Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University

Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security and the Tianjin Municipal People's Government, and a high-level characteristic university construction university in Tianjin. The development of the school has always received the cordial care and strong support of the leaders of the Party and the country. On September 8, 2017, Premier Li Keqiang of the State Council visited the school and fully affirmed the school's characteristics and achievements in running schools. He hoped that the school would not only cultivate high-quality "craftsmen teachers", but also cultivate a large number of "excellent sculptors made in China". On May 7, 2018, Vice Premier Sun Chunlan of the State Council visited the school and encouraged the school to carry forward the spirit of craftsmanship and deepen the integration of industry and education. For more than 40 years, the school has shouldered the mission of "educating people for the Party and cultivating talents for the country", adhering to the school motto of "patriotism, dedication, unity and innovation", adhering to the school-running philosophy of "hands-on and brain-based, all-round development", and has trained more than 70,000 high-quality vocational teachers and applied senior professionals.

1. Historical evolution. The school was established in 1979. It is the earliest ordinary undergraduate normal college in my country with the main task of training vocational education teachers. It is affiliated to the former Ministry of Labor; in 2000, it was transformed into a joint construction by the central and local governments, mainly managed by Tianjin. In 2010, it was renamed Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University. In recent years, the Central Civilization Committee has awarded it the title of "National Civilized Unit" and the State Council has awarded it the title of "National Model Collective for National Unity and Progress".

2. School conditions. The school is located in Liulin Scenic Area, the sub-center of Tianjin City. The campus covers an area of ​​560,000 square meters, with a construction area of ​​more than 460,000 square meters, a collection of more than 5.2 million books, 90 Chinese and foreign databases, and more than 560 million yuan in teaching and scientific research equipment assets. There are 1,320 faculty members, including 867 full-time teachers, 93.8% of whom have a master's degree or above, 51.4% have a doctorate degree or above, and 47.5% have senior professional titles. There are more than 18,000 full-time undergraduate, master's and doctoral students. There are 10 secondary colleges and 6 teaching institutions. It has the largest and most advanced engineering training center in the country, and 5 Tianjin-level experimental teaching demonstration centers. It has 1 doctoral talent training project serving national special needs, 10 first-level master's degree programs, 6 master's professional degree categories, and 52 undergraduate majors.

3. Disciplines and majors. There are 7 disciplines including education, engineering, science, management, economics, literature, and art, 2 first-class disciplines in Tianjin, 4 characteristic discipline groups, 5 provincial and ministerial key disciplines, and 2 key cultivation disciplines. It has established a new model of postgraduate training of "double tutors, double bases, and double certificates" and won the third National Education Reform and Innovation Special Award. There are 15 national and Tianjin first-class undergraduate professional construction sites, 12 national and Tianjin advantage and characteristic majors, and 12 Tianjin applied majors. There are 4 national-level high-quality resource sharing courses and 32 national and Tianjin first-class undergraduate courses.

IV. Scientific research. There are two national research platforms, "National and Local Joint Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Vehicle-Road Collaboration and Safety Technology" and "National and Local Joint Engineering Laboratory for Intelligent Manufacturing Technology of Automotive Moulds". There are 4 provincial and ministerial key laboratories, 5 technical engineering centers, 1 "2011" plan collaborative innovation center, 1 scientific and technological achievement transformation service center, and 1 key research base for humanities and social sciences. In recent years, it has won 20 Tianjin Science and Technology Progress Awards (including 2 first prizes), 9 Social Science Outstanding Achievement Awards (including 2 first prizes), and 1 Patent Gold Award. There are 38 academic research institutions such as the Local University Transformation and Development Research Center. "Journal of Tianjin Vocational and Technical Normal University" and "Vocational Education Research" are Tianjin's first-level journals, and have won the first prize in the national vocational education journal evaluation for many consecutive years.

V. Faculty team. The school currently has one national teaching team construction site, three national "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" science and technology innovation leaders and national teaching masters; 18 Tianjin distinguished professors, young top talents, "131" innovative first-level candidates, "five batches" and other talents; 9 Tianjin teaching masters. More than 30 experts with outstanding contributions to the cultivation of national skilled talents, leaders of the World Skills expert group, Tianjin craftsmen, etc., and one national and one Tianjin skill master studio.

VI. Talent training. Create first-class undergraduate education and win the first prize of national teaching achievements twice: the first "implementation of the 'double certificate' system to cultivate 'integrated' vocational teachers" and "undergraduate + technician-a new model for application-oriented talent training". Deepen reforms, innovate models, form a full-level vocational teacher training system for undergraduates, masters and doctors, and cultivate the first batch of "dual-teacher" undergraduates, masters and doctors in my country. There are three Tianjin student work platforms: the Municipal Minority Student Management Service Studio, the Municipal College and Technical School Employment Information Service Center, and the Municipal College Ideological and Political Education Research Base. It was awarded the title of Tianjin Excellent Unit for Ideological and Political Education of College Students, "Three-dimensional Education Comprehensive Reform Pilot University Effectiveness Award", and was approved as a national registered makerspace. It promotes enrollment in large categories, emphasizes solid foundation, personalized, and small-class training, and sets up excellent teacher training classes and engineering practice education experimental classes. It cooperates with Huawei, Haier, and AVIC Alliance to deepen the integration of industry and education. It carries out public education for secondary vocational teacher students with Xinjiang, Yunnan, Ningxia and other provinces and cities, carries out "double degree" Sino-foreign cooperative education projects with Sligo Institute of Technology in Ireland, and carries out student exchange programs with partner institutions such as the United Kingdom, Canada, and South Korea. International students from more than 20 countries are studying for undergraduate, master, and doctoral degrees at the school. In the past five years, 3,651 people have won more than 1,200 national and provincial awards in various science and technology competitions. In 2017, it ranked 66th in the evaluation of innovative talent training and subject competitions in Chinese universities. In 2020, students participated in the first national vocational skills competition and won a gold medal and four awards. More than 8,000 outstanding graduates have become professional leaders of vocational colleges, national and provincial model teachers, excellent teachers, famous teachers, and skill masters, making contributions to the national vocational education and economic and social development. Some graduates teach in the engineering training centers of Tsinghua University, Tianjin University, Dalian University of Technology, Hebei University of Technology and other institutions. The Ministry of Education awarded it the title of "National University with Typical Experience in Graduate Employment".

VII. Social Services. The school is the director unit of the National Teachers' Ethics Construction Committee Vocational School Special Committee, the director unit of the Ministry of Education's Higher Education Secondary Vocational School Teacher Training and Teaching Guidance Committee, the vice chairman unit of the Teacher Education Branch of the China Higher Education Society, and the vice president of the China Vocational and Technical Education Society and the director unit of the Teacher Professional Committee. There are three CTTI-included think tanks, namely the Vocational Education Teachers Research Institute, the WorldSkills Competition China (Tianjin) Research Center, and the African Union Research Center. The "Beijing-Tianjin-Hebei Vocational Education Teachers Collaborative Development Research Center" was established to formulate national vocational and technical teacher professional certification standards and compile and revise the "Classification of Occupations of the People's Republic of China". It helped the Chinese delegation win the first place in the total group score in the 44th and 45th World Skills Competitions, and was commended by the State Council as an outstanding contribution unit. The school was approved as a national higher vocational education and national technical school teacher training base, and was approved as a national youth high-skilled talent and national high-skilled talent training base. It has trained tens of thousands of talents of various types for national secondary and higher vocational schools and state-owned large and medium-sized enterprises. The Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security awarded the "National Skilled Talent Cultivation Outstanding Contribution Award".

VIII. International Exchange. As the first "education aid base" of the Ministry of Education, it independently assisted the construction of the "Ethio-China Vocational and Technical College" and Luban Workshop in Ethiopia, and took the lead in guiding Pakistan to build the "Punjab Tianjin Technical University". As a training base for the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, it has carried out vocational education training for more than 1,200 trainees from more than 60 countries; sent more than 250 teachers to Asian and African countries to provide education assistance, and trained more than 20,000 local teachers and students. There are 3 Confucius Institutes, 7 Confucius Classrooms and 3 Chinese teaching points overseas to promote cultural integration.

Looking to the future, the school will adhere to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adhere to the socialist direction of running schools, fully implement the party's education policy, further deepen reforms, highlight characteristics, and strive to build a world-class vocational and technical normal university.

(Data as of December 2021)