems closely related to national economy, industrial production and daily life.