Abstract: ObjectiveIt is aimed to investigate the effects of class advisor's participation in class career group counseling on the career planning of engineering college students in application-oriented universities. MethodIt is planned to take two parallel classes of Grade 2017 from the school of mechanical and electrical engineering of Jinling Institute of Science and Technology as the research subjects. Class One of Grade2017 is set as the experimental class (N=36) and Class Two as the control class (N=37). The course of “Class career group counseling” was delivered to the experimental class when they were sophomores, which has lasted for three years. Meanwhile, the control class was not intervened by the advisor. ResultsAfter psychological counseling, the overall level of career planning in Class One was significantly improved. There are significant differences between the experimental class and the control class in the four dimensions of career awareness, career orientation, planning and emotional attitude, but no significant difference was revealed in the dimension of self-awareness. The follow-up interview shows that the students in the experimental class had clear picture about their career planning, formulated their own career planning schemes, and held distinct career development goals. The quality and quantity of employment in Class One are higher than those in the control class. ConclusionClass career psychological counseling plays a positive role in promoting the career planning of engineering Students from application-oriented universities.

Key words: Application-oriented university, Class career group counseling, Career planning