EXPLORATION AND PRACTICE OF CULTIVATING NEW ENGINEERING TALENTS BASED ON THE “STRENGTHING BASIC DISCIPLINES PLAN” IN PHYSICS DISCIPLINE

The construction of the new engineering disciplines and the “Strengthening Basic Disciplines Plan” are significant strategic initiatives successively deployed by the Ministry of Education at the national level to cultivate future talents in new technologies and outstanding talents in basic disciplines. As one of the first batch of “Strengthening Basic Disciplines Plan” majors identified by the Ministry of Education, physics, being the cornerstone of natural sciences, will also be the original driving force and virgin land for the development of new engineering disciplines. Can we effectively connect the construction of new engineering disciplines with the “Strengthening Basic Disciplines Plan” in physics majors, build a platform for the integration and shared construction of science and engineering, create an integrated cultivation mechanism for undergraduate, master's, and doctoral programs in science and engineering, and achieve a talent cultivation model that transitions from science to the integration of science and engineering? This article introduces the implementation plan, reform measures, and preliminary achievements of cultivating new engineering talents based on the “Strengthening Basic Disciplines Plan” in physics majors at comprehensive universities with engineering advantages. It reports on the exploration and practice of Xi'an Jiaotong University in carrying out reform of the talent cultivation model and mechanism in new engineering disciplines based on the physical discipline, hoping to provide references and insights for other universities with engineering advantages to cultivate new engineering talents in their physics disciplines.