Abstract: Aiming at the current situation of the development of the National University Student Smart Car Competition and the difficulties encountered in the organization and implementation of the competition, the author analyzed the problems existing in the process of training, selection, and preparation, and carried out a reform of the training mode. The implementation results show that the training mode is effective, sustainable, and promotable. Through the training of competitions, students have conducted multi-angle and multi-level practice. It formed a good style of competition and learning, promoted the deep integration of theoretical teaching and practical teaching, achieved high-quality talent cultivation, high-quality graduation, high-quality employment, and high-quality education, added impetus to talent cultivation in universities.

Key words: Discipline competitions, Smart car competition, Innovation, Talent training, Training mode, Practical teaching