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<article xsi:noNamespaceSchemaLocation="http://jats.nlm.nih.gov/publishing/1.1/xsd/JATS-journalpublishing1-mathml3.xsd" dtd-version="1.1" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">IEF</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title>International Education Forum</journal-title></journal-title-group><issn>3083-4902</issn><eissn>2981-8605</eissn><publisher><publisher-name>Bio-Byword Scientific Publishing Pty. Ltd.</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.26689/IEF.v4i8.15349</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="heading"><subject>Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title>Development and Practice of a Quality Evaluation System for Professional Graduate Education in Engineering</title><url>https://artdesignp.com/journal/IEF/4/8/10.26689/IEF.v4i8.15349</url><author>LvYuexia,ShiYanbin,ZhangHui,ZhaoWei,DuJin</author><pub-date pub-type="publication-year"><year>2026</year></pub-date><volume>4</volume><issue>8</issue><history><date date-type="pub"><published-time>2026-08-31</published-time></date></history><abstract>There are many limitations in the current quality evaluation of engineering professional graduate education, such as a lack of alignment between evaluation criteria and educational goals, neglect of the educational process, absence of assessment for industry-university cooperation, and limited application of evaluation results in quality improvement. Due to the above limitations, a quality assurance system for engineering practice, technological innovation, and professional ability has been established. The framework has set different evaluation criteria, multiple indicators, multi-party participation, and systematically used the evaluation results. The framework has been used for the professional graduate programs at the School of Mechanical Engineering. After implementation, the indices of engineering-oriented training, management of the educational process, participation in industry, and application of evaluation results for quality improvement have been observed.</abstract><keywords>Professional graduate education, Quality evaluation, Engineering education, Industry-education integration, Continuous improvement</keywords></article-meta></front><body/><back><ref-list><ref id="B1" content-type="article"><label>1</label><element-citation publication-type="journal"><p>[1]&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Harvey L, Green D, 1993, Defining Quality. Assessment &amp;amp; Evaluation in Higher Education, 18(1): 9&amp;ndash;34.
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