Wuhan Railway Vocational and Technical College was founded in 1956. In 2001, it was approved by the Hubei Provincial People's Government to establish a higher vocational college. In 2004, it was transferred to the Hubei Provincial People's Government by the Ministry of Railways. The school is a national demonstrative higher vocational college, the national college graduates’ typical employment experience, the top 50 colleges and universities, the top 50 vocational colleges for service contributions, the top 50 vocational colleges’ international influence, the first batch of modern apprenticeship pilot units of the Ministry of Education, Hubei Province The best civilized unit, the outstanding unit of comprehensive management of social security in Wuhan area, won the World Vocational Education College Alliance Excellence Award-"Study and Employment Opportunity" Bronze Award, World Vocational Education College Alliance Excellence Award-"Advanced Technical Skills" Silver Award .
After more than 60 years of development, the school currently has more than 12,800 full-time vocational students and more than 600 faculty members, including nearly 200 teachers with associate professor and above titles. There are 8 secondary colleges including the School of Railway Transportation Management, the School of Railway Rolling Stock, the School of Railway Communication and Signal, the School of Railway Engineering, the School of Machinery and Electronics, the School of Electrical and Automation, the School of Economics and Management, and the School of Medical and Nursing. There is a Marxist Academy, Public Course Department and a training center. 33 specialties were opened, covering the entire industrial chain of railway operation and management. Among them, there are 4 key majors (groups) of national exemplary higher vocational colleges, 2 key construction majors supported by the central government, 3 major transportation demonstration majors of national vocational colleges, 2 modern apprenticeship pilot majors of the Ministry of Education, Hubei There are 3 provincial strategic emerging (pillar) industry majors, 6 provincial-level higher vocational education brand characteristic majors, and 5 Hubei rail transit operation vocational education brand majors.
With more than 60 years of historical accumulation, the school has established the school positioning of "based on railways, serving Hubei, and facing the society" and the school management policy of "people-oriented, open and innovative, and characteristic development", and has condensed "good morals, hard work, dedication, and access" The school motto of "Iron" has formed the spirit of "iron ideals and beliefs, iron discipline style, iron will and quality, and iron responsibility". It has gone out of "follow the railway, cooperate with the railway office, help the railway work, and take advantage of the situation to seek development." Unique development path. The school took the lead in opening urban rail transit and high-speed rail majors in vocational colleges across the country, took the lead in establishing a national high-speed rail and urban rail transit training base, and accumulated practical experience in the deep integration of industry and education, and close school-enterprise cooperation. Has a positive impact. School graduates are generally welcomed by society and rail transit companies, and the employment rate of graduates has remained above 96% for a long time. The school has trained Liu Yang, the national moral model and the winner of the National May 1st Labor Medal, Zhou Qilong, the winner of the Chinese Youth May 4th Medal, the national technical expert Xiong Feng, the Hubei Provincial May 1st Labor Medal, and the Hubei Provincial Youth May 4th Medal Yao Jie, etc. Batch after batch of outstanding graduates.
The school actively participates in international cooperation, has successively cooperated with higher education institutions and vocational education institutions in the United Kingdom, Canada, Germany, Australia, the United States, Thailand, Kenya, Cambodia and other countries, and has taken the lead in training high-speed rail professionals for countries along the "Belt and Road". The "China-Thailand Joint Training of High-speed Rail Professionals" project became the first batch of China-ASEAN vocational colleges' characteristic cooperation projects, and the school became a window for the world to understand China's higher vocational education.
All members of the Wuhan Iron Academy are guided by Xi Jinping’s thoughts on socialism with Chinese characteristics in the new era, not forgetting their original aspirations, keeping their mission in mind, and focusing on cultivating outstanding laborers with Chinese characteristics with the "four self-confidence" of morality, intelligence, physical education, art, and labor. Reliable successors, in the new journey of building a "high-quality, efficient, harmonious and happy" Wuhan Railway Academy, strive to develop and move forward.