XJTU wins the best group award at the 20th China Graduate Electronics Design Contest.

The finals of the 20th China Graduate Electronics Design Contest were held in Shenzhen, South China's Guangdong province, on Aug 17. Xi'an Jiaotong University (XJTU) secured a total of 45 awards in the contest, including 14 national first prizes and the best group award, marking its seventh consecutive championship win.

This year's contest started in March 2025, with 8,228 teams from 333 universities and research institutes registering, involving more than 34,000 teachers and students. XJTU selected 204 teams to participate, of which 43 advanced to the national finals, winning seven first prizes, four second prizes, and two third prizes in the technical category; seven first prizes, eight second prizes, and five third prizes in the business plan category; two first prizes, three second prizes, and six third prizes in the enterprise competition; and one award for the most commercially valuable project.

After registration for the contest opened, XJTU's Faculty of Electronic and Information Engineering created a dual-track practice platform for curriculum, developed a closed-loop training path and full-process innovation and entrepreneurship teaching method, and formed a three-level training system, inviting 17 experts to select the best of 204 teams through a "double-blind review + on-site defense" model in the preliminary competition.

It also arranged for advanced polishing of the works of 54 teams that advanced to the competition, invited off-campus experts, professors, and industry professionals serving as judges to conduct simulated defenses and formed a team for guidance in the national competition, enhancing students' innovative and practical abilities.

The Graduate School of XJTU will develop a competition-based education model that stimulates innovation, collaborative education, and the integration of industry, academia, research, and finance; cultivate graduate students' practical engineering abilities; and strengthen exchanges and cooperation with domestic and international universities and research institutions.