Abstract: This article takes Delphi theory as the ideological guidance and builds a social evaluation mechanism for water conservancy and hydropower engineering under the standard framework of engineering education certification. With the characteristics of anonymity, feedback and statistics, it explores its corresponding operation mode. Through practical cases, the feasibility and effectiveness of the established social evaluation mechanism and operation mode of the water conservancy and hydropower engineering specialty in the rationality of training goals, the rationality of graduation requirements, the rationality of the curriculum system and other aspects of professional teaching are set. , The results show that professional education should further work on improving students’ sense of social responsibility, international perspective, water conservancy informatization, and writing skills. The establishment of the mechanism also provides theoretical guidance for further enhancing the social value and satisfaction of the profession.

Key words: Delphi, Engineering education professional certification, Water conservancy and hydropower engineering major, Social evaluation