Chongqing is accelerating to promote connotative development of higher education. Currently there are 78 higher institutions, including 28 universities, with over 60,000 full-time teachers and nearly 1.4 million students enrolled. At present, Chongqing has 44 higher institutions offering programs for international students. Let’s look for which university or college you would like to pursue your study in Chongqing.
Chongqing Vocational Institute of Safety and Technology is a full-time public higher vocational institute established by Chongqing Municipal Government, supervised by Chongqing Municipal Emergency Management Bureau, and guided by Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. Jointly supported by the State Ministry of Emergency Management (formerly the State Administration of Safety Supervision) and Chongqing Municipal Government, it is the only higher vocational college of safety in Southwest China. It has been approved as the second batch of pilot schools for first aid education by the Ministry of Education, the third and fourth batch of “mass entrepreneurship and innovation” model branch construction units for Party Building in colleges and universities in the new era by the Ministry of Education, the pilot school for deepening the education evaluation reform in the new era in Chongqing, and the sixth batch of demonstration schools of smart campuses in Chongqing. The institute has six schools: School of Marxism (School of General Education), School of Safety Supervision and Management, School of Network and Information Security, School of Intelligent Manufacturing and Industrial Safety, School of Construction and Environmental Safety, and School of Business Administration, with more than 11,000 full-time students. To server for the “Belt and Road Initiative”, China’s opening-up and Chongqing’s economic and social development, the institute joins the New Land and Sea Corridor Alliance, China-Thailand Vocational Education Alliance, China-Africa (Chongqing) Vocational Education Alliance, the Alliance for International Cooperation in Higher Vocational Education, and the Chongqing Association for International Exchange of Education. The institute also works with South Asia Center of UNESCO Vocational Education Center and Sri Lanka National Vocational Education Committee to export three international vocational standards and has signed cooperation agreements with five overseas institutions. In the Machine Learning and Big Data events of the 2024 BRICS Vocational Skills Competition, the team of Chongqing Vocational Institute of Safety and Technology won the gold medal in the international finals at the main venue in Russia.
Chongqing Vocational College of Information Technology was established in 1995 and officially approved in 2001 with the Ministry of Education code 12755. As an important base for the cultivation of urgently needed computer and software technology talents, the college has received numerous honors, including the title of Chongqing Model Software College. The college boasts three modern campuses—Jinlong, Tiancheng, and Baian—covering nearly 1000 acres, with over 600 faculty members, 10 secondary colleges, more than 40 majors, and 18,000 students. With the mission of "helping young people from small towns change their destinies," the college adheres to the principle of service and employment orientation, integrating industry, education, and research. Upholding the educational philosophy that "no one is a complete talent, everyone has talent, everyone can become talented, and everyone can fulfill their potential," the college continuously strengthens its connotation and improves the quality of education. In talent cultivation, the college innovates in school-enterprise cooperation, exploring the "Golden Triangle" model, building a cooperative system among students, enterprises, and the school, and promoting personalized education and precise cultivation. The college has five training bases and 58 training rooms, with stable internship cooperation with more than 230 enterprises, forming a school-enterprise cooperative education system to meet the needs of practical teaching. It has taken the lead in establishing the Chongqing Internet Industry Vocational Education Group, constructing a "highway" for vocational education talent cultivation, with a stable employment rate of over 95% for graduates, and continuously improving employment quality. In terms of internationalization, the college actively responds to the "Belt and Road" initiative by establishing an overseas business department to develop international cooperation and create an international learning platform. It has signed cooperation agreements with universities in several countries on projects such as academic advancement, joint college establishment, and credit recognition. Currently, the college is actively exploring new models of "Internet + Education," innovating in vocational education and talent cultivation, achieving deep school-enterprise cooperation, integrating education with industry, and enhancing the quality of talent cultivation, striving towards the goal of becoming a "world-class vocational university."
Chongqing Hailian Vocational Technical College (hereinafter referred to as the “College”) was founded in 1999. It is a full-time vocational college with aviation characteristics. It has been filed with the approval of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China and established with the approval of the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. Gathering Intelligence, Capabilities and Developing with Characteristics to Build a High-level Aviation College The College adheres to the fundamental requirement of fostering virtue through education, takes the growth and success of students as the central task, and takes the goals of high-quality development and "Four Highs" construction as the starting points. Focusing on the advantages and characteristics of the college's running, it mainly builds aviation-related majors to enhance the college's recognition and competitiveness. It focuses on the integration of industry and education, continuously promotes digitization and internationalization, and strengthens the ability to serve the regional economic and social development, striving to build the College into a high-level aviation vocational college with distinctive characteristics. The sponsor of the College is Zhaoxin Education Research Institute, a 5A-level unit of Chinese social organizations. It has been awarded the "Advanced Unit of Chongqing Social Work Organizations" for many consecutive years. It gathers many authoritative scholars, has strong academic and scientific research strength, and excellent educational resources, fully empowering the development of the College, professional construction, and academic and scientific research, and making every effort to build the "Four Hailian Highs". Guided by Party Building, Shaping Souls with Ideological and Political Education to Cultivate Student Groups with High Accomplishments The College’s Committee of the Communist Party of China adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, earnestly studies and implements the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, deeply understands the decisive significance of the "Two Establishments", strengthens the "Four Consciousnesses", firmly upholds the "Four Confidences", and fulfills the "Two Maintenances". It resolutely implements the political task of "Three Ensures" of the Chongqing Party Committee. In 2023, the Party Branch of Ctrip Cultural and Tourism Industry College passed the inspection of the "Model Party Branch of the Education Working Committee of the Chongqing Municipal Party Committee"; the School Youth League Committee was rated as the "May 4th Red Flag Youth League Committee of Chongqing", and won the "Grand Prize" in the target assessment of the work of the Chongqing Communist Youth League for four consecutive years; in 2022, the series of brand activities of "Learning from the Hongyan Spirit" in our college was rated as a "Brand of Youth League and Student Work with Growth Potential" by Chongqing Youth League Committee. Integration of Industry and Education, Diversified School-running to Build an International Educational Platform The College continuously deepens the integration of industry and education and school-enterprise cooperation. It has in-depth cooperation with leading enterprises such as Ctrip Group, Li Auto, and South Surveying and Mapping Group. It actively explores the introduction of enterprises into the school, the joint construction of on-campus and off-campus internship and training bases, the joint construction of Ctrip Cultural and Tourism Industry College and South Surveying and Mapping Intelligent Industry College. Also the College sets up some orientation classes with enterprises, such as Li Auto Orientation Class, Geely Orientation Class, etc. The College promotes the joint cultivation of talents by schools and enterprises, the reform of the school-running mode and talent cultivation mode of the College, realizes the close connection between talent cultivation and the industrial chain and innovation chain, and has embarked on a path of school-running with characteristics of modern vocational education. The College has successively joined the Higher Education Branch of Chongqing Brand Building Promotion Association, Chongqing Education International Exchange Association, Sino-Thai Vocational Education Alliance and China-Uzbekistan Vocational Education Alliance. The College, together with the Canadian Aviation College and the Service Consortium of Chongqing for International People-to-People Exchange, has jointly built the Chongqing International Aviation Training Service Center. It has signed strategic cooperation agreements with Myongji University in South Korea, Krirk University in Thailand, Tunku Abdul Rahman University of Management and Technology in Malaysia, and Nanyang Institute of Management in Singapore, enhancing the international influence of the College. Collaborative Innovation, Symbiosis of the College and the City to Start a New Education Model in Liangjiang New Area In September 2024, the new campus of the College located in Longsheng New Town, Liangjiang New Area, the first national-level development new area in China's inland area, was officially put into use. The new campus is designed in line with the development concept of higher vocational education, with international styles as the architectural characteristics and aviation culture as the design elements, constructing teaching scenes integrating theory and practice, functional areas with humanistic wisdom, and harmonious and natural landscape environments. On October 17, 2024, Zhaoxin Education Group's Industry-Education Integration Innovation Demonstration Park signed an agreement to settle in Longsheng New Town, Liangjiang New Area. The park has a planned total area of 850 mu and a total investment of 1.5 billion yuan. Led by Zhaoxin Education Research Institute, the sponsor of our college, it will lead the construction of the Career Education Experience Center and the Digital Teaching Resources Experience Center. Meanwhile, it is planned to build the Hailian Aviation Theme Park, the Military Sports Characteristic Training Base and the T-mall Campus and other projects, creating a comprehensive park integrating higher vocational education, academic research, practical study and leisure and entertainment.
Chongqing College of Architecture and Technology is a full-time regular higher education institution under the supervision of the Chongqing The college currently has over 13000 students and more than 600 in-service faculty members. There are 46 ordinary vocational college majors, which are planned and laid out around the Chongqing "33618" modern manufacturing cluster system. Professional clusters such as intelligent construction, equipment manufacturing, new energy vehicle technology, big data technology, health management, and art design are established, and 10 experimental and training centers such as industrial robots are jointly built with enterprises. The college vigorously promotes its international education strategy and has signed cooperation agreements with more than 30 universities in countries such as the UK, France, Germany, Hungary, South Korea, Thailand, etc. to carry out international exchanges. It has established the Chongqing Sino German Future Factory Research Institute and successfully launched a Sino foreign cooperative education project with South Korea's Yonhap University.The school has established 2 all English journals, organized more than 10 international conferences, and trained over 100 long - and short-term international students with academic qualifications. The college’s achievements have been widely accepted by the society after nearly 40 years development, and it has developed into a leading higher vocational institution in Chongqing, a high-level higher vocational college with Chinese characteristics and professional construction program in Chongqing, the first batch of satellite park of Grand Creation Valley in Western (Chongqing) In the past three years, the enrollment rate of new students and the employment rate of graduates have consistently ranked among the top universities in Chongqing. Students have participated in various vocational skills competitions, innovation and entrepreneurship competitions, and have received over 220 provincial-level and ministerial level awards, including 15 national level awards; I have received over 700 awards at the provincial and ministerial levels for participating in cultural and sports activities.
Chongqing College of Science and Creation is a full-time private higher vocational college approved and registered by the Ministry of Education. It independently issues national diplomas and is recognized as one of the pilot units of the "Modern Apprenticeship" by the Ministry of Education. Additionally, it is acknowledged among the high-quality higher vocational colleges in Chongqing, the cultivation unit for higher vocational colleges in the city, and a National Advanced Private Education Collective. It considers the cultivation of virtue through education as its fundamental task and adheres to the educational principle of "cultivating skills and talents for long-lasting achievements", as well as the educational philosophy of "educating individuals in both character and knowledge, while advocating for skills and competence". The College has successfully nurtured tens of thousands of technically skilled talents, who are adept in multiple skills yet specialize in one, and are highly sought after by society. This success is attributed to its "3+1" education model, which encourages students to obtain professional, computer, and English level certificates alongside their graduation certificates, and its pursuit of integrating industry with education, as well as fostering cooperation between the college and enterprises. The College covers an area of about 1,000 mu (approximately 417 rai), hosts more than 20,000 students, and has a building area of nearly 400,000 square meters (about 250 rai) with over 1.73 million books of various types. The College boasts complete teaching and living facilities, such as a library, gymnasium, swimming pool, and training center, with the total value of teaching and scientific research equipment exceeding 170 million yuan. The College embraces an open approach to education, actively contributing to the "Belt and Road" Initiative by establishing partnerships with universities and industry enterprises in Germany, Canada, Singapore, South Korea, Cambodia, and other countries. To date, in an effort to comprehensively promote international exchanges and cooperation in vocational education, the College has developed the "1+5" international cooperation model. This model consists of the College as the core, supplemented by a specialty, base, competition, forum, and project, encapsulating the concept of "using the ASEAN International School as the entity for running the College, the major of China-foreign cooperative education as the carrier, the construction of practice and training bases as the means, international skills competition as a breakthrough, international forums as a feature, and a series of international cooperation projects as the lever."
Chongqing Vocational College of Public Transportation is a full-time ordinary higher vocational college funded by Chongqing City Transportation Development & Investment Group Co.,Ltd., a key state-owned enterprise in Chongqing, approved by the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and filed by the Ministry of Education. The school is a transportation vocational college mainly supported by the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, the Chongqing Municipal State owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission and the Chongqing Municipal Transportation Bureau, and it is the only vocational college in the city established by the Chongqing Municipal Government to implement the "railway employment and poverty alleviation" project. The school is a high-quality vocational college in Chongqing, a construction and cultivation unit of high-level vocational schools in Chongqing, and two major groups of the school, namely, urban rail vehicle application technology and automatic railway signal control, have been selected as the construction project of high-level professional groups of vocational education in Chongqing. The school is the construction unit of the national high skilled talents training base, the chairman unit of the Southwest Rail Transit Vocational Education Group, the construction unit of Chongqing's international characteristic project, the member of the China ASEAN Vocational Education Federation, the director unit of the China ASEAN Rail Transit Education and Training Alliance, the vice chairman unit of the China Thailand Vocational Education Alliance, the director unit of the China Cambodia Vocational Education Cooperation Alliance Yangon Intelligent Transport Talent Training Base in Myanmar, Thailand High speed Railway Technology International Student Training Base, the first batch of "Craftsman's College" in Chongqing, the winner of Chongqing May Day Labor Award, the construction unit of Chongqing Modern Industry College, Chongqing Enterprise New "Apprenticeship" Pilot High Vocational Colleges, and the national staff education and training demonstration site. The school is located in Jiangjin Park of Science City in Western China (Chongqing). It has 6 secondary schools and 38 majors, including the Institute of Rail Transit, the Institute of Transport and Trade, the Institute of Intelligent Transport, the Institute of Intelligent Equipment, the Institute of Railway and Architecture, and the Institute of Public Management. It has built 2 national key majors, 1 national production and training base, 3 municipal key majors, and 3 municipal professional teaching resource banks recognized by the Ministry of Education, Three national professional teaching resource library projects were constructed, two "double base" projects of Chongqing higher vocational education were approved, and 13 pilot projects of Chongqing 1+X certificate system were approved. At present, there are more than 12,000 full-time students, and more than 60% of the graduates are working in the transportation industry enterprises and large state-owned enterprises.
Chongqing Nursing Vocational College is an non-profitable ordinary higher vocational college, established upon the approval by Chongqing Municipal People’s Government, and registered by National Ministry of Education (Code: 14576), under supervision by Chongqing Education Commission. It is solely funded by the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University. It is the member of Chongqing High-level Professional Education Group, the only member of High-level Professional Education in Nursing in Chongqing. The college adheres to the guidance of high-quality CPC-building for high-quality development, with the main task of cultivating high-quality technical and skilled nursing and health service talents. It actively utilizes the rich resources of "1+4+17+5" in medical care, maintenance and teaching of the First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University, and innovates the integrated education system of "treatment, care, education, rehab, care" in talent cultivation, and integrates "medical care, education, and health care" in education. The academic development is characterized by "elderly plus young", catering to the urgent demand for talents in the entire life cycle of the health industry. With the city level high-level nursing professional group as the starting point, 9 majors are established, including nursing, midwifery, rehabilitation treatment technology, elderly health care and management, community rehabilitation, traditional Chinese medicine rehabilitation technology, social work, infant and toddler care services and management, and speech and auditory rehabilitation technology. In the past three years, students have won more than 150 national and provincial awards. In addition, the college has successfully been approved as the Chongqing Smart+ Elderly Full Cycle Care Virtual Simulation Training Base, the Shen Jun Elderly Nursing Officer City level Chief Skills Master Studio, the "Bashu Craftsman" Cup Rural Revitalization Technology Skills Competition Project Implementation Unit, the third batch of demonstrative vocational education groups in Chongqing, and the Chongqing High skilled Talent Training Base. It actively connects with the national development strategy and the development needs of the Chengdu Chongqing Economic Circle, expands its service fields and levels, and enhances the degree of social service compatibility and contribution.
Chongqing Vocational College of Resources and Environmental Protection is a full-time institution of higher learning approved by Chongqing Municipal Peoples Government, registered by the Ministry of Education and in charge of Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. It is a higher vocational school with distinctive characteristics of resources and environment majors. School is located in the hometown of Chinese stone carving, the western hardware of Chongqing dazu district, campus covers a vast area of, beautiful environment, with modern buildings and infrastructure, is the unit, vice President of Chongqing engineers association, Chongqing environmental culture promotion council unit, the standing council unit, financial branch of Chongqing higher education association, vice President of the unit. The school has the advantages of expert school administration and professor academic study. It has a professional construction team with doctoral professors as professional leaders and master students as backbone teachers; more than 200 teachers with solid theoretical foundation and excellent technical skills, including nearly 100 associate senior titles or above. Enterprise experts are hired as double-qualified teachers, and famous experts and scholars in the field of environmental protection and industry front-line engineering and technical personnel are hired as nearly 150 part-time guest professors, with more than 500 school staff and more than 10,000 students. School existing five secondary college, open 31 disciplines, key construction from environmental protection source of clean production to the middle circular economy to terminal engineering management and extension of professional group, health professional group, etc., and government departments, more than 100 enterprises, more than 30 kindergarten government school enterprise cooperation agreement. School and dazu district cological environment bureau establish ecological environment protection education fusion innovation center and dazu district ecological environment monitoring station, and Shanghai Volkswagen jointly establish "intelligent manufacturing industry institute" is the national ministry "industry and information technology in key areas industry talent base", to build the national Ministry of Education "the second phase of supply and demand docking employment education project", and university-enterprise cooperation companies to carry out applied research and technology development, further promote education fusion, science and education integration, Collaborative education
