https://www.hksmp.com/journals/eer/issue/feedEngineering Education Review2025-05-30T00:00:00+08:00EER Editorial Officeeditorialoffice1@eerjournal.orgOpen Journal Systems<p><strong>Background</strong></p> <p> The complex and ever-changing world, as the rapid development of new technologies present unprecedented opportunities and challenges to engineering education, which propels social progress and determines the future of humanity. However, there is not a special review of engineering education journal.</p> <p><strong>aims and scope</strong></p> <p>Led by an outstanding Editorial Board of international experts, this journal focuses on professional development, aim to display cutting-edge and topical issues, to lead disciplinary innovation, and to promote academic communications. The journal publishes critical analysis, summary, and evaluation of previous research to expand new perspectives, to guide paradigm shifts in engineering education, and to improve academic discourse and practice systems.</p> <p><strong>target audience</strong></p> <p>Experts and scholars engaged in the field of engineering education, teachers and students of primary and secondary schools, universities, researchers in research institutions, educational policy makers and implementers of various countries, etc.</p> <p><strong>covered disciplines or sub-disciplines</strong><strong>（> 10 Hot topics should be listed）</strong></p> <ul> <li>engineering science education</li> <li>engineering technology education</li> <li>engineering management education</li> <li>engineering culture education</li> <li>global trends and frontiers in engineering education</li> <li>engineering education strategy research</li> <li>reform and practice of engineering education</li> <li>comparative analysis of regional engineering education</li> <li>interdisciplinary engineering education</li> <li>soft science research in engineering education.</li> </ul> <p>other topics related with engineering education.</p>https://www.hksmp.com/journals/eer/article/view/854The elements and reform path of core competencies for excellent engineers in China2025-01-11T21:27:03+08:00Dexin Huhudexin0710@126.comHaixin Song2093970622@qq.com<p>In the context of the continuous evolution of the new industrial revolution, cultivating a large number of excellent engineers is an effective path to empower China's high-level scientific and technological self-reliance and promote the development of new productive forces. As a key evaluation indicator for measuring the quality of excellent engineer training, core competencies have significant academic value and practical significance when studied systematically. Based on existing research literature, this paper systematically discusses the elements, measurement, and pathways of core competencies for excellent engineers. The research results show that: (1) In terms of concept and theoretical foundation, there is currently no unified definition of core competencies for excellent engineers, and analyses are mainly based on the theory of competence-based education and the iceberg model. (2) In terms of constituent elements, there are two typical models: the Anglo-American system, which emphasizes comprehensive qualities, and the Franco-German system, which emphasizes practical abilities. The current design of core competency standards for excellent engineers in China mainly focuses on learning from the Anglo-American system, relatively neglecting the cultivation of practical abilities. (3) In terms of research methods, qualitative research methods are predominantly used, while quantitative methods are less applied. (4) In terms of influencing factors, the core competencies of excellent engineers are influenced by a mix of multiple stakeholder groups, including learners, educators, universities, governments, enterprises, and society. (5) In terms of policies to promote reform, current research mainly argues from five levels: institutional, organizational, pedagogical, technological, and evaluative.</p>2025-05-30T00:00:00+08:00Copyright (c) 2025 Dexin Hu, Haixin Song