Abstract: In light of the emerging engineering education initiative, the Structural Chemistry teaching team at South China Normal University has undertaken innovative approaches to teaching Structural Chemistry within the New Energy Materials and Devices (Engineering) program. This innovation aims to transform Structural Chemistry, a traditional science course, into a specialized course that aligns with the principles of “emerging engineering education”. The objective is to establish a new teaching model that utilizes structural chemistry knowledge as a foundation for fostering students’ scientific thinking, reasoning, and innovative capabilities in engineering practice. Both course examination results and student evaluations of classroom quality demonstrate a high level of recognition and satisfaction with the teaching outcomes.

Key words: Emerging engineering education, Structural chemistry, Course teaching innovation, Teaching model