Wuxi City Vocational and Technical College

Wuxi City Vocational and Technical College is a full-time higher vocational (technical) level college sponsored by the Wuxi Municipal People's Government, approved by the Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and reported to the Ministry of Education for the record. In 2004, it was formed by the merger of Wuxi Cadre School, Jiangnan University Tourism Economics and Trade Branch, Wuxi Workers University, Wuxi Light Industry Workers University and Wuxi Urban Construction Workers University. In 2013, it merged with Wuxi Higher Normal School (Wuxi Branch of Jiangsu Education Institute) to run a school. The school's history can be traced back to the Jiangsu Government Third Normal School established in 1911.

The school adheres to the socialist direction of running a school, fully implements the party's educational policy, implements the fundamental task of Lide and fosters people, runs schools in accordance with the "Wuxi Urban Vocational and Technical College Constitution", comprehensively promotes the management of education according to the law, and promotes the modernization of the governance system and governance capabilities. The school takes "Hongyi" as the school motto, takes the promotion of high-quality development as the theme, takes reform and innovation as the fundamental driving force, takes "industry-education integration, school-enterprise cooperation" as the lifeline, and promotes the overall development of students as the fundamental requirement to further promote education and teaching reform , Continue to improve the level of running a school, make remarkable progress in personnel training, scientific research, social services, cultural inheritance and innovation, foreign exchanges and cooperation, etc., and have gradually established a local higher education institution with distinctive characteristics, innovative systems and excellent services.

The school insists on establishing a school with characteristics, centering on Wuxi "creating a new highland for modern industrial development", constantly adjusting and optimizing the professional layout, and building a professional system that closely matches the development of Wuxi's industry. There are 15 teaching colleges (departments), including: Normal University, School of Trade and Finance, School of Accounting, School of Tourism, School of Internet of Things Engineering, School of Media and Art Design, School of Architecture and Environmental Engineering, School of Film and Television, School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Marx School of Doctrine, School of International Cooperation, School of Cadre Training and Continuing Education, School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Department of Basic Courses, Department of Sports, 48 higher vocational (specialties) majors, logistics management (express delivery direction), hotel management 2 majors are the Ministry of Education National vocational college model professional point, hotel management professional group is a high-level professional group of higher vocational education in Jiangsu Province, two majors of computer application technology, exhibition planning and management are high-level backbone majors of higher vocational education in Jiangsu Province, hotel management, construction engineering The 2 majors of technology are key construction majors supported by the central government, the 2 majors of tourism and Internet of Things engineering technology are the key construction majors of Jiangsu Province in the "Twelfth Five-Year Plan", the major of hotel management is the brand major of Jiangsu Province, the major of exhibition planning and management It is a specialty of Jiangsu Province.

The school insists on strengthening the school with talents, and builds a team of high-quality professional teachers with noble morality, exquisite professionalism, reasonable structure and full of vitality. There are 719 faculty members, including 492 full-time teachers, 35 doctors, 27 orthodox teachers, 74.59% full-time teachers with a master's degree or above, and 40.24% with senior professional titles. There are 1 provincial teaching teacher, 17 provincial "333 Project" training objects, 2 provincial "Blue Project" excellent teaching teams, 8 young and middle-aged academic leaders, 16 outstanding young backbone teachers, and the provincial "six major talents" "Gaofeng" is funded by 3 people, 1 provincial vocational education teacher studio, 2 provincial industry professors, 3 city young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, and 4 city leaders in social undertakings. The school actively implements the "Hundred Teachers Going Abroad (Border) Plan" and the corporate training program, and the proportion of "double-qualified" teachers reaches 76%. Teachers have won more than 30 awards in various teaching skills competitions at or above the provincial level, and one teacher was invited to be the guest speaker of CCTV's "Lecture Hall".

The school adheres to the quality of the school, and vigorously cultivates high-quality technical skills talents. In 2013, it successfully passed the evaluation of the talent training level of provincial higher vocational colleges. In 2014, it became a pilot project unit for the construction of the provincial modern vocational education system. Since 2016, it has cooperated with Changzhou Institute of Technology, Wuxi Taihu University and other "3+2" sections to train applied undergraduate talents. The school is the "National Post Industry Talent Training Base" recognized by the State Post Bureau, and the "Jiangsu Provincial Postal Industry Talent Training Base" recognized by the Jiangsu Postal Administration. In recent years, the school has actively explored the reform of the talent training model, and won 1 first prize and 3 second prizes in the Jiangsu Education and Teaching Achievement Award. Students have won more than 550 awards in national, provincial and municipal vocational skill competitions. The school recruits students from 25 provinces (municipalities and autonomous regions) across the country, and currently has 10,677 full-time students. There are more than 2,000 students enrolled in various types of adult education. The employment rate of graduates has stabilized at over 96%. In 2020, there will be 443 students who will transfer to colleges, accounting for more than 50% of the applicants. Improve the funding system of "reward, assistance, diligence, loan, subsidy, and exemption", and have been appraised as outstanding in provincial and municipal funding work for many consecutive years. The school has built the Wuxi Vocational Education Park University Student Entrepreneurship Park, and jointly established the Huishan District Veterans Employment and Entrepreneurship College with Huishan District. It was approved as the first municipal-level vocational skills training institution for retired military personnel in Wuxi City. The students were awarded the first national "Internet +" college students. Silver Award in the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition (the only one in Jiangsu Higher Vocational College), the first prize in the National Undergraduate Robot Competition, the 11th "Challenge Cup" Jiangsu Province Undergraduate Entrepreneurship Plan Contest won the gold medal, and the National Undergraduate Service Outsourcing Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for two consecutive years First prize. The school has established cooperative relations with 32 universities and educational institutions in 16 countries and regions including the United States, Australia, South Korea, Thailand, and Taiwan. More than 100 students have gone overseas to exchange and exchange, and obtain international general qualification certificates.

The school adheres to a culturally active school, deepens cultural inheritance, and establishes a campus cultural brand that complements the school's school-running characteristics and the characteristics of students' physical and mental development. It has established an off-school research base for humanities and social sciences in Jiangsu colleges and universities (Jiangnan Food Cultural Heritage Research Base) and cultural education bases such as Zisha Museum, Clay Museum, Calligraphy and Seal Carving Art Museum, Dunhuang Art Museum, Chumo Academic Museum, and Zhai Wanyi Academic Museum; hosting college students In cultural and art festivals, reading festivals and other characteristic cultural activities, students won 2 first prizes and 4 second prizes in the 6th Jiangsu Province College Student Art Exhibition. The school attaches great importance to the function of physical education and develops sunshine sports. It has built high-level sports teams such as dragon boat and shooting. The students won the gold medal in the dragon boat event of the 19th Jiangsu Games Mass Competition and the runner-up in three postures of U18 women's air rifle.

The school insists on serving the prosperous school, and actively participates in the construction of a high-quality development model of vocational education in the Suzhou, Wuxi and Changzhou metropolitan area by the ministries and provinces, and the construction of a national vocational education highland city in Wuxi. It has established the province’s first "post-doctoral innovation practice base" for higher vocational colleges, as well as "Wuxi Environmental Science and Engineering Research Center", "Wuxi City National Vocational Skills Appraisal Institute", "Wuxi City Xishi Training Center" and other teaching, scientific research and social services The platform was approved as the "Wuxi High-Skilled Talent Training Base", and was awarded the "Advanced Unit of Jiangsu Computer Information High-tech Examination" and "Advanced Unit of Vocational Skills Appraisal in Wuxi". There are 106 on-campus training rooms and 227 off-campus practice bases. Set up a number of order training classes, co-established an entity mixed ownership secondary college with Wuxi Taobao Film and Television Culture Communication Co., Ltd., co-built "enterprise middle school" with Wuxi Aidi Garden Hotel and other units, and cooperated with Zhongrong Huacheng Engineering Technology Co., Ltd. , Xindao Technology Co., Ltd. and many other companies jointly established the "Industry College", and more than 40 schools including the Wuxi Normal School Primary School and the Municipal Experimental Kindergarten to build a teaching, research and training cooperation base. Lead the establishment of the National Digital Film and Television Vocational Education Group, Jiangsu Post Industry Vocational Education Group, Wuxi Construction Vocational Education Group, and Wuxi Preschool Education Coordination Development Alliance. Wuxi Construction Vocational Education Group was awarded the "Wuxi Backbone Vocational Education Group". The school is the "National Tourism Vocational Education School-Enterprise Cooperation Demonstration Base" recognized by the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People's Republic of China, and was awarded the "China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Demonstration Base" by the China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Association. Won the "Jiangsu Province Education and Scientific Research Advanced Collective" and "Wuxi Vocational Colleges Outstanding Contribution Unit in Promoting Industrial Development".

The school adheres to the environmental beauty school, and strives to build a modern ecological campus with a garden style in the south of the Yangtze River, providing a good working and learning environment for teachers and students. The school covers an area of 822.38 mu, with a building area of 320,000 square meters. The total value of existing teaching and scientific research equipment is 77.28 million yuan, and the collection of paper books is 860,000. A "smart campus" was initially built. There are 20 student apartment groups and sports venues (2), gymnasiums (2), libraries (2), swimming pools, student activity centers, mental health centers, labor education bases, lecture halls and other cultural and sports venues. The school was rated as "Jiangsu Province Public Institution Energy Conservation Demonstration Unit", "Jiangsu Province Higher Education Institution Informatization Construction Excellent Unit", and "Jiangsu Province Red Cross Demonstration School".

In recent years, the school's school performance has been widely recognized by the society. Ranked 162nd in the "Wu Shulian 2020 Comprehensive Strength Ranking of Higher Vocational Colleges in China" (1299), and 56th in China's first-class higher vocational colleges (90). It has won many honors such as "National Demonstration School for Standardization of Languages and Characters", "Advanced Unit of Vocational Education in Jiangsu Province", "Civilized Unit of Jiangsu Province", and "Safe Campus in Jiangsu Province". Looking forward to the future, the school will continue to work hard to improve the quality of the school, actively improve the level of running a school, and work hard to serve the high-quality development of the local area in accordance with the goals and requirements of "preparing for the establishment of a Wuxi Teachers College and building a normal undergraduate college in a timely manner" proposed by the city's education conference. struggle!