Author(s)

Liu Jing ¹

Affiliation(s)

¹ Yunnan Open University, Kunming, China

Corresponding Author

Liu Jing

ABSTRACT

In response to industrial transformation and the growing demand for highly skilled workers, China is working to build a modern vocational education system that supports smooth progression across levels and lifelong learning. Yet curriculum articulation across levels still struggles with learning outcomes, content sequencing, and assessment. This study explains how integrated curriculum design can be guided by Industry Qualification Level Standards (IQLS). IQLS can link secondary, higher vocational, and vocational undergraduate education by setting shared competency expectations. Based on this framework, the paper proposes a technical pathway for cross-level integrated curriculum design. It also outlines strategies for curriculum models, industry education collaboration, curriculum review and revision, and credit recognition and transfer.

KEYWORDS

Industry Qualification Level Standards; Vocational Education; Competency Units; Integrated Curriculum

CITE THIS PAPER

Liu Jing. Integrated Curriculum Design across Secondary, Higher Vocational, and Undergraduate Education in China Based on Industry Qualification Level Standards. Advances in Vocational and Technical Education (2026). Vol. 8, No.1, 113-121. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.23977/avte.2026.080115.

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