Nanjing Vocational Institute of Railway Technology (NVIRT) is a full-time public regular institution of higher learning (junio r college) under provincial jurisdiction approved by the People’s Government of Jiangsu an d filed with the Ministry of Education. She is a high grade occupational junio r college in Jiangsu Province, a quality higher occupational college at the State level, an d a high grade occupational school with characteristics in China with various disciplines. NVIRT was fo rmerly No. 1 Occupational School of Nanjing Special City set up in 1941, which was renamed as Nanjing Rail Transpo rt School under the Ministry of Railway, an d upgraded to higher learning occupational college in the name of NVIRT in 2002. She was transferred to the local jurisdiction of Jiangsu by the Ministry of Railway in 2004.

Eight decades of vicissitude has enriched the NVIRTers with the responsibilities of “empowering the students with mo ral, dedicating to the rail cause an d serving fo r the community” in the histo ric perspective. The hardship an d struggle have led to excellent traditions an d rich rail campus in addition to its output of quality skilled graduates, which has thus been highly acclaimed by the society. NVIRT has opened a new chapter since its upgrade to the college. She has shown outstan ding perfo rmance in the 1st appraisal of higher occupational o r junio r college training by the Ministry of Education, as a model junio r college at the provincial level. The new campus in Pukou was initiated an d new innovative training system was commenced. Strategic cooperation with the industry o r regional large company has been entered fo r tailo r-made training. High level practice platfo rm combining industry an d teaching has been set up an d co-training with other higher learning institutions has been fo rwarded. The student entrepreneurship o r sci-tech industrial park co-sponso red with the government agencies an d companies have been built to remodel in a way of integrated learning so as to enhance the training. NVIRT has been rewarded as “one of the top 50 service contributo rs of junio r college”, “one of top 50 with international impact”, “advanced entity in occupational training at provincial level”, “civilized campus at provincial level”, o r “advanced entity in graduate employment at provincial level”. Her enrollment marks have been at the top fo r 7 consecutive years an d her graduates have ranked at the top 3 in job competitiveness fo r 6 consecutive years. NVIRT has been listed as an excellent higher learning occupational college by the Ministry of Education an d selected as a high level junio r occupational college with characteristics an d various disciplines.

The institute has seven secondary schools, namely the School of Transpo rtation Management, the School of Communication an d Signaling, the School of Rolling Stock an d Vehicles, the School of Power Supply an d Engineering, the School of Finance an d Logistics Management, the School of Intelligent Engineering, the School of Architecture, Art an d Design. There are six teaching departments, e.g. the School of Marxist an d the School of International Education. It has opened majo rs in Rail transpo rt operation management, Railway signal auto-control，EMU Maintenance Technology, Power Supply Technology，Marketing, Computer application technology, Construction engineering technology fo r the rail transit industry an d the regional economy.

With the new target of “New NVIRT with Chinese Characteristics an d wo rld level” defined by new Party Commission, NVIRT, having its base in Jiangsu, will make great effo rt in emancipating minds, deepening refo rm, highly implementing college’s five development strategies fo r building an excellent college focused on quality, talents, innovation, characteristics an d openness, entirely promoting “Double High” construction, which has been o rientating to Jiangsu, facing China, serving the industry of railway an d urban rail transit, aiming at the regional economy, an d focusing on the main task of cultivating students by strengthening their mo ral education, so as to cultivate high-quality skilled talents with patriotism, craftsman spirit an d rail gene, those of whom will make contribution to better serve transpo rtation strategy, the Belt an d Road initiative, an d the constriction fo r “New Jiangsu on railway”.