Since the concept of "polymer" was established in 1920’s

polymer science and industry have grown enormously and prosperously

and human mankind has entered a new era featured with polymer materials. Polymer materials play critical roles in various fields such as people’s necessities in daily life

national security

and cutting-edge technologies. As the biggest country in manufacturing in the world

if we want to lead in the field of polymer material in the future

the key is to cultivating the top professionals from university

who have both a genius talent and a great moral character. The major of polymer materials and engineering in the department of polymer science and engineering at Zhejiang University has a typical interdisciplinary feature crossing science and engineering. Based on the teaching reform on the core required course "

Polymer Chemistry

"

this paper summarizes the accumulated experiences from exploration and practice during the building of the major

and discusses two basic problems in the talent cultivation of professionals with the interdisciplinary feature: one is the construction of the curriculum system which aims to cultivate professional talents with integrated knowledge of science and engineering; the other is the execution of teaching practice which aims to input morally sound values to students as the first priority. The authors hope that their accumulated experiences and thoughts from teaching will play an inspiring role in the cultivation of talents in the field of polymer materials and engineering.