There are 31 new undergraduate majors added this year, with smart engineering accounting for nearly 26%

Recently, the Ministry of Education issued the "Notice on the Announcement of the Registration and Approval Results of Undergraduate Majors in General Colleges and Universities in 2021", including 31 new majors in the "Catalogue of Undergraduate Majors in General Colleges and Universities" , covering nine major disciplines including science, engineering, agriculture, economics, law, education, and management, and is included in the 2022 undergraduate enrollment plans of relevant universities.

It is not difficult to find that among the 31 new undergraduate majors, engineering has added 14 majors, accounting for the highest proportion, followed by It's agriculture and art. In addition, Beijing Jiaotong University has added a major in intelligent transportation engineering, Harbin Engineering University has added a major in smart ocean technology, and Northwest A&F University has added a major in smart forestry and smart water conservancy. These majors are the first to be set up in universities across the country.

So, why are these majors added? On the one hand, new majors focus on high-precision fields, and universities proactively serve national strategies, regional economic and social and industrial development needs. On the other hand, the establishment of new majors fully reflects the distinctive interdisciplinary characteristics. For example, the addition of the "Aerospace Intelligent Electric Propulsion Technology" major at Beihang University is an important measure to actively respond to the national "dual carbon" strategic development goals, serve the country's major needs, and implement the policy of cultivating high-quality talents in the new era.

In addition, it includes the "four new" interdisciplinary majors such as "wisdom+" and "intelligence+" that adapt to the new round of scientific and technological revolution and industrial transformation, as well as those required for social and economic development. Other majors are an important measure for my country's higher education to proactively adapt to changes in economic and social development needs and effectively improve the independent and controllable ability of talent supply.

As a candidate, you must fully consider your interests, expertise, abilities and other factors, and understand the training goals, curriculum, future employment positions and career development of the 31 new undergraduate majors etc. questions. At the same time, it is recommended that you find majors or subject categories in the school that are similar to the new majors, and understand the average admission scores of these majors in previous years as a reference.

Majors are the basic platform and basic unit for talent training in colleges and universities. The quality and structure of majors directly affect colleges and universities.The effectiveness of moral education is directly related to the ability of higher education to support and serve economic and social development. I believe that with the addition of 31 undergraduate majors and the approval of 38 universities for new majors, we will continue to promote talent training and scientific research output, and better serve the national strategy and economic and social development needs.