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ENGINEERING EDUCATION ACCREDITATION IN CHINA
Yu Shouwen Tsinghua University
,CEEAA; CSEE 2012-10-23,Beijing,CHINA
OUTLINE---
An Overview of China’s Higher Education Master of Engineering ProgramDevelopment of China’s Engineering Education Program Accreditation System with outcome based criteria
Outstanding engineers training project (OETP) in china
In China---Data Analysis• China is largely an agrarian society, with
nearly half of the working population in agriculture.
• Approximately 29 percent of the workforce is in services and 22 percent in industry,
• China’s economy has experienced accelerated growth in recent years
• Even if the GDP were to quadruple between 2000 and 2020, the GDP per capita would still be only about 3,000 USD
AN OVERVIEW OF CHINA’S HIGHER EDUCATION ---[PART FROM--PROF.GE D K,2005)INCLUDING—UNIVERSITIES, COLLEGES, AND ADULTS HIGHER EDUCATION INSTITUTIONS** NOT INCLUDING GRADUATE STUDENTS—(~1/30,2011)
The total number of students in regular higher education
2004-------------------------------- 14.1549 millions
2006------------------------------- ~23.00 millions
2007----------------------- ~24.09 millions
2011----------------------- ~29.5 millions
DIVERSITY OF THE NEEDS OF HUMAN RESOURCE
--Balance between globalization and localization
--Quality of higher engineering education—The needs of human resources :
According to the needs for international level and local economic region
Encouraging Outstanding Young People to Be Modern Engineers in the 21st Century
• ‘Better Engineers and Better Professionals”
• Some outstanding Chinese youths in current society didn’t want to choose engineering technology as their major
• They were unlikely to be cultivated to be engineers and professionals.
• The preferred majors of many young people included such hot specialties as: finance, commerce, administration, foreign language, law etc.
Engineering Education System in China
12
11 PhD in Eng
10Doctor Level
D. Eng
9
8 Master in EngM. Eng7
Master Level
6Bachelor in Eng
5
4
Bachelor Level3
Vocational Education2 Technical College
1
In 2011 , the number of engineering students in universities
reached 4.276 M which accounted for 31.7% of all the undergraduate students in China, and made China the largest engineering education country in the world.
30% of the educational programs in universities were engineering programs.
Scope of Engineering Education in China
Percentage of Eng degrees in all degrees awarded by Chinese universities in 2010.
Resource: Educational Statistics in China, 2011.
Scope of Engineering Education in China(2010)
Universities which have Eng Programs
1003 out of 1090Colleges which have Eng Programs
1207 out of 1215
Resource: Educational Statistics in China, 2011.
Status and Development of Engineering Education in China
Engineering Education Accreditation in China
Outline
We hope engineering educational program accreditation will:
Plays a key role in the quality insurance system of engineering education.
Links engineering education with industry and being a driving force to promote the reform of engineering education.
Promotes Chinese engineering and technology talents
joining in the international competition and mobility.
Purpose of Accreditation
The theoretical research and practice of program evaluation in China could be traced back to the late 20th century.
The program evaluation of architecture, urban planning, civil engineering, construction environment and equipment engineering, water supply and drainage works, engineering
management began in 1993.
China launched the engineering educational program
accreditation in 2006 and began to establish the
accreditation system.
Development of Engineering Educational Accreditation in China
Till 2011,there are:
◦ 219 programs in the 6 fields of Architecture and civil engineering having been accredited.
◦ 132 programs in mechanical, chemical, electrical, computer, hydraulic, transportation, environmental, light industry, food, safety and mineral engineering having been accredited.
Programs been accredited
Discipline Fields
No. of Programs been accredited each year
No. of Programs in the country
Percentage of programs
been accredited 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 Subtotal
Mechanical 2 2 2 6 5 5 22 1559 1.41%
Chemical 2 2 2 3 2 3 14 546 2.56%
EE 2 2 3 2 6 4 19 3295 0.58%
Computer 2 2 2 3 2 4 15 903 1.66%
Hydraulic 2 2 2 2 3 11 141 7.80%
Transportation 2 2 2 2 3 11 395 2.78%
Environmental 2 2 2 2 2 10 349 2.87%Light industry
and food 2 1 3 1 2 9 698 1.29%
Safety 2 2 3 3 3 13 134 5.97%
Mineral 1 3 2 2 8 239 5.44%
Subtotal 8 18 19 29 27 31 132 8529 1.55%
Architecture 1992-2011, 219 programs been accredited 1296 16.90%
Total 351 11602 3.03%
Programs been accredited
According to the overall planning, program accreditation work will cover most engineering disciplines in China (around 30 categories) within the next few years. Programs in materials, mapping, instrumentation engineering will be added in the accreditation calendar of 2012.
We will gradually increase the number of engineering programs to be accredited and enlarge the scope of accreditation work, on the premise of the quality and international comparability of accreditation results.
Future plan
Chinese Engineering Education Accreditation Association (CEEAA) is a non-profit organization affiliated with China Association for Science and Technology (CAST) .
It is authorized by the Ministry of Education to conduct engineering educational program accreditation in the territory of mainland China.
CEEAA consists of over 30 national professional associations, institutes and federations, which cover most of the engineering and technology fields in the country. With the development of accreditation work, members of CEEAA will increase gradually.
Structure of Engineering Educational Program Accreditation
Chinese Engineering Education Accreditation Association
( membership General meeting)
Board of Supervisor Council
Member(Professiona
l Association)
Member(Institute)
Member(Federation)
……
……
Sub Committee
2
Sub Committee 1
Discipline Secretariat
2
Discipline Secretariat 1
Accreditation Results
Advisory Board
Academic Board
Secretariat
Academic Dept
General Dept
Training & Consulting
DeptInfo Dept
Accreditation Dept
International Dept
CAST
Accreditation Criteria
Criteria
General Principles
General Criteria Complementary Program Criteria
Program Objective
Curriculum Faculty Management
SystemQuality
EvaluationSupportingRecourses
Students Development
Accreditation ProcessThe institution submits application
The institution conducts self-evaluation and submits self-evaluation report
Application accepted
The Sub-Committee reviews and discusses the self-evaluation report
Pass
The Accreditation Visiting team visits the campus
Submits On-site Visit Report to the sub-committee
The Accreditation Sub-committee reviews relevant documents and submit accreditation report to the Council
Council holds Plenary Meeting and votes
The Maintenance of the Accreditation Status
Policy and Procedure of Engineering Educational Programs Accreditation
The Engineering Educational Programs Accreditation Criteria
The Evaluators Selection and Training Methods for Engineering Educational Programs Accreditation
The Working Guidance for the Program Evaluators
The Preparation Working Guidance for Programs to be Accredited
(2006;2007;2008;2009;2010 ;2011Version)
Accreditation Documents
The establishment of engineering educational program accreditation system follows these general principles:
Substantial Equivalence with international accreditation systems
Third party accreditation body
Outcome based
Rigorous and normative
General Principles for Accreditation
We have actively communicated with international accreditation bodies and invited experts from England, Australia, America, Chinese Hong kong and to observe our accreditation work . They gave active assessments to our accreditation system.
Remarks from Foreign Accreditation Observers
The Chinese accreditation visit logistics were very similar to the ABET accreditation visit logistics overall. Meetings and interviews were very similar in nature between the two processes as well as documentation and student work that was examined. The Chinese accreditation team identified issues similar to what ABET accreditors comment on in the United States system, and it was quite interesting for me to see so many similarities.
——Mary E . F , Kasarda (American Society of Mechanical Engineers) after observations accreditation visit to School of Mechanical Engineering in Xi’an Jiaotong University in 2011.
The pilot accreditation system developed by CAST has been clearly founded
on an outcomes based assessment approach. The policy, criteria, governance system and assessment processes have been found to be comprehensive and rigorous and will mature to be substantially equivalent with accreditation systems operated by the Washington Accord signatories.
—— Alan Bradley (Associate Director Engineers Australia), after observing the accreditation of mechanical engineering program of HIT in 2008
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The accreditation---Feedback to Ministry of Education ,China, They are linking and driving a big projet---Outstanding Engineers Training Project--
OETP--START
2010-June 23 Universities---~60 Universities with
194 programs, 2012, ---2nd Phase with ~600
programs Enterprises--~20 Departments of State and
Association---22 Several program per Univ. ,linking Ba.
and Ma. Degree Establish teacher training center and
Practice training center for students
OETP--AIM:
TRANING THE OUTSTANDING ENGINEER Face to industry; Face to the
world ;Face to the future; The duty of different division: State and Local government Ministry of Education Enterprises, Association…… Chinese Academy of Engineering