TongjiUniversityhasrecentlylaunchedthecourseof“Introduc⁃tiontoIndustry4.0”,the firstcourseonIndustry4.0inChineseuniversities.Asanimportantparttocompletestudents’knowledgenetwork,thecourseaimstoenablestudentstolearnthelatestdevel⁃opmenttrendofindustries,befa⁃miliaraboutthedevelopmentofindustrialrevolutionsinhistoryandlookintofuturetransformationstobebroughtaboutwiththefourthindustrial revolution. Such fu⁃ture-orientedwayofeducationisquiteinspiringtotheeducationalreforminuniversities.

　　Thecourseisopentoallstu⁃dentsonthecampuswithstudentsofsciences and engineeringasmaintargets,includingtheSchoolofMechanicalEngineeringandtheSchoolofElectronicsandInfor⁃mation.ProfessorChenMingistheteacherofthiscourse.“Thecoursehelps to integrate theoreticalteachingintheuniversityandcur⁃rentdevelopmentstatusoffacto⁃riessothatstudentsonthecampuscan adapt to the developmentneedsoffutureindustry.Bytakingthiscourse,studentswillgetaba⁃sicunderstandingoftheactualde⁃velopmentstatusofindustriesandgetfullawarenessofwhatfunda⁃mentalskillsareneededforindus⁃trialdevelopmentinthefuture,”Chensaid.