On the afternoon of April 1, 2021, the seminar on the construction of English-taught majors was successfully held in No.109, No.8 Teaching Building, Zone A, Chongqing University. Zhiqing Zhang, dean of School of International Education, Zejun Chen, deputy dean of College  of Materials Science and Engineering, Hongyu Yang, dean assistant and some representatives of teachers of professional courses attended the meeting. The meeting was presided over by deputy dean Zejun Chen.

First of all, Zejun Chen briefly introduced the background, professional foundation, construction plan and expected goals of applying for English-taught majors. He pointed out that the School attached great importance to the construction of English-taught majors, and would fully implement the construction tasks, refine the division of tasks, and take this English-taught construction as an opportunity to promote the internationalization of the college. Afterwards, participants carried out in-depth exchanges and discussions on the construction tasks and curriculum construction.

During the exchange, Zhiqing Zhang pointed out that two ways, export and import, should be adopted to improve the internationalization level, In order to improve the convolution development of higher education, the university actively carried out import and speeds up the construction of undergraduate study sites. He put forward three suggestions on the construction of English-taught majors. First, he hoped that courses could cultivate students’ abilities according to the orientation of training. The second is to find the combination of traditional majors and new industries, integrate new technologies, break professional barriers, cross and complement each other, and share superior teaching resources. Third, we should highlight the curriculum characteristics, show the core content of the curriculum, pay attention to curriculum design and import young teachers.

In the end, Zejun Chen expressed his gratitude to Dean Zhiqing Zhang and the participating teachers. He hoped that all the course leaders would carry out the construction conscientiously around the construction task and fulfill the requirements of the construction task one by one. School of Materials Science and Engineering would do the best to provide logistics support to ensure the succuessful completion of the construction of English-taught major.