With the rapid development of digital-intelligent technologies

the polymer materials industry is undergoing a profound digital–intelligent transformation. Research indicates that the polymer materials and engineering program urgently needs to cultivate talent with interdisciplinary and integrated knowledge structures

comprehensive abilities to use digital-intelligent tools

innovative thinking

and a strong sense of social responsibility. The polymer materials and engineering program at East China University of Science and Technology takes “digital-intelligent literacy cultivation” as its core and systematically advances reforms in curriculum design

course structure

practical training

and faculty development to this end. It has established a talent-training model characterized by a “composite knowledge structure−intelligent curriculum system−progressive practical training−synergistic integration of research and teaching”. By optimizing course content

deepening industry-education integration

and strengthening AI literacy among faculty

this model promotes the digital-intelligent transformation of both the teaching workforce and the instructional system

significantly enhancing students’ innovation and engineering practice capabilities. The research results provide a replicable paradigm for the digital–intelligent reconstruction of Polymer Materials and Engineering education and offer strong talent support for the high-quality development of the materials field.