[Explanation] In 2022, 31 new undergraduate majors will be officially enrolled for the first time.

Where is the new major "new"?

What are the considerations for "introducing the old and bringing forth the new"?

Recently, reporters from China News Service visited Hohai University, Nanjing Forestry University and other universities successively.

  [Explanation] Taking the newly added smart water conservancy major of Hohai University as an example, the requirements for students' comprehensive quality are more comprehensive.

  [Concurrent] Yu Xiaodong, Director of the Smart Water Conservancy Department, School of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University

  Smart water conservancy cultivates a major that integrates water conservancy and informatization, and it is also a (major) that cultivates such compound talents. The requirements for students are not only to master the knowledge of the water conservancy industry, but also to master the knowledge of informatization, such as From the perceptual transmission of information, to the calculation of the model, and so on.

  [Explanation] Water conservancy is the school-running feature of Hohai University, and the water conservancy discipline is also an A+ discipline, which has been selected as the national "double first-class" construction discipline.

Regarding the planned enrollment, Yu Xiaodong said this.

  [Concurrent] Yu Xiaodong, Director of the Smart Water Conservancy Department, School of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University

  In 2022, the first batch of smart water conservancy undergraduate majors in (Hohai University), we expect to recruit about 30 students to cultivate a compound talent team, (they) understand both water conservancy and these emerging technologies.

  [Explanation] Yu Xiaodong told reporters that in the training process, the school will also fully implement the integrated education model of "politics, production, learning, research, and application", so that every student can learn and have strengths, so that " Jianghe Strategy” to contribute its own strength.

  [Concurrent] Yu Xiaodong, Director of the Smart Water Conservancy Department, School of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University

  Students majoring in smart water conservancy, they are mainly to build digital water conservancy, on this digital river, all these elements on the river can be reflected on my digital river, and can be demonstrated on the digital river, (it is similar to in a multimedia?) It is similar to the metaverse, able to reflect the real state of the river.

  [Explanation] The newly added smart forestry major of Nanjing Forestry University is also professional and forward-looking.

  [Concurrent] Jiang Jiang, Deputy Dean of the School of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University

  The smart forestry major is a newly added undergraduate major, which is transformed on the basis of the traditional forestry major, and incorporates new technologies, means and methods such as big data, the Internet of Things, and the Internet +. Carry out the training mode of intelligence and wisdom +.

  [Explanation] Compared with traditional forestry, smart forestry will become smarter and smarter in the future.

  [Concurrent] Jiang Jiang, Deputy Dean of the School of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University

  Traditional forestry surveys use this kind of tree trunk analysis, which is to cut the tree into this disc shape to measure its volume, (using) the new technology can use lidar or drone to scan, no need to destroy it. forest.

  [Explanation] For the newly added majors, the heads of relevant departments of many colleges and universities also gave expectations and prospects.

  [Concurrent] Zhang Shaoliang, Minister of Academic Affairs of China University of Mining and Technology

  Since 2017, we have added a total of 17 majors and suspended 8 majors. In this way, our professional structure system is more suitable for the needs of today's society.

  [Concurrent] Jiang Jiang, Deputy Dean of the School of Forestry, Nanjing Forestry University

  The establishment of the new major conforms to the increasing demand for this kind of compound talents in the times, and requires knowledge of computers, Internet of Things (etc.), (I think) in the compound talent training model, students will have more knowledge. capacity.

  [Concurrent] Yu Xiaodong, Director of the Smart Water Conservancy Department, School of Water Conservancy and Hydropower, Hohai University

  In the training process, we also pay special attention to practical training skills, practice and operation. We also hope that more talents can choose this major and can contribute to the high-quality development of water conservancy.

  Reporter Ge Yong reports from Nanjing, Jiangsu

Responsible editor: [He Sanli]