2003 National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest Starts in China

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2003 National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest Starts in China

The 2003 National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest opened for applications Thursday.

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The 2003 National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest opened for applications Thursday.

The contest, to be held from September 15 to 18, would attract more than 6,000 electronic majors from over 300 universities nationwide, said the organizing committee.

The contestants are required to finish their compulsory design programs within four days to compete for the Sony Cup.

The contest, the sixth of its kind since 1994, was jointly organized by the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education, the Personnel Department of the Ministry of Information Industry and the Sony Company. The number of contestants has increased from about 600 in 1994 to over 6,000 in 2001.

"The contest aims to promote reform in teaching and curriculum,encourage innovative spirit among college students and hone their practical skills," said Ge Daokai, deputy director of the Higher Education Department of the Ministry of Education.

Shen Bohong, professor with Beijing University, is also the director of the expert group for the contest.

He said at Thursday's ceremony that the contest had showed its effects in reforming college teaching and curriculum. Over half ofChina's universities now offer electronic design, which was not featured in any college curriculum before 1994, said Shen.

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