EIREducational Innovation Research3029-18443029-1852WHIOCE PUBLISHING PTE. LTD.10.18063/EIR.v4i2.1558ArticleResearch on the Mechanisms and Practical Pathways Through Which Project-Based Learning Enhances College Students’ Career Decision-Making Self-Efficacyhttps://artdesignp.com/journal/EIR/4/2/10.18063/EIR.v4i2.1558TangHaoran,WeiYuanting2026422026-02-26Higher-quality employment has imposed higher requirements on talent cultivation in higher education, and the enhancement of college students’ career cognition, decision-making ability, and developmental confidence has increasingly become an important component of higher education reform. As an instructional approach primarily characterized by authentic problem orientation, task-based practice, and the presentation of outcomes, project-based learning is capable of establishing a closer connection among knowledge acquisition, competence development, and career preparation. To enhance career decision-making self-efficacy, it is necessary to further construct a tiered project system oriented toward career development, improve a multi-agent collaborative support mechanism for project implementation, and establish an educational mechanism integrating process evaluation with reflective transformation.project-based learning, career decision-making self-efficacy, college students, high-quality employment

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