Abstract: With the rapid expansion of college enrollment, a great many of young people are joining in the teaching staff of universities, which has effectively strengthened the faculty building, but meanwhile has brought many problems. Young teacher's ability generally lags behind the high demands of college teaching, especially in the field of science and engineering. Therefore,promoting new teachers' teaching ability has always been a focus for colleges and universities. The present paper investigated into status and main influential factors of young teachers' teaching ability development through questionnaires, expertise interview, and communications with teachers, and then proposed some suggestions for developing young teachers' abilities.

Key words: universities, young teachers in science and engineering, teaching ability, development