The School of Foreign Languages visited Croda (Shanghai) Co., Ltd. on the morning of April 2 to discuss the revision of its 2026 English major talent training program, graduate employment, and the development of industry-specific English courses in College English Reform. Shen Jiexin, the company's human resources director, hosted the delegation. The two sides also discussed corporate hiring needs, curriculum optimization, internships, and cooperation models. The visit focused on refining an interdisciplinary English major program combining language studies, artificial intelligence, and cosmetics.

At the meeting, Dean Pan Zhidan outlined the school's interdisciplinary English major training program and plans for industry-specific College English courses. She said the school is leveraging the university's strengths in fragrance, flavor, and cosmetics to develop an English major program combining languages, artificial intelligence, and cosmetics. The program aims to integrate English major education with industry needs. Pan noted that the school also provides language and internationalization support for other majors through its College English courses. She said the school hopes to strengthen corporate ties and expand internships and jobs for students.

Shen Jiexin spoke highly of the school’s practice in developing interdisciplinary talent training models. She pointed out that amid industrial upgrading and corporate globalization, professionals equipped with solid English capability and industrial professional knowledge have become core recruitment standards for enterprises. Positions in R&D communication, international procurement, overseas marketing, and cross-border e-commerce require staff who understand product technology and industry context, she said. Shen recommended adding the cutting-edge industrial knowledge like phytochemistry, functional skincare, and sustainable development to the English major curriculum, alongside business English and industry-specific translation training, to better prepare students for the workplace.

Both sides also reached preliminary consensus on school-enterprise collaborative education and employment cooperation. Croda will offer internships, invite industry experts to lecture on campus, and explore joint summer camps and corporate clubs to identify talent early. The School of Foreign Languages will provide customized language training to meet the company's needs.

This visit serves as an important reference for the school to optimize curriculum setting and revise talent training schemes, and also effectively broadens employment paths for graduates. In the future, the two sides will continue to deepen practical cooperation, steadily advance the development of off-campus internship bases and on-campus teaching by enterprise mentors, and promote the effective alignment of the education, talent and industrial chains.