Introduction video of Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy Major
I Introduction of Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy Major
1、Connotation of Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy Major
Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy is a transportation major that integrate some engineering majors such as road transportation equipment technical support, safe and efficient operation of transportation, road transportation system planning, transportation enterprise operation and management, road transportation enterprise management, transportation organization, station planning, emergency rescue and command. The study and research objects of this major include the development planning, safety, management, production organization and operation of the transportation industry.
Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy 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 international talents with solid professional skills, advanced management concepts and excellent bilingual communication capabilities in the field of highway transportation construction.
Chang'an University Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy 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 curriculums not only include the core curriculums of Transportation engineering, transportation safety, operations research, technical economics, transportation system planning and design, urban transportation network and operation design, modern logistics, supply chain management, C language, intelligent transportation system and other transportation majors, it also incorporate international characteristic courses such as urban transportation policy and practice, technical economy, research communication and skills.Students will share the high-quality teaching resources of Chang'an University and 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 core knowledge, practical ability and international vision to enhance students' comprehensive ability and employment competitiveness, make them well-rounded.
Characteristic of the Major
【Feature 1】the alliances of two strong majors
The Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major of Chang'an University is a national featured major, the first batch of national outstanding engineer training majors, the “first-class majors” of Shaanxi Province, the first batch of famous brand majors in Shaanxi Province, and the pilot majors of comprehensive reform of undergraduate majors in Shaanxi Province. The subject Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy is a national key discipline with the strongest comprehensive ability, the most complete disciplines, and have the most talents in the transportation field in China. This discipline is a superior discipline of the 985 Project and a world-class building discipline. Moreover, the engineering it supports has entered the top 1% of the global ESI ranking. The University College Dublin’s QS for architectural planning and environmental policy is ranked in the top 150. This program is accredited by the Royal Urban Planning Institute (RTPI), the Irish Institute of Planning (IPI) and the Royal Urban Planning Institute (RTPI). Through cooperation with the University College Dublin, CDIC introduces high-quality education and teaching resources, so that students are familiar with international engineering rules and can 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】Well-designed 4+0 joint 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 foreign 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, foreign school’s language enhancement, 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 3】Broad employment market
Driven by the country’s “going global” strategy and Chinese companies’ deep participation in the global supply chain, China’s international transportation production business has surged; At the same time, it faces increasingly severe international competition. Compound talents was in needs. In fact, bilingual talents have always been a shortage of large-scale enterprises in China, and they are also a shortcoming of corporate competitiveness. With the steady progress of the The Belt and The Road initiative, the demand for bilingual technical talents and management personnel in international projects will further expand. The Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major can meet the strong demand for talents in the international market and provide important intellectual support and talent guarantee for the going out strategy of Chinese transportation companies.
【Feature 4】International teaching staff
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 Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy Major
The predecessor of the Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major of Chang'an University was the majors of Automotive Application Engineering and Transportation Management. The establishment of this major can be traced back to 1951, and the establishment of undergraduate majors can be traced back to 1958. In 1958, the university began to recruit undergraduates majoring in automobile operation and maintenance; in 1965, it enrolled undergraduates majoring in transportation management, which was the only undergraduate major in the country that systematically cultivated road transportation management talents. In 1998, the Ministry of Education issued a catalog of undergraduate majors in ordinary universities, and adjusted the majors of Automotive Application Engineering and Transportation Management to Transportation. It was recognized as a special major of Shaanxi Province in 2003, a famous major of Shaanxi Province in 2005, and a national-level featured major in 2007. In 2008, the teaching team of this specialty was rated as a provincial teaching team. In 2010, it was included in the first batch of national outstanding engineer education and cultivation programs. In 2014, it was included in the pilot program of comprehensive reform of undergraduate majors in Shaanxi Province. In 2017, it was included in the ranks of the first-class major strengthening in Shaanxi Province. It is the sub-committee unit and secretary-general unit of the Road Transportation and Engineering Teaching Guidance. In 2008, 2014, and 2018, it passed the engineering education certification of the Ministry of Education for three consecutive times.The Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major is known as the Whampoa Military Academy for cultivating talents in the field of road transportation. It has cultivated batches of outstanding alumni and become a solid support for China's road transportation industry.
Founded in 1854, 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 Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major relies on the School of Urban Transport Planning and Environmental Policy, University College Dublin. Its research fields include sustainable architectural design, conservation and heritage, urban planning, environmental policy, etc. It is the oldest school of architecture in Ireland. The internationally renowned architecture magazine Domus selected this school as one of the 50 best architecture school in Europe. The related majors ranked top 150 in the QS global rankings. The two academic leaders of the school won the most prestigious awards in the global architecture industry (Royal Gold Medal).
3、Prospects of Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy Major
Driven by “The Belt and Road Initiative” and the building of “strong national transportation network ”, International logistics and transportation production business has surged, and its business volume accounts for the world's largest. However, at the same time, it is facing increasingly severe international competition. Therefore, a large number of enterprises urgently need comprehensive talents who not only understand technical management, but also familiar with world business language and international rules and conventions. Therefore, the School of Transportation engineering’s majors aim to reform the traditional cultivation mode, practice the concept of international education, and cultivate international talents with solid professional skills, advanced management concepts and excellent bilingual communication skills in the field of highway transportation construction.
The cultivation program of the Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy 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”
II 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 international courses are taught by outstanding teachers from CDIC of Civil Engineering, University College Dublin.
The UCD teaching team
Teachers from the University College Dublin regularly come to hold a variety of knowledge contests and cultural and sports activities for students every semester, including the opening ceremony of the University College Dublin, Irish Culture Week, bridge model building contest, Irish language and culture lecture, IELTS lectures, domestic immersive summer camps, and overseas Summer camps for research and studies, series of lectures on entrance education, etc.
The Chinese faculty team is mainly undertaken by the Department of Transportation of Chang'an University. The Department of Transportation currently has 49 full-time teachers, including: 18 professors, 17 associate professors, and 14 lecturers; 32 full-time teachers under 45 years old, 12 young teachers under 35 years old；41 teachers with doctoral degrees. Two people enjoy special stickers from the State Council, 1 member of the Expert Committee of the Ministry of Transport, 3 famous teachers in Shaanxi Province, and 1 pacesetter of teacher ethics in Shaanxi Province.
This major’s Chinese courses are mainly undertaken by outstanding teachers with overseas doctorate degrees, overseas advanced studies and rich bilingual teaching experience in different majors. Chinese teachers graduated or studied in top overseas universities such as Texas Southern University, University of Nevada, Reno, University of Toledo, University of Oregon, University of Washington, Utrecht University in the Netherlands.
The international 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 improving students' English will be strictly interviewed by the University College Dublin and systematically trained at the University College Dublin.
2、Space for Further Studies
At the beginning of the formulation of the cultivation program for Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major, it was considered to meet the cultivation requirements of Chinese universities, and to provide guarantee for students to obtain graduates offers from domestic 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.
Through four years of cultivation of language, practical innovation ability, open thinking ability and solid professional foundation, as well as the recommendation letter of a professor in Dublin, student 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 University College Dublin.
III Focus on Employment
1、Employment strength:
This major start enrollment in 2020, and there are no graduates yet.
The Transport City Planning and Environmental Policy major of Chang'an University has maintained a 100% employment rate in the past three years. The employment supply-demand ratio is about 1:6, the postgraduate admission rate is about 10%, the postgraduate entrance examination rate exceeds 25%, and the rate of going abroad It is about 3%, and the total enrollment rate is about 40%.
University College Dublin is ranked 78th in the world in the 2020 QS 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、Characteristics of Employment：
Under the guidance of the New Engineering, Internationalization and Transportation talent cultivating concepts, graduates of Transportation can work in management agencies, engineering design consulting companies, and engineering design consulting companies in the field of transportation construction in China, they can also be employed by foreign companies to serve the implementation of Chinese foreign-funded loan projects and foreign engineering projects. 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 (for master's and doctoral degrees)
International Development and Investment Bank (related work for foreign-funded loan projects)
Domestic transportation construction management department (planning & management work)
Large-scale planning and design, construction enterprises in the field of transportation domestic and overseas (design and management of overseas projects)
