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Suzhou Industrial Park Vocational and Technical College (IVT in English) is to meet the demand for high-skilled talents in the development and construction of the park, and to better serve the foreign-funded enterprises in the area. Under the proposal of the former prime minister of Singapore, Goh Chok Tong, it passed through Jiangsu Province in December 1997. A new type of higher vocational technical college officially approved by the people's government. The new campus of the college's Dushu Lake was officially opened in September 2010. It is located at No. 1, Ruoshui Road, Dushu Lake Science and Education Innovation Zone, Suzhou Industrial Park.
The college is the only national model vocational college among the 18 vocational colleges in Suzhou. It is now an advanced unit of vocational education in the country, a demonstration school for employment competitiveness of vocational colleges, and a charming campus of vocational colleges in Jiangsu Province. The advanced unit of teaching work and the advanced school of education international cooperation and exchange in Jiangsu Province have been awarded the title of "Advanced Collective for Employment of College Graduates in Jiangsu Province" by the Provincial Department of Education for five times. The school's strength is in the forefront of the province.
Over the past two decades, the college has formed a school-running style featuring a joint-stock school system, in-depth school-enterprise cooperation, and international school-running vision by actively learning from the advanced vocational education experience of developed countries such as Singapore and Germany.
The college has improved the corporate governance structure, deepened the shareholding system of running schools, and established a board of directors composed of government authorities, well-known Chinese and foreign multinational companies, and well-known universities at home and abroad, and implemented the "dean responsibility system under the leadership of the board." The board members are from the United States, Germany, the Netherlands, Finland, Belgium, Canada, Australia, South Korea, Singapore and other countries. There are 21 corporate directors, accounting for 70% of the board members, and 16 multinational corporate directors, accounting for 53% of the directors. Under the leadership of the board of directors, the structure and operation mechanism of the “dean’s responsibility system” integrates the resources of the government, enterprises and the school. It provides strong support for the development of the college in terms of policies, funding, and majors, and plays a constructive role in optimizing the development strategy of the college. effect. The board of directors plays a role in the development of the college, and participates in the professional construction of the college, curriculum, teacher selection, training room construction, scholarships, student internships and other work links. In addition, they also provide college teachers The places and opportunities for visiting engineers have greatly promoted the formation of the college's "enterprise + college" dual-body talent training model.
The college adheres to the pro-business philosophy and the principle of mutual benefit, and conducts in-depth school-enterprise cooperation. In the process of running the school, the "pro-business philosophy" in the field of public management in Singapore was introduced, and it was clearly defined as the "pro-business philosophy". In the past two decades, the college has formed a variety of school-enterprise cooperation models, and has explored the "BOSCH mode-order training", "CHARMILLES mode-use rights sharing", "SAMSUNG mode-corporate university" for the common growth of the college and the enterprise. There are six school-enterprise cooperation modes: "Same process mode—teaching factory", “PHILIPS mode—joint laboratory”, and “AMD mode—visiting engineer”. Through these cooperations, the college has established cooperative relationships with 1,100 companies and established more than 300 off-campus internship bases. The school and enterprise have achieved consistent goals, consistent standards and full cooperation, and gradually formed a school-enterprise "dual subject" talent training model . So far, about 40% of the college’s engineering graduates have entered the world’s top 500 companies, 80% of the graduates are employed in foreign-funded companies, and nearly 80% of the students have served as production line leaders, team leaders, technicians, and new employee trainers. Wait.
The college adheres to the "three modernizations" practice, firmly establishes the concept of "human resources is the first resource", vigorously implements the strategy of strengthening the school with talents, "visiting engineer" training, "full overseas project system" training, "overseas recruitment", "school Programs such as "Inter-employment of Lecturers and Engineers in Enterprises" have created a professional teaching team with a reasonable number and structure with a background of "engineering, professionalism, and internationalization", and the overall level of the teaching team has been continuously improved. The college has hired 156 part-time teachers from the front line of enterprises, introduced and trained 157 dual-qualified backbone teachers, 1 national teaching teacher, 3 provincial teaching teachers, and 3 “333” third-level talent training objects in Jiangsu Province , 9 people trained for the "Blue Project" in Jiangsu Province, and 16 "Double Hundred" talents from Jinji Lake in Suzhou-16 high-skilled leading talents in Suzhou. The college also made full use of its advantages as the chairman unit of the Suzhou Doctoral Friendship Association and the Park Doctoral Friendship Association. More than 140 overseas returnees who served as senior executives in the company and local Ph.Ds served as the college’s "one dollar professors". Students understand cutting-edge technology and corporate culture, as well as the "mentors" of the college teachers, which has effectively promoted the "internationalization" of the college's faculty.
Adhering to the idea of "international vocational education, local innovative practice, and sharing of regional results", the college actively carries out Sino-foreign cooperation in running schools, and carries out various forms of international cooperation and exchanges, and has embarked on a unique path of international development, highlighting the international development of the college. The breath of the times of the vocational education concept and the vigorous vitality of continuous exploration and innovation. Over the years, the college has established close cooperative relations with universities and educational institutions in various countries. The specific cooperation models include: cooperative education, international specialization, international internship, selected training, exchange visits of study groups, and hosting of international skills competitions.
There are 44 majors (including majors) in the college, more than 5,000 students of various types, and more than 400 faculty members. The college has 6 national-level key majors, 14 provincial-level key construction majors, 20 in total (not repeated), accounting for 47.6% of the total number of majors in the college; 1 provincial-level brand major, 5 high-level backbone majors, and provincial-level There are 7 specialty majors, accounting for 17.5% of the total number of majors in the college. There are 6 national quality (resource sharing) courses and 10 provincial quality courses, accounting for 3.03% of the total number of courses offered. In the 2011-2015 academic year, the college applied for a total of 643 patents, including 385 invention patents and 254 utility model patents. In addition, 104 invention patents and 133 new utility patents have been authorized by the State Intellectual Property Office.