TRIPLE INTEGRATION REFORM OF GRADUATION INTERNSHIP, DESIGN, AND THESIS FOR UNDERGRADUATES UNDER INDUSTRY-EDUCATION INTEGRATION IN THE DIGITAL INTELLIGENCE ERA

The digital intelligence era poses new challenges to the practical abilities and technological literacy of application-oriented design talents. To address the structural predicament identified in graduation practice of application-oriented undergraduate design programs—namely, "formalized internship, subjective design, and vague thesis"—this study takes the Environmental Design major of Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology as a practical case. A reform model characterized by "digital intelligence technology empowerment, deep industry-education integration, and tripartite integration of internship, design, and thesis" (abbreviated as the "Three Integrations" model) is constructed and implemented. Specific measures include developing an AI teaching resource library, establishing a school-enterprise dual-tutor collaborative guidance mechanism, and creating an integrated teaching system that links the entire process of "internship-design-thesis." The results show significant improvements in students' comprehensive practical abilities and the quality of graduation design (thesis). Practice demonstrates that this model effectively enhances graduates' employment competitiveness and offers a reference framework paradigm for similar application-oriented undergraduate programs.