Abstract: In response to the current development status of the discipline of bioengineering and the structural challenges faced by talent cultivation, combined with the empowering role of discipline competitions in innovative talent cultivation, the bioengineering major at China Three Gorges University has established a deep integration of discipline competitions and talent cultivation in its educational model. Through the infiltration of competition concepts in entrance education, strengthening the construction of mentor teams, improving the“combination of learning and competition”training program, and establishing multi-dimensional guarantee and incentive mechanisms, the organic connection between subject competitions and the entire process of talent cultivation can be achieved. Practice has shown that this model significantly enhances students'research and innovation abilities as well as their academic competition results. In the past three years, the number of national level competition awards has achieved a leapfrog growth, and the core competencies of graduates have shown outstanding performance. This fully verifies the effectiveness of“promoting learning through competitions and educating people through competitions”and provides a practical paradigm for the cultivation of high-quality talents in the field of biotechnology.

Key words: Subject competition, Bioengineering, Talent cultivation, Combining learning and competition, Engineering education, Tutorial system