On the Reform and Development of Engineering Education Based on the Emerging Engineering Education

With the acceleration of the new industrial revolution and the deepening of the globalization process, the development of a new economy and the complexity of modern situation need China to act on higher education of engineering and establish new engineering education. The evolution of discipline shows that emerging engineering education (3E) has its necessity. In this paper, the 3E is discussed from the reflection of modernity, classification guidance and higher education institution’s self-exploration, integrity-oriented engineering discipline reconstruction, engineering education comprehensive reform, and other aspects. Under the background of 3E, there are many difficulties in the reform and development of engineering education in local HEIs (Higher Education Institutions), such as the fixed logic of development, the outdated of ideology of running school, the absence collaborative teaching resources, the barriers of organization and management, the weakness of teachers’ practical ability etc. Getting rid of these problems, local HEIs should design their orientation, set up disciplines according to the needs of regional industry, break down barriers among disciplines, integrate the resources of government, enterprises and universities, promote the reform of engineering education, improve the teaching evaluation system.