Author(s)

Han Li ¹, Kun Xia ¹, Qingqing Yuan ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Department of Electrical Engineering, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai, China

Corresponding Author

Han Li

ABSTRACT

Engineering undergraduate education is facing increasing challenges as emerging industries such as artificial intelligence, integrated circuits, and the low-altitude economy rapidly develop. Modern engineering practice involves highly information-intensive, interdisciplinary, and complex systems, placing higher demands on students’ systems engineering capabilities. However, existing undergraduate engineering education models often suffer from insufficient industry-education integration and project-based teaching that lacks methodological support. To address these issues, this paper proposes a project-based training model driven by Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE), in which MBSE serves as the core methodological framework rather than a task or result-oriented supplement. An MBSE-lifecycle-driven framework is adopted to restructure project-based teaching, encompassing requirement capture, system modelling, subsystem design and integration, and verification and validation. The proposed model emphasizes process-oriented learning and systems thinking. Furthermore, a new industry-education collaboration mechanism with deep enterprise participation and a multi-perspective evaluation system based on MBSE process artifacts are established. The proposed approach provides a systematic pathway for enhancing undergraduates’ ability to solve complex engineering problems and offers a replicable paradigm for engineering education reform and talent cultivation in emerging industries.

KEYWORDS

Model-based systems engineering (MBSE), project-based learning, engineering education, university-industry collaboration, systems engineering capability

CITE THIS PAPER

Han Li, Kun Xia, Qingqing Yuan, Exploring a Project-Based Training Model for Engineering Undergraduates Driven by Model-Based Systems Engineering. Advances in Educational Technology and Psychology (2025) Vol. 9: 131-136. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/aetp.2025.090619.

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