The International Forum on Engineering Education is a series of international academic conferences jointly initiated in 2018 by Tsinghua University, the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and UNESCO. The Forum aims to bring together renowned scholars, university presidents, deans of engineering schools, and industry leaders from around the world in the fields of engineering education, engineering science and technology, and engineering management, to engage in in-depth discussions on the development of engineering education and frontier issues in engineering science and technology. It seeks to promote reform and innovation in engineering education and teaching, and to contribute to advancing engineering science and technology in support of sustainable development. The Forum is held once every two years. The first, second, third, and fourth sessions were held in September 2018, December 2020, December 2022, and November 2024, respectively, and it has become an academic exchange platform with significant international influence, playing an active role in promoting innovation in engineering education philosophy and international cooperation worldwide. The forum official website is https://thu-ifee.tsinghua.edu.cn.

Engineering education is a broad spectrum encompassing engineering science education, engineering technology education, engineering management education, and engineering culture education. Artificial intelligence has been closely linked to engineering education since its inception. As the new round of technological revolution and industrial transformation deepens, artificial intelligence is influencing the modern industrial system, approaches to engineering problem-solving, the scope of engineering knowledge, and models of engineering education with unprecedented breadth, depth, and speed—bringing entirely new challenges and opportunities to the cultivation of engineering talent with outstanding technological innovation capabilities who excel at solving complex engineering problems. Against this backdrop, the 5th International Forum on Engineering Education is scheduled to take place at Tsinghua University on November 19–20, 2026. This year's Forum is themed "Engineering Education and Future Industry in the Era of Artificial Intelligence: Challenges and Opportunities," and will primarily explore: the evolution of foundational engineering theory and modes of knowledge production driven by artificial intelligence; the deep integration of artificial intelligence with engineering technologies in key fields such as energy transition, intelligent manufacturing, and smart cities; systemic transformation in engineering talent cultivation models, education systems, and organizational management mechanisms; and global perspectives, social responsibility, and humanistic care in the development of engineering culture. The year 2026 also marks the 100th anniversary of the formal establishment of engineering education at Tsinghua University, and this session will further explore effective pathways for implementing and advancing integrated reform of the systems and mechanisms for education, science and technology, and talent development, in the context of building a country strong in education, science and technology, and talent.

The Forum will run for two days. By building a high-level platform for international exchange, guided by a four-dimensional holistic view of engineering education, the Forum will provide important support for cultivating future engineering and technology talent who possess a solid scientific foundation, outstanding technical capability, systematic management competence, and deep humanistic grounding. It will continue to strengthen international cooperation and the sharing of experience in engineering education, laying a foundation for the development of future industries.