Abstract: Under the engineering education professional certification, it is necessary to focus on cultivating students' ability to propose and solve practical engineering problems for colleges and universities. The traditional assessment model of Material Mechanics is not diverse enough and the knowledge points are few, which is difficult to assess the above-mentioned abilities of students, and the traditional assessment model pays too much attention to summary evaluation and neglects continuous improvement. Taking China University of Mining and Technology as an example, some preliminary assessment mode reform and continuous improvement plans for Material Mechanics are given: improve the teachers’ engineering literacy and teaching skills; build teaching case library of Material Mechanics with characteristics of China University of Mining and Technology; reform assessment mode to enhance students' ability to propose and solve engineering practice problems; continuously improve the assessment mechanism, assessment system and assessment methods.

Key words: Engineering education, Professional certification, Material mechanics, Assessment mode, Continuous improvement