Leading Generation Z in Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology, deeply cultivating AI cross domain capabilities

        With the full entry of Generation Z into university campuses, their study habits and career perspectives exhibit a distinct Digital Natives color. They are accustomed to quickly obtaining "key segments" through online platforms, short videos, and resources, engaging in fragmented learning, and pursuing "instant feedback, sense of meaning, and cross-border integration". In terms of career philosophy, compared to pursuing single stability, I am more inclined to try slash, entrepreneurship, or cross disciplinary development, seeking psychological traits of self practice.

                Insight into the characteristics of Generation Z and using 'digital courses' to enable unlimited learning

        To bridge the "learning application gap" between higher education and industry, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology adopts a strategic positioning of "industry setting questions, academia solving problems", focusing on the three characteristic industries of "information and communication, health care, and textiles". In response to students' preference for digital tools, we actively promote the "digital learning" strategy, produce digital teaching materials, and make learning no longer limited to the classroom, in order to cope with the fragmented and flexible learning habits of Generation Z.

        In terms of specific implementation, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology promotes the integration of three tracks: "AI collaboration", "certification counseling", and "internship system". On the one hand, it introduces "AI literacy" and offers micro credit courses covering artificial intelligence, intelligent innovation applications, etc. every academic year, allowing students to learn precise questioning and have judgment on AI output. On the other hand, considering that rarer certificates and licenses can enhance students' employment competitiveness, 16 certificate and license examination rooms and 11 national examination rooms have been established on campus, allowing students to obtain specific professional ability certificates during their studies. Every year, more than 1200 professional licenses are awarded, with bonuses exceeding one million yuan, maintaining a proportion of over 30% of students obtaining professional licenses. Thirdly, in order to ensure that students possess the practical skills required by enterprises and meet their pursuit of practical learning value, the school has opened internship courses and institutionalized enterprise internships. In the past three years, the number of participants has exceeded 3700, with a total of over 2.45 million hours and internship institutions satisfying more than 80% of students.

        Driving innovation achievements and practices from thematic competitions to industry academia implementation

                In response to Generation Z's desire for "immediate feedback and practical significance," Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology breaks down traditional departmental barriers, integrates "cross disciplinary courses" into various departments, actively promotes innovation and entrepreneurship related courses, guides students to participate in domestic and international thematic competitions, transforms academic research into tools for solving real problems, and brings real industry problems into teaching scenarios through Collaboration between Industry and School and teaching by industry professionals, shortening the gap in ability to enter the workplace.

        With the support of school funding, professors and students have transformed into on campus entrepreneurial inventors. In the 113th academic year, they promoted 65 Collaboration between Industry and School cases, obtained an average of more than 40 certified patents each year, and earned over one million yuan in technology transfer income; In addition, the research and development projects of teachers and students have also won gold, silver, and bronze medals at major international invention exhibitions, winning over 60 awards every year. For example, the AI vascular recognition and medical speech recognition system is a successful case of cross departmental cooperation and joint solution to real industrial problems with Far Eastern Memorial Hospital. In addition to leveraging the synergy of the group, it also has the value of research results from campus to practical and industrial implementation, and allows students to receive direct and strong feedback from it.

        Maximizing the Group's Comprehensive Efficiency to Construct a Micro Social Ecological System of "Integrating Employment with Learning"

        Compared to other universities, the core advantage of Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology lies in the Far Eastern Group, which is a 'micro social ecosystem' that provides students with a unique growth environment. The school will connect the three major colleges with Far Eastern Group's business group, such as the School of Electronic Communications collaborating with Far EasTone Telecommunications on 5G and artificial intelligence Internet of Things (IoT) (AIoT), the School of Engineering collaborating with Asia Cement Corporation to develop materials, and the School of Healthcare and Management collaborating with Far Eastern Memorial Hospital to implement smart healthcare.

                Given that early integration into the workplace can provide a sense of practical achievement for Generation Z, effectively shorten the gap between learning and application, and establish competitiveness in the workplace. In order to motivate students to participate in group internships, in addition to creating the "Far Eastern Practice Micro Program", we also promote diverse internship programs such as Far Eastern Group Internship Program A (reserve talent), Program B (summer industry university internship), and reserve talent program. The school and the group also provide excellent talent retention incentive mechanisms to meet the psychological needs of Generation Z for "immediate feedback, sense of meaning, and cross-border integration", achieving a retention rate of about 31% for group internships in the past three years and realizing the goal of "interning on campus and employment upon graduation". Moreover, the average employment rate of graduates in the past three years is 90.19%, and the average employer satisfaction rate is also as high as 93.9%; What is even more remarkable is that the average salary of students participating in the school's "Top notch Program" is 19% higher than the initial salary in Taiwan, indicating that the talents cultivated by the school are highly recognized by the industry.

        Looking ahead to the transformation of the education hall into a talent accelerator in the future

        In the face of future technological transformation, Asia Eastern University of Science and Technology believes that what Taiwan needs most is to cultivate "cross domain integrators" with digital technology literacy, innovative thinking ability, and the ability to solve complex problems under the support of AI. The school will be extended to become a co creation base for industrial upgrading, continuously cultivating talents with the 4C traits of communication, collaboration, creativity, and care. It not only imparts professional skills, but also strives to become the most solid talent support for Far Eastern Group and Taiwan's industrial evolution process.

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