Shaoxing Vocational & Technical College

Founded in 1999, Shaoxing Vocational & Technical College (hereinafter referred to as SXVTC) is one of the earliest independent vocational colleges in Zhejiang Province. It is located in the historical and cultural city of Shaoxing. The college adopts “uphold integrity, pursue innovation” as its motto, and adheres to the educational philosophy of “laying the foundation for life through education and delivering transformative learning that reshapes destinies”.With the training objective of “cultivating professional excellence and nurturing holistic personal growth”,it follows the guiding principle of “rooting education in moral integrity while empowering students with technical expertise”, and strives to “pursue educational excellence and build a legacy of quality”.The school has ranked No. 1 in the 2023 Soft Science (Shanghai Ranking)China Ranking of Private Higher Vocational Colleges. It has also been designated as a development unit for Zhejiang Province’s first and second phases of the “Double High Plan”, a Provincial Informatization Benchmark College, a Provincial Demonstrative Entrepreneurship College, a pilot institution for the province’s Modern Apprenticeship Program, a Provincial Green School, and a Grade-4A Safe Campus.

Covering an area of 505muwith a building area of 280,000 square meters, there are more than 14,200 full-time students at the college. SXVTC consists of 6 affiliated schools, namely School of Information Engineering, Fan Li Business School, School of Electromechanical Engineering and Transportation, School of Architecture and Design Arts, Medical School, and Yangming School. There are 36 majors from 8 specialty clusters: Computer Application Technology, E-commerce, Intelligent Manufacturing, Rail Transit, Modern Housing and Construction, Cultural Creativity, Health Care and Preschool Education. Computer Application Technology specialty cluster (Category A) and E-commerce specialty cluster have been selected for the first list of high vocational high-level specialty cluster construction in Zhejiang Province, and Computer Application Technology specialty cluster and Urban Rail Transit Communication & Signal Technology specialty cluster have been selected for the second list. At present, there are 2 state-level key majors, 3 provincial dominant majors, 6 provincial characteristic majors and 1 provincial key major, 1 first-batch national vocational education teachers teaching innovation team, 1 national-level “Dual-Qualified” Teacher Training and Development Base and 3 National Production Training Bases.

With the characteristics of the integration of study, industry, employment and entrepreneurship in talent training, the college has won 2 National Education Teaching Achievement Award Second Prize, 2 Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award First Prizes, 6 Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award Second Prizes, and 1 National Vocational Colleges Teaching Ability Competition First Prize. Students’ discipline contest, entrepreneurial practice and employment quality rank among the top vocational colleges in Zhejiang province. SXVTC ranked sixth in2018-2022 National Private Higher Vocational College Discipline Contest Ranking (Higher Vocational Education, TP20). In 2018, the results of the discipline contest ranked 18th in the national vocational colleges and 2nd in Zhejiang province. Through entrepreneurship education and the cultivation and incubation of College Students’ Pioneer Park, students successfully set up 290 enterprises, among which 47 enterprises boast assets exceeding CNY 10 million. The employment rate of all previous graduates is above 97%. The career development and talent cultivation quality of graduates in 2022 (one year after graduation) ranked 10thin zhejiang Proince. The employment competitiveness of graduates in 2020 (three years after graduation) ranked 12th. The relevant core indicators such as the implementation rate of graduates’ employment, monthly income, degree of professional relevance, recognition of teaching, employment satisfaction, professional competency, and overall satisfaction have all entered the top 10 in Zhejiang Province.

SXVTC adheres to open education and proactively conducts international exchanges and cooperation. The college has established cooperative relationships with many universities in America, Britain, Italy, Hungary, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand, Bulgaria, Timor-Leste and other countries. There are currently two Sino-foreign cooperative education programs. The college actively participates in the Belt and Road Initiative. It has established the “Budapest Institute of Engineering and Technology, Shaoxing Vocational & Technical College” in Hungary, the “Yueshang Studio” at the Terengganu Chinese Chamber of Commerce and Industry in Malaysia, as well as the “Yueyi Institute” in both Malaysia and Thailand. The Sino-Malaysian Yueyi Institute has been approved as “Belt and Road Silk Road Institute” in Zhejiang Province. The college started admitting international students in 2023.