Online education has been rapidly introduced to universities worldwide due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As both students and universities have recognized the advantages of online education and it is unpredictable when the pandemic converges, the combination of face-to-face and online classes is assumed to be the new normal in university education. This study aims to explore the issues and potentials of online education at universities in the with- and post-COVID-19 era, focusing on students′ learning attitudes and performance and their preference of learning environments. Student survey results revealed that online classes have several unique advantages such as repeated self-learning and that the combination of face-to-face and online classes may complement each other′s weaknesses and provide better engineering education for university students.
