The 4th National Instrument Graduation Design Competition, organized by Chongqing University, and co-hosted by the Ministry of Education’s Advisory Committee for Instrumentation Programs, the Education Committee of the China Instrument and Control Society, and the Shenyang Society of Instrumentation and Automation, has recently concluded successfully. Among 147 participating universities, Chengdu University of Technology (CDUT) achieved the second place nationwide in overall score, earning the First Prize for Team—a historic breakthrough for the university in this competition. Out of over 700 outstanding submissions from across the country, students and faculty from the Measurement and Control Technology and Instrumentation major of CDUT won three First Prizes, one Second Prize, and two Third Prizes.

Launched in November 2024, the competition started work submission on May 10, 2025, and concluded after half a year of rigorous preparation, preliminary reviews, semi-finals, and final presentations. A total of 700 projects were submitted by 147 universities from 28 provinces, and the evaluation was conducted by a panel of 342 university faculty experts, marking record highs in both participation and judging scale.

▲ List of award-winning universities

▲ CDUT award recipients

Throughout the competition, CDUT’s Academic Affairs Office and the College of Nuclear Technology and Automation Engineering provided full support to the competing teams. This included wide-ranging mobilization, online and offline workshops, access to laboratory equipment and materials, and a strict internal selection process to recommend the strongest entries—laying a solid foundation for the university’s impressive achievements.

Looking ahead, CDUT will continue to deepen its professional education reform efforts, promote alignment between instrumentation-related graduation design and industry needs, and strive for even greater success in future competitions.