On the Construction of Industrial College in Local Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) on the Horizon of Emerging Engineering Education (3E)

Abstract

In the context of the rapid development of the emerging engineering education (3E), the local higher education institutions (HEIs), which involve undergraduate colleges and universities, have launched and established the industrial colleges to realize the transformation and development of application-oriented school-running, and response to the construction of emerging engineering education (3E-construction). In this paper, the concept of industrial college was introduced, the connotation of industrial college was explained and clarified, and the different mode of industrial college was summarized. Based on the discussion on the operating mechanism of industrial college and the consideration of 3E-construction, the basic approaches and steps of building up industrial college were given. All of them, above opinions and pieces of advice, will provide reference for local HEIs to establish and construct their own industrial college.