Introduction Video of Automotive Engineering Major
I Introduction of Automotive Engineering Major
1、Connotation of Automotive Engineering Major
Automotive Engineering is an engineering major that studies the theory, design, and manufacturing technology of land-based mobile machinery such as automobiles, rolling stock, military vehicles, and other engineering vehicles. The characteristic of the vehicle engineering major of Chang'an University is mainly for the automotive industry. This major aim at the technical needs of the automotive industry. With the goal of developing automotive products, take design and manufacturing of automobile as the core, this major focus on the direction of the new four modernizations' technological change: electricity, intelligence, networking, and sharing” and emphasizes the deep cross-integration of multiple disciplines, thus forming a talent cultivation system with deep cross-integration of vehicles-new energy-intelligence.
Figure 1 Modern Motor
Figure 2 Future Intelligent Connected Car
The major of Automotive Engineering is a 4+0 dual-student and dual-degree Sino-foreign cooperative education major jointly created by Chang'an University and the University College Dublin. It comprehensively promotes “The Belt and Road Initiative” and the building of “strong national transportation network ”, aiming to cultivate compound senior talents with solid basic knowledge, excellent engineering ability, active innovative thinking and broad international vision in the field of independent research and development of automotive products.
Chang'an University Automotive Engineering major is a dual-degree education program for undergraduates in Sino-foreign cooperative education certified by the Ministry of Education, which is included in the national general higher education enrollment plan. This major planned to 120 students every year, and have 4 years of schooling. Students are required to take China’s college entrance examination and meet the relevant enrollment regulations and requirements. After enrolling, students register at the two universities at the same time, and accept bilingual and full English courses implemented by the outstanding teachers of the two universities. Graduates who meet the requirements will be awarded:
• Chang'an University general higher education undergraduate diploma
•Chang’an University Bachelor of Engineering Certificate
•Bachelor Degree of Engineering, University College Dublin
The above degree is exactly the same as the degree of full-time undergraduate graduates of the two universities.
The core core curriculums not only include automobile construction, system simulation, mechanical control engineering, automobile electrical basics and design, motor and battery technology, automobile component design, advanced driving assistance systems, new energy vehicles and other traditional Automotive Engineering necessary courses, but also integrate Design, applied dynamics, solid mechanics, automotive materials, automotive structural analysis, computational fluid dynamics and other international characteristic courses. Students will share the high-quality teaching resources of Chang'an University and the University College Dublin, so as to achieve study abroad without going abroad”. This major also provides a variety of opportunities for students to study abroad, such as overseas research projects in winter and summer vacations, and internships in foreign engineering projects. The courses show equal importance in professional knowledge, practical ability and international vision to enhance students' comprehensive ability and employment competitiveness, make them well-rounded.
Ccharacteristic of the Major
【Feature 1】strength of Chinese majors- internal and external linkage high quality foreign resources
The Automotive Engineering major is an international talent cultivation program created by Chang'an University based on traditional superior majors. The Automotive Engineering major of Chang'an University is a national-level first-class construction point, a national-level featured major, a first-class major in Shaanxi Province, and a pilot program for comprehensive major reform in Shaanxi Province. Engineering and technology disciplines are the dominant disciplines of the University College Dublin, ranked 185 in the 2020’s QS World University Rankings. By cooperating with the University College Dublin, we have introduced high-quality educational and teaching resources from the school, so that students are familiar with international engineering rules and have excellent international business and professional technical capabilities. The complementary advantages of both Chang’an university and University College Dublin can guarantee the realization of the goal of cultivating high-level international talents.
【Feature 2】Automotive Engineering major: In-depth crossover of cutting-edge automotive technologies
This major closely follows the direction of the new four modernizations of international automotive technology Electrification, Intelligentization, Networking, and Sharing, and continues to extend towards new energy vehicles, intelligent networked vehicles and other popular fields, and aims at major technological needs ; This major takes the development of automotive products as the goal, vehicle design and manufacturing as the core, and strengthens the multi-disciplinary knowledge of vehicles-information-control-energy-materials and emphasizes the widely integrated multidimensional ability: basic theoretical knowledge-engineering practice experience-innovative thinking ability. This major aim to drive education reforms with automotive cutting-edge technologies, feedback undergraduate teaching with excellent scientific research results, and integrate international education genes in teaching design, teaching management and other links to cultivate hybrid, crossover, managing, and leading International talents in vehicles.
【Feature 3】Domestic and international two-wheel drive form a 4+0 education mode
This major has chosen the 4+0 dual-student and dual-degree joint cultivating mode for students. The 4+0 joint education mode can not only avoid various problems caused by the disconnection of the knowledge system caused by the Chinese and international educational environment, living habits, and cultural differences and the difficulty of adapting to life abroad in the short term, but also save a series of high expenses caused by visas, air tickets, living, accommodation and insurance.
Based on the rich international talent cultivating experience of Chang'an University and the University College Dublin, as well as the research and evaluation of the latest market needs, the two universities have jointly developed a special cultivation plan for students to avoid the problem of only understand English but not have a systematic core knowledge or only understand core curriculum but cannot conduct international communication. The curriculum of this major is mainly composed of English ability reinforcement, basic courses (bilingual teaching), major courses (mainly pure English), and graduation design (thesis) in English.
【Feature 4】Internationally renowned professors and doctors from overseas prestigious universities build a first-class teaching team
This core curriculums uses bilingual textbooks and original English textbooks that are compatible with domestic and international technical specifications and design standards, and is taught on-site by outstanding teachers strictly selected by Chang'an University and University College Dublin. The teaching conducts in open, practical, and analysis way. English ability reinforcement courses are taught jointly by Chinese teachers and international teachers (speaking & writing) trained by the University College Dublin.
2、Achievements of Automotive Engineering Major
Chang'an University was one of the first universities in China to set up automotive engineering major (1955), with the right to confer master's degrees (1995) and doctorate degrees (2000), and a post-doctoral mobile station (2003). Chang’an university successfully developed China's first passenger car chassis, the first sleeper coach car, the first highway passenger car, the first commercial vehicle electric eddy current retarder, the first automobile ABS non-disintegration testing platform, and the world's first indoor unmanned vehicle test platform, making great contributions for China ‘s self-owned brand commercial vehicles to gain domestic and international markets. After more than 60 years of construction and inheritance, Chang'an University currently has national-level first-class professional construction sites, national-level specialty majors, first-class majors in Shaanxi Province, and continuous construction of comprehensive reform pilot majors in Shaanxi Province. It has established a national-level teaching team and the Ministry of Education Huang Danian style Teacher team, Shaanxi province teaching team. It is the sub-committee unit of the National Vehicle Engineering Teaching Steering Committee, Chief Supervisor Unit of China Society of Automotive Engineers, and the sub-committe unit of the Chinese Highway Society. It is known as the Whampoa Military Academy in the field of commercial vehicles.
The sutomotive engineering discipline has:
The only comprehensive automobile performance test site in the world's universities
Three provincial and ministerial key scientific research platforms: Shaanxi Provincial Key Laboratory of New Energy Development, Application and Automobile Energy Conservation, Key Laboratory of Automobile Transportation Safety Technology and Transportation Industry, Shaanxi Provincial Road Traffic Testing and Equipment Engineering Technology Research center,
Two national virtual simulation teaching projects: Intelligent Networked Vehicle Safety Distance Monitoring and Collision Avoidance Virtual Simulation Experiment and Vehicle Transportation Safety Virtual Simulation Experiment,
Multiple practical teaching bases: Vehicle and Power Engineering Shaanxi Province Virtual Simulation Experimental Teaching Center, Vehicle Engineering Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, Commercial Vehicle Application and Manufacturing Shaanxi Province Talent Training Model Innovation Experimental Zone, Shaanxi Province General Provincial-level off-campus practice education base for college students, Chang'an University-Shaanxi Automobile Group Co., Ltd. Engineering Practice Education Center, etc.
Figure 3 Automobile Comprehensive Performance Test Field of Chang'an University
Figure 4 Automobile High-speed Circular Track Test
Figure 5 Characteristics of the Automotive Engineering Major
Founded in 1854, the University College Dublin, is one of the top research universities in Europe. It is the largest and most international university in the country. It is ranked 185 in the 2020 QS World University Rankings. It is ranked top 1% in the world in Times Higher Education magazine. The school is a full-time partner of the European Union’s Socrates program and has established inter-school partnerships with more than 150 universities in Europe.
The automotive Engineering major (under the Engineering Technology Discipline of the Mechanical and Materials Engineering major) is the superior discipline of the University College Dublin. CDIC of Mechanical and Material Engineering of the University College Dublin has multiple research centers, including I-Form Advanced Manufacturing Research Center, Advanced Manufacturing Simulation and Robotics Laboratory, Micro/Nano Manufacturing Technology Center, Biomedical Engineering Center, Adhesive and Adhesive Center, Medical Device Design Center, Surface Engineering Research Center, Dublin-Bekaert University Technology Center. Its degrees include engineering management, engineering and business, energy systems, mechanical engineering, materials science and engineering, biomedical engineering, etc. It is the largest mechanical and material engineering college in Ireland. Graduates are well received by employers, especially in the fields of automotive, processing, aviation and biomedical engineering.
3.Prospects of Automotive Engineering Major
The automobile industry has become an important pillar of the world economy due to its large market potential, high industrial relevance, wide employment opportunities, and strong ability to accumulate funds. The rapid development of the automobile industry not only sharply increase the needs of related talents, but also puts forward higher requirements on the technical level, professional quality and comprehensive ability of personnel. The demand for automobile talents is gradually developing in the direction of compound and internationalization. The rapid changes in automotive technology and the extension of the industrial chain have raised higher goals and greater challenges for automotive engineering professionals, especially for the cultivation of international talents in the automotive field. They have also brought more opportunities and broader employment prospects.
The cultivation program of the Automotive Engineering major actively responds to national development needs and integrates the superior educational resources of Chang'an University and the University College Dublin. It aims to cultivate compound international engineering talents, promote Chinese enterprises to go global, facilitate the The Belt and The Road interconnection, and make positive contributions to the construction of the building of “strong national transportation network”.
Figure 6 The Demand for Automotive Engineering Professionals in the Direction of Electrification, Intelligence, Networking, and Sharing has Increased Sharply
Figure 7 Vehicles-New Energy-Intelligent Deep Cross-integration Course System
二、Talent Cultivation
1、Education Strength
Competence of Teachers
The teaching of this core curriculums is implemented by the teaching team selected by Chang'an University and the University College Dublin. The internatinal courses are taught by outstanding teachers from the School of of Civil Engineering in University College Dublin.
The Chinese faculty team is mainly undertaken by the Department of Vehicle Engineering of Chang'an University. There are 41 teachers in the Department of Vehicle Engineering, including 9 professors, 10 associate professors, 18 lecturers, and 4 engineers, including 2 experts with special allowance from the State Council , 1 winner of the Huo Yingdong Fund, 1 person of the Ministry of Communications Ten Hundred Thousand Talents in the New Century, 1 person of Shaanxi Province May 1st Labor Medal, 1 person of Shaanxi Province San Qin Scholars, 1 person of Shaanxi Province Youth Innovation Team leader, Shaanxi Province , 1 people of provincial Young Science and Technology Rising Star and 1 provincial-level innovation and entrepreneurship leader, forming a team of teachers led by well-known professors of the subject and young doctors at home and abroad as the backbone. Chinese teachers graduated from top overseas institutions such as Michigan Technological University, Iowa State University, Brussels Free University in Belgium, University of Lorraine in France, Federal University of Defense in Munich, Germany, Inha University in South Korea and other top universities.
The internatinal courses are taught in China by outstanding in-service teachers from the School of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University College Dublin. At the same time, University College Dublin come to China each semester to hold a variety of knowledge contests and cultural and sports activities for students, including the opening ceremony of the University College Dublin, Irish Culture Week, Irish language and culture supervised IELTS lectures, domestic full immersion summer camps, overseas study summer camps, Entrance education series lectures, etc.
Figure 8 The UCD Teaching Team
Figure 9 UCD Professors Giving Lectures
Figure 10 UCD Hosting Irish Cultural Events
The internatinal courses of this major are taught in English, and the Chinese courses are taught in both Chinese and English except for ideological and political courses and sports courses. The teachers responsible for strengthening students' English will be strictly interviewed by the University College Dublin and systematically trained at the University College Dublin.
Figure 11 Sources of Overseas Teachers of Automotive Engineering Major
2.Space for Further Studies
At the beginning of the formulation of the cultivation program for Sino-foreign cooperative education majors, it was considered to meet the cultivation requirements of Chinese colleges and universities, and to provide guarantee for students to obtain graduates offers from domestic colleges and universities. Sino-foreign cooperative education majors will get the same opportunities for domestic colleges and universities as general major students of Chang'an University when they apply for postgraduate studies in their senior year.
Automotive engineering students have taken the IELTS reinforcement course in the first and second grades. This course is set to meet the requirements of students to meet the undergraduate language requirements of ordinary overseas universities, but also to meet the different levels of language requirement in overseas universities. demand. Through four years of cultivation of language advantages, practical innovation ability, open thinking ability and solid professional foundation, as well as the recommendation of a professor in Dublin, students can apply for the world's top scientific research institutions to study for master's and doctoral degrees. At the same time, if students of this major choose to apply to the University College Dublin to continue their studies, they will have the same priority admission advantages as ordinary graduates of the University College Dublin.
三、Focus on Employment
1、Employment strength:
This major start enrollment in 2020, and there are no graduates yet. Judging from the existing employment data of the automotive engineering major of Chang'an University, the one-time employment rate of undergraduates from 2017 to 2019 reached 94.09%, 96.64%, and 94.39%, and the admission rate reached 30%, 32.46%, and 48.6%, respectively. At the same time, the rate of studying abroad in the past three years has been increasing year by year, mainly to the University College Dublin, Brunswick University of Technology in Germany, Michigan Technological University in the United States, Virginia Tech in the United States, Tokyo University in Japan, Kobe University in Japan, and Moscow Automobile and Highway Institute in Russia, etc.
With the in-depth cross-integration of cutting-edge technologies such as the automobile and the Internet, big data, and artificial intelligence, the employment scope of the vehicle engineering profession has become wider, the salary package has been greatly improved, and the professional counterpart rate is close to 100%. This major’s employment is mainly concentrated in the first-tier cities such as Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen, regional central cities and provincial capital cities and other economically developed areas, such as Shanghai Volkswagen, Beijing Hyundai, Guangzhou Honda, FAW-Volkswagen, Dongfeng Nissan, China Automotive Technology Center, China Automotive Engineering Research Research Institute, Dongfeng Technology Center, GAC Research Institute, SAIC Group, Shenzhen BYD, Yutong Bus, Suzhou King Long, Xiamen King Long, etc. With the steady growth of the automobile ownership market and the continuous improvement of people's demand for automobile product quality, the demand for vehicle engineering professionals and the quality of employment will be further improved.
University College Dublin is ranked 78th in the world in the 2020QS World University Rankings- Graduate Employment Competitiveness Ranking, and graduate employers have a high evaluation. Students of Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major will also enjoy the employment advantages shared by the international engineering class of the same major and the University College Dublin.
2.The characteristic of Employment
Under the guidance of the New Engineering, Internationalization and Transportation talent cultivating concepts, graduates of Automotive Engineering can not only work in senior technical and management positions in vehicle design and manufacturing in China's automobile industry, but also can be employed by foreign companies to serve the needs of China's future automobile industry development. Graduates can also rely on the advantages of this major to seek further studies in foreign universities and seek more ambitious career development goals.
3.Employment advantage
Students graduating from this major can not only enjoy the status and alumni resources of Chang’an University’s Civil Engineering Infrastructure major, but also benefit from the international reputation of the University College Dublin. Graduates based on the four-year joint cultivation of Chinese and foreign prestigious universities will have the following core competitiveness:
Solid foundation and professional knowledge
Barrier-free language communication skills
Open thinking and judgment
Adaptability to Western education
The special bilingual learning background and dual degrees from prestigious Chinese and foreign universities are not only the stepping stone for graduates to enter the government or related international enterprises, but also the most convincing “recommendation letter” for scientific research talents to reach top universities domestic and overseas. Graduates will fully demonstrate their strength and competitiveness on four platforms in two major areas of industry and academia.
The world's top research institutions (studying for master's and doctoral degrees)
Large international and multinational automobile groups (such as BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Ford, General Motors, Toyota, Volvo, Bosch, Faurecia, etc., engaged in the R&D, design, and technical management of complete vehicles and parts) , internationally renowned management consulting company (Such as McKinsey, Roland Berger, Kearney, PricewaterhouseCoopers, etc., from the planning, analysis, consulting and other related work of large-scale automobile investment projects) , National ministries and commissions industry management departments (such as the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology CCID Research Institute, the Ministry of Transport Highway Research Institute, China Automotive Engineering Society, China Automotive Industry Association, etc., engaged in policy design, standard formulation, etc.) .Top domestic automotive research institutions (such as China Automotive Technology Research Center, China Automotive Engineering Research Institute, etc., engaged in cutting-edge technology research, etc.)
