Abstract: Improving the career adaptability of application-oriented undergraduates is very important, and the freshman period is the critical stage. Investigating the career adaptability of freshmen in application-oriented undergraduate,and analysis the current status and influencing factors of freshmen’s career adaptability in application-oriented university. The results show that the career adaptability of freshmen in application-oriented university is at a medium level, and the career curiosity is higher than other dimensions, but the career adjustment is lower. The analysis of the influencing factors of career adaptability, targeted interventions can be proposed to effectively improve students’ career adaptability.

Key words: Application-oriented university, Freshmen, Career adaptability, Six dimensions, Influence factors, Improving path