Development of Design Directed Engineering Curriculum based on the CDIO Framework

As economic reform in China has made significant progress in the last 25 years, there is an urgent need to reform higher education system to better serve increasing needs of society and industry. College of Engineering at Shantou University adopted CDIO education framework to re-design engineering programs. A design directed engineering education approach based on CDIO has been developed to re-design curricula and course contents. Since this is a college wide implementation of a new engineering education paradigm, detailed steps have been taken to ensure smooth transition from the current curricular to the new curricula. This paper discusses the implementation process and progress as well as potential challenges.

2nd International CDIO Conference, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden, 13 – 14 June 2006