The College adheres to the educational philosophy of “talent cultivation as the foundation, academic research as the guide, social service as the support, and cultural inheritance as the mission.” It serves the strategies of “Building a Strong Education Nation,” “Building a Strong Science and Technology Nation,” and “Building a Strong Transportation Nation,” focusing on talent cultivation, scientific research, and social service in civil engineering, transportation engineering, and related fields. The College actively connects with the talent needs of intelligent construction, smart transportation, and digital operation and maintenance sectors, building a new model for cultivating top innovative talents and establishing a new open educational framework for high-level education.

1. Leading through Party Building and Implementing the “Soul-Forming Education Leadership Project”

With the “Craftsmanship in Education, ‘Concrete’ Construction of the Soul” concept, the College has established a prominent engineering brand. It invites industry experts and technical professionals to conduct nine sessions of the “Craftsmanship Appointment,” sharing reports, allowing students to experience the spirit of craftsmanship embodied by national artisans, who pursue excellence and uphold innovation. The College continues to carry out unique Party-building activities such as “Building Dreams with Concrete” and other community activities, where students can enhance their sense of responsibility and mission to contribute to national science and technology. Activities like “Traffic Knowledge in Primary Schools” and “Gathering ‘Traffic’ Infrastructure, ‘Concrete’ Assistance for Rural Revitalization” strengthen students’ sense of social responsibility.

1. Implementing Moral Education and Talent Development, Enacting the “Talent Cultivation Quality Enhancement Project”

The College actively integrates into national infrastructure development, continuously strengthens professional connotation, and optimizes the professional structure by developing new engineering disciplines like intelligent construction and smart transportation, thereby upgrading traditional programs. The College focuses on the construction needs of a strong education nation, a strong transportation nation, and a strong construction nation, creating an innovative talent cultivation platform. It fosters a holistic education approach that includes “moral development, intellectual enlightenment, physical fitness, aesthetic refinement, and labor cultivation,” and promotes a comprehensive educational philosophy. New minor programs in low-altitude smart technology and low-carbon smart energy provide further support for personalized and diversified talent cultivation.

The College fully implements the “student-centered” education and teaching philosophy, promoting teaching reforms such as inquiry-based, case-based, blended, and flipped classrooms. This enhances student engagement and creates exciting learning environments. The College has pushed for diversified course assessments, achieving 100% coverage of exam method reforms and gaining recognition for excellent case studies. It upholds high-quality classroom textbooks, with faculty members awarded national and provincial teaching accolades, such as the “Advanced Individual in National Textbook Construction” and “Second Prize of Excellent Textbooks in Heilongjiang Province.” Three Heilongjiang Provincial Planned Textbooks have been published, and three textbooks have been recommended for evaluation as National Planned Textbooks.

1. Promoting the Integration of Program and Innovation, Implementing the “Innovation and Entrepreneurship Leapfrogging Project”

The College organizes university-level, provincial-level, and national-level innovation and entrepreneurship activities to foster an environment of active participation in innovation. The College combines the characteristics of civil engineering and transportation programs to host several distinguished competitions, including Structural Design, Transportation Technology, Energy Conservation and Emission Reduction, Intelligent Measurement, National Undergraduate Advanced Graphics Technology and Product Information Modeling Innovation Competition, BIM Graduation Design, Zhou Peiyuan Mechanics, and Digital Building Competitions. These competitions support three program courses, enhancing their “advanced, innovative, and challenging” nature, and create a dual empowerment system integrating teaching and competition.

Innovation training projects cover all students, with competition results becoming a key academic evaluation criterion. Recently, students have won the silver prize in the national “Challenge Cup” and the third prize in the China International College Student Innovation Competition. In addition, in the eight featured national competitions, the College has consistently earned multiple special prizes and first prizes, contributing to the university’s top ranking in the national agricultural and forestry university academic competition leaderboard for six consecutive years.

1. Focusing on Talent Development and Implementing the “Excellence Talent Introduction and Cultivation Project”

The College emphasizes both talent introduction and cultivation, optimizing the faculty structure. The current faculty consists of 165 full-time teachers, including 26 professors and 61 associate professors, with one national teaching master, two provincial teaching masters, one provincial “Curriculum Ideology and Politics” teaching master, and nine university-level esteemed teachers. The College also has a newly established engineering faculty development center for new engineering disciplines. The College enhances the construction of teaching research offices and teams, actively participates in virtual research activities, and builds a high-quality, innovative, professional teaching staff. In recent years, the College has received seven provincial-level higher education teaching achievement awards, one Ministry of Education New Engineering Research and Reform Practice project, and more than 20 provincial-level educational reform projects.

The College promotes grassroots teaching organization construction, energizing these groups, and creating a well-structured, functional, and practical organizational system. These efforts support teaching development through activities such as collective lesson preparation, special research, and classroom observation, accelerating the growth of teaching staff. The College also provides training for new faculty members and enhances teacher development, expanding opportunities for professional development through various forms of faculty training, covering all teachers.