International Mentor Development Programme

The International Mentor Development Programme (IMDP) is not merely a skills training course, but a comprehensive role‑transition solution. Through three core modules – academic methodology empowerment, teaching competency reshaping, and industry‑university‑research integration mindset building – it provides systematic academic training for industry experts, transforming their accumulated practical experience into teachable and replicable educational resources, and enabling a two‑way transition from practitioner to educator.

• Enhance Teaching Ability

Discover your personal teaching style, master practical AI teaching tools, and learn to create highly effective learning environments.

• Strengthen Professional Influence

Boost classroom engagement and personal branding, and foster a positive, inclusive classroom culture.

• Expand Professional Network

Connect with the XJTLU Entrepreneur College ecosystem and build relationships with industry experts and fellow educators.

• Bridge Industry and Education

Integrate frontline practical experience into teaching to cultivate future leaders with a sense of responsibility and innovative spirit.

• Realize Personal Value

Elevate yourself through the mutual growth inherent in teaching and become a key force in advancing Industry Education.

Practice

Fully respect the accumulated experience and insights of senior enterprise managers over the years. Assist them in utilising the relevant “materials” from their past corporate work environments to design course frameworks, making their output more actionable and effective.

Application

• Grounded in real-world needs

With numerous cases drawn from the real world, the programme designs a variety of teaching methods and scenarios to help IMDPer gain hands-on application experience in the classroom, enabling them to apply what they learn. Stepping onto the podium is not the ultimate goal. Rather, breaking through one’s own limits, igniting inner drive, and completing the transformational growth into a Professor in Industry Practice is the direction in which the wheel of capability is meant to turn.

• Multidimensional Dynamic Thinking

Conduct multidimensional discussions targeting the challenges and problems IMDPer encounter in actual teaching, including academic exchanges, case analysis, and teaching scenario simulations, to promote the expansion of thinking and problem-solving abilities among participants.

• PBL Project-Based Learning

Various problems in the real teaching world do not have standard answers or fixed paths. Therefore, IMDPer acquire energy and skills through the Project-Based Learning model. By researching open-ended problems, IMDPer learn and master the skills required for problem-solving within real cases, and based on this, develop original teaching pathways tailored to themselves.

• Combination of Theory and Practice

Learn globally leading teaching theories, combine them with rich practical experience, build a systematic teaching and delivery framework, and develop your own exclusive content.

• Personalised Guidance

From course design to simulated teaching, receive one-on-one personalised guidance and feedback from senior mentors throughout the entire process.

• Advanced Networking Circle

Learn alongside top industry managers and enterprise founders, expanding your advanced network circles.

• Advanced Networking Circle

Improve your expressiveness and charisma through performance training, making course delivery more vivid and engaging.

• Risk Response and Case Analysis

Conduct in-depth analysis of internationally renowned teaching cases, master effective strategies for handling classroom challenges, and indirectly address business and workplace challenges.

• Opportunities for Outstanding Graduates

Outstanding graduates have the opportunity to enter the Professor in Industry Practice Programme at the XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang).

• Curriculum framework design

(Module 1 (2 days))

Day Face-to-Face / Online Workshop

1. Educational Philosophy and Future Trends
2. Teaching Design Theory and Application
3. Course Content Structuring and Assessment Mechanism Design

• Course Delivery and Presentation

(Module 2 (2 days))

2-Day Face-to-Face

1. Public Speaking and Presentation Skills
2. Application of Performing Arts: Enhancing Classroom Presence
3. Role-Playing and Scenario-Based Teaching

Case Design and Classroom Application

(Module 3 (2 days))

2-Day Face-to-Face

1. Case Developing
2. Case Discussion
3. Case Teaching Methodology

• Course Content Design

(Module 4 (2 days))

Classroom Simulation Teaching

1. The Future of AI-Empowered Education
2. Simulated Teaching and Mentor Feedback

• Course Delivery and Risk Management

(Module 5 (2 days))

2-Day Face-to-Face

1. Teaching Techniques and Time Management
2. Handling Unexpected Situations and Managing Challenging Participants
3. Analysis of Internationally Renowned Teaching Cases and Cross-Cultural Instruction

• Practical Teaching and Improvement Suggestions

Practice and Feedback

1. Defense Module
2. Practical Defense
3. Obtain a Certificate of Completion
4. Outstanding Participants Will Have the Opportunity to Enter the Professor in Industry Practice Selection Process at XJTLU Entrepreneur College (Taicang)

• Guest Speaker

Participate in course lectures, provide industry cases, and stimulate student interest.

• Industrial Mentor

Lead students in practical projects and provide real-time feedback and guidance.

• Professor in Industry Practice

Responsible for developing new programm modules and promoting the integration of theory and practice.

• Industry Innovation Practice Center

Gathering Professors in Industry Practice (social elites with both industry experience and educational ideals) to build a bridge between academia and industry, integrating quality resources both within and beyond the campus.

• Torchbearers of educational ideals

They approach education with passion and reverence, staying true to their original calling of nurturing talent, and taking it as their mission to cultivate talents for the times. In teaching and mentoring, they find deep value recognition and spiritual fulfilment.

• Future‑facing classroom innovators

Driven by a strong sense of mission, they innovate teaching, redesign the classroom with real‑world cases and project‑based practice, and cultivate in students the ability to tackle complex problems. Their goal is to make education truly future‑oriented and to lead the way for the times.

• Industry experts practising Syntegrative Education

They actively engage in industry-education integration, bringing deep industry insights and frontline experience into teaching, breaking down the boundaries between campus and industry, and committing themselves as hands‑on participants in deep university‑industry co‑creation.

• Liu Chao

Industry Focus: Marketing Management for Manufacturing Enterprises

LIU Chao, Managing Director (MD), Fraisa Group

• Yan jie

Industry Focus: Cross-Cultural Conflict Management

Global Head of Research Management, AstraZeneca

• Han Yuze

Industry Focus: M&A and Restructuring – The Engine for Rebuilding Liquidity in China’s Capital Market

Founding Partner / Chairman, Shanghai NewMargin Capital

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