The morning session is dedicated to the projects. Students collect the graded reports from the previous week, submit reports for the current week, and receive the assignment due the following week. Each week, a different team of students present their solution to the problem, defend it in front of the class, then grade everyone else's reports. A team of instructors will teach the course, each covering between one and three lectures. Each week, the instructor takes charge of the class late morning to present a new engineering problem.
Class stays together for lunch to discuss the new problem.
In the afternoon, the instructor gives a 3-hour lecture covering some of the theory required to solve the problem. After two semesters and 26 projects, the students will have solved a wide variety of problems, ranging from modeling environmental pollution and studying the structure of engineering materials, to designing large computer programs and analyzing the behavior of electrical systems. We expect all the graduates to complete master degrees within two years, and many will continue work towards doctoral degrees. The requirements and the expectations of the CNY-ACE exceed the ability of most engineering graduates. Therefore, only the very best engineers are invited to participate, those who combine superior academic credentials with the personality traits required for leadership.