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The profound societal impacts of technological developments call for a drastic change in the education of engineering leadership. There are too many definitions and theories of leadership all over the world. However, only recently has the term engineering leadership been introduced and the exact definition is still in progress. The aim of this research project is to answer the following: from the perspective of academics and professionals, what is engineering leadership and what skills are required to be a leader in engineering? How curricular changes to achieve "excellence" with which is defined and measured. Being a leading institution of China's modern national defense technology, National University of Defense Technology (NUDT) has been playing an important role in engineering talents cultivation, defense technology research and military modernization in China, contributing significantly to China’s aerospace cause, such as manned space flight, as well as the cyberspace development, demonstrated by “Tianhe-2” supercomputer project which ranks as the first place in 2014 top 500 supercomputer ranking again. This paper first provides a summary of interviewed of 91 experts and professors who have got certain achievements in the engineering leadership field. The transcripts were analyzed using a constant comparative method to determine constructs related to engineering leadership. An exploratory factor analysis determined the common factors across the survey items. The mixed methods approach resulted in the creation of 22 survey items categorized into four factors: Character (Ability), Technical, Management and Cultural. After that, this paper studies a real case of NUDT’s Master of Engineering education with determined themes and established a matched curriculum system which could be used to develop and improve engineering leadership. Last, the paper showed prospects of follow-up development.

Achieving Excellence in Master of Engineering Education: A Case Study of National University of Defense Technology’s Practice