Role and practice of competition, platform and base in mechanical major

Subject contest is one of the important means to cultivate the ability of “creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship”, the engineering practice ability and the comprehensive quality for students. At the same time, it plays an important role in cultivating the students´ comprehensive quality of learning awareness, autonomous learning ability, scientific spirit, cooperation consciousness, team spirit, organizational ability, and competitive strength. The platforms and the off-campus bases are an important condition for implementing subject competitions. This paper analyzes the relationship between the competition and the ability and quality. It summarizes the content, organization and implementation effect of the mechanical discipline comprehensive competition run jointly by university, society and industry and involved in by everyone. This form of the competition changes the past situation that a few of students participated in the competition, and makes that the student participation has reached nearly 80%. A strong academic atmosphere and plenty of practice opportunities can train the comprehensive ability of students.