Innovation Ability Cultivation of Automation Major Students

Nowadays in China, university education is gradually shifting from elite education to mass education. The amount of college graduates increases rapidly, in order to improve students' competitiveness in the fierce competition, the cultivation of innovation spirit and innovation ability is of crucial importance. The exploration and practice of automation major students' innovation ability cultivation in Northeast Petroleum University is introduced in this paper. By Setting up innovation education concept, building innovation experiment platform, constructing teaching staff and building innovation team, students' innovation thinking, innovation spirit and innovation ability is cultivated. We have obtained preliminary achievement on cultivating automation innovation talents. The results during the past few years show that students' innovation ability is promoted.