Exploration on cultivating integration capabilities of polymer talents

For cultivation and improvement of the talents with integration capability and innovative consciousness in the field of polymer science and engineering, we analyzed the current state of the curriculum establish and the teaching methods, teaching contents, and teaching means. We firstly brought out our definite cultivation objectives on the education reformation. Then, we put emphasis on the curriculum establish and suggested to setup three kinds of curriculums such as basic courses, specialized courses, and optional courses to broaden the knowledge of the students. Moreover, the research and practical teaching models were introduced into our curriculums for training the students' knowledge from the theory to practice. Some great achievements such as rapid growth of top students, high enrollment rate of postgraduate students, and high employment rate of undergraduate students were obtained through the reformations. © 2012 Springer-Verlag.