Research On The Structural Characteristics Of Discipline And Majors In Colleges And Universities Of Engineering

The essence of higher education is professional education,the structure of discipline and major serves as the footstone of setting up personnel cultivating program for institutions of higher learning.To enhance the harmonious development of the scale,structure,quality and efficiency of higher education,the discipline and major of undergraduate started since 1999,and have undergone adjustments and revises for 4 times.The rationality of discipline and major structure in colleges and universities of engineering decides their core competitiveness.With a comprehensive application of literature research,case analysis,quantitative research,and interview,the thesis selects typical higher education system and institutions of higher learning to analyze the discipline structures of different kinds of engineering colleges and universities including comprehensive engineering universities,engineering universities with industry characteristics,and general local engineering universities.The thesis conducts the research based on the relevancy degree between university rankings and their disciplines,further summarizes the characteristics of major setup and structure of engineering universities,major relevance,and structure,and puts forward suggestions to improve the major structure of engineering colleges and universities.The study concluded that:(1)the changes of discipline and major structure are under the guidance of policy,and they attach great importance of applicability.The structure will change with the economic and industrial restructuring;meanwhile,the discipline and major structure in colleges and universities of engineering have inheritance,but there is still exist hierarchical solidification characteristics;level and structure show that discipline and major have relevance and convergence to some extent.(2)throughout the research,the author believes the problems of discipline and major structure in colleges and universities of engineering at present are as follow: the setup of discipline and major structure in some colleges and universities is unreasonable;the proportion of discipline and major with hierarchical structure is not coordinated,he brand specialty is not obvious;the degree of fusion is not high.As aresult,we should make clear the position of discipline and major,establish scientific ideas of discipline and major development;We should also increase funds investment,set up majors with brand and characteristic,enhance discipline and major integration,so as to improve the rational layout of discipline and major structure.