Recently, Shaanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College officially joined the World Vocational Education College Alliance (WFCP), known as the "most authoritative organization in the world's vocational education field", and became one of the few higher vocational colleges in China that have been absorbed as official members by the World Vocational Education College Alliance.
In recent years, Shaanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College aims at the blueprint of "leading in the province, first-class in China, and internationally renowned" higher vocational colleges, vigorously carries out international exchanges and cooperation, and has achieved remarkable results in international student exchanges, international teacher training, and cross-border joint construction. It has promoted the internationalization process of school management, improved the level and quality of talent training, and successfully took the first step in building the "College" international vocational education school.
Shaanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical Students go to German universities for exchanges
As a national demonstration higher vocational college, the college actively adapts to the requirements of economic globalization and the needs of the national "going out" development strategy, actively thinks and explores how to provide students with a learning path to connect with high-level foreign universities, and provides students with a platform for training to rise to international talents. In recent years, the school has established cooperative relations with universities in Germany, Russia, the United States, South Korea, Ireland and Taiwan, and has carried out a series of overseas student exchange projects.
—German engineers build a platform for students to rise. In 2012, the college signed a cooperation framework agreement with the German University Alliance and the German BSK International Education Institution, officially launched the training of students' master's degree ethics engineers, and established a platform for connecting the ethics engineer training models of Chinese higher vocational colleges and German public universities, sending graduates of Chinese higher vocational colleges to German universities to continue their studies and becoming international high-level engineers. After completing the study of the college, students selected for the German Engineer Program will enter the German University of Applied Technology and the University of Engineering, complete the bachelor's degree and master's degree in accordance with the German engineering education system, and achieve seamless connection between the master's degree and registered engineers in accordance with the law, and obtain a German-style master's degree engineer diploma. This diploma has the professional qualifications as an international professional engineer. In the three years since the project was launched, a total of 11 students have gone to German universities to study. In September 2013, the college introduced German foreign teachers and offered German courses. In November of the same year, the college's "Application Master's Degree German Engineer Study Preparatory Department" was officially launched, and a strong atmosphere of going to German universities to study was created on the school.
——Travel exchanges in German universities help broaden students’ horizons. Since 2012, the college has signed cooperation agreements with the University of Applied Technology of Osterfaria and Hof University of Applied Technology of Germany. Since the signing of the agreement, the college has sent 14 students to Germany for short-term exchanges and study. After arriving at German universities, students from the college attended classes with students from well-known universities such as the United States, Brazil, India, and Finland who came to Germany for exchanges. The professors have formulated a detailed teaching plan for them. The course content talks about new energy technology from the history of Europe, and is taught in all English, with very fulfilling content. During the study period, the professors also personally led the students to visit new energy factories and historical sites such as biological villages, solar plants, waste power plants, ancient silver mines, etc.
According to the overseas education plan of the college, 10-20 students with excellent character and academic performance will be sent to German Applied Technology University for exchange and study every year. The college provides 70% of the cost support for students studying in Germany in a short period of time, and provides full funding for students from extremely poor families.
—Taiwan college exchanges promote cross-strait youth exchanges. Since 2013, the institute has established cooperative relations with Taiwan's Zhongzhou University of Science and Technology, Jianguo University of Science and Technology, Zhengxiu University of Science and Technology, and Chaoyang University of Science and Technology. Over the past three years, the institute has sent 61 students to Taiwan universities for one semester of exchange study. Taiwan universities are currently preparing to send Taiwanese students to the college for exchange of study. Both parties recognize credits and provide students with policies such as tuition free, scholarships, and scholarships. Taiwan universities also take advantage of their high internationalization to actively organize exchange students from the college to participate in various international skills competitions. During the time of their stay in Taiwan, students actively interacted with teachers and students from Taiwan universities, promoting exchanges and interactions among young people on both sides of the Taiwan Strait.
——International competitions showcase the exquisite skills of higher vocational students. In April 2015, Lei Zijing, Class 1301 of the Clothing Design Class 1301 of the Academy and Wang Hao, Class 1401 of the Clothing Design Class 1401 of the Clothing Design Class went to Vladivostok, Russia to participate in the international fashion competition, and won the Excellence Award. This international competition has a history of more than 20 years. The competition is divided into semi-finals and finals. A total of 82 series of works from four countries, including Russia, China, Japan and South Korea, participated in the semi-finals, and 40 series of works participated in the finals. The entries of students from the college successfully passed the semi-finals, participated in the final competition, and achieved good results.
——Overseas study abroad improves students’ international humanistic literacy. In 2014, the college established cooperative relations with Russian and Korean universities and carried out inter-school cooperation projects. In July 2015, 20 students from the college went to Vladivostok National University of Economics and Service in Russia, and 11 students went to the University of East Asia in South Korea to participate in summer classroom projects, learn Russian and Korean, understand the history and culture of the two countries, and communicate with foreign teachers and students, which broadened students' international horizons and enhanced their awareness of international exchanges.
In February 2015, 10 students from the Omron order class of the college went to Japan to conduct a week-long exchange activity of "Sakura Technology Plan". During this exchange activity, teachers and students of the institute listened to the technical concept of "Monozukuri" taught by experts such as Chen Jianlong and Takano of Omron Company, and visited the Omron Group headquarters, Keihanna Innovation Center, Omron Kyoto Sun Factory, Kusatsu Factory, Daikin Industrial Co., Ltd., etc. The event revolves around the "Monozukuri" technology, allowing teachers and students to fully experience and experience the scientific and technological capabilities, production and manufacturing technology and 5S management of world-class enterprises, achieve the purpose of increasing knowledge, broadening students' horizons, and promoting learning and communication between cultures.
Shaanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical Teachers went to Degendov University of Applied Technology in Germany for training
Overseas Training to build an international faculty team
In recent years, the college has vigorously implemented the "going out" strategy, increased the efforts to select young backbone teachers to study abroad, strengthened the training of teachers, and improved the international vision of teachers. Since 2012, with the help of the inter-school cooperative relationship established by the school with universities in Germany, Singapore and Taiwan, the college has implemented a large-scale teacher exchange and training program.
—Implement the China-German teacher mid-term exchange project to improve teachers’ professional skills. The project aims to provide the two sides with the opportunity to achieve broader and in-depth exchanges in educational concepts, professional levels, academic standards and other aspects through a plan for exchanges between teachers of the college and teachers of German universities, so as to effectively promote the internationalization of higher education. The project is supported by the German BSK International Education Institution, and three young backbone teachers of the college are arranged to go to German universities for three months for exchanges and study. Over the past three years, the college has sent a total of 10 young backbone teachers to the University of Hannover and Ilmenau University of Technology for exchanges and study. In addition to observing the teaching methods of German professors, teachers participating in the project also cooperate with German professors to carry out academic and scientific research projects.
- Select key teachers to study abroad to expand teachers' international horizons. Since 2012, the institute has sent a total of 109 key teachers to the University of Applied Science and Technology of Degendorf, Germany for a 28-day short-term training project. The theme of the training is the professional construction and talent training model of the University of Applied Science and Technology of Germany. After 28 days of training, the advanced talent training model of German University of Applied Technology shocked teachers and brought them a brand new educational concept.
Since 2014, the college has strengthened cooperation with Taiwanese universities and selected 48 young and middle-aged backbone teachers to conduct short-term training projects at the Zhongzhou University of Science and Technology, Jianguo University of Science and Technology, Chaoyang University of Science and Technology, and Taiwan University of Science and Technology.
From 2012 to 2013, with the support of the Shaanxi Provincial Department of Education, the college sent 23 teachers and management cadres to participate in the teacher training program of the Temasek Foundation in Singapore - Nanyang Institute of Technology. Since 2009, the college has participated in various learning projects of the Ministry of Education and the National Scholarship Fund.
According to statistics, since the construction of demonstration colleges began in 2009, the college has sent more than 400 teachers to Germany, Australia, Singapore, the United States, the United Kingdom, Taiwan and Hong Kong for teacher training. Large-scale overseas teacher training has given the college a team of teachers with a national vision, which provides manpower guarantee for the college to cultivate skilled craftsmen with an international vision and promotes the improvement of the college's education and teaching quality.
"Going out" is not enough. In recent years, the institute has also actively implemented the "bringing in" strategy to increase the training and training of teachers.
- Invite foreign experts to teach at the school to improve teachers' education and teaching level. In 2011 and 2013, the college invited German vocational education expert Mr. Huge to conduct teaching method training twice, and more than 380 key teachers participated in Mr. Huge’s teaching method training. Mr. Huge's advanced educational philosophy and teaching methods caused a great shock among teachers.
In June 2013, the college invited Professor Lawrence, a professor at the Ilmenau University of Technology and Chairman of the European Electronics and Electric Power Association, to hold an academic lecture. In February 2014, Professor Jugen Lehman, President of the Hoff University of Applied Technology, Germany, to hold an academic lecture on "Decision-making of the President of the German University" to the school for management cadres of the college and leaders of Shaanxi Vocational Colleges, bringing an international high-level academic feast to the teachers and students of the college.
——Add to the introduction of overseas intellectual work and create a strong atmosphere of international exchange. The hospital has hired English and German language teaching experts all year round to provide professional training for teachers and foreign language training for students. Starting from 2013, the college implemented a pilot program of layered teaching reform, and all teaching reform pilot classes were promoted to teach English foreign teachers, which greatly improved students' English learning performance. In 2014, Mr. John Smith, an Australian English foreign teacher at the institute, was awarded the title of Outstanding Foreign Expert in Shaanxi Province by the Shaanxi Provincial Foreign Specialist Bureau. The internationalized teacher training has cultivated a group of academic and teaching backbones for the college, promoted the innovative reform of teaching content and teaching model and the internationalization of curriculum, and greatly improved the college's teaching and research work.
Shaanxi Industrial Vocational and Technical College Omron Order Class Graduate Induction Training
School-enterprise cooperation to build an international employment platform for students
In recent years, the college has vigorously carried out cooperation with world-renowned enterprises. By cooperating with world-renowned enterprises to start order classes, introducing enterprise training packages, and co-building training rooms, it has improved the quality of talent training and improved the employment level of students.
——Integrated school-enterprise cooperation with Japan Omron Company. In 2010, the institute signed a school-enterprise cooperation agreement with Omron (China) Co., Ltd., a world-renowned automation control and electronic equipment manufacturer. Since the signing of the agreement, both the school and the enterprise have determined the strategic goal of "co-educating international first-class employees", which is a model of order training in the history of the college with the greatest strength in the integration of colleges and enterprises, the highest cooperation specifications, the most influential and the best results. In the past five years of cooperation, China and Japan have jointly formulated first-class training plans, jointly built a first-class teaching team, jointly promoted first-class on-site teaching, collaboratively implemented first-class two-way management, jointly built and shared first-class training bases, and worked together to build a first-class evaluation system. In accordance with the requirements of industrial upgrading for the training of first-class employees, they started from establishing on-campus talent training bases, a full set of technical training packages, overall introduction of industrial culture education, school-enterprise personnel exchanges and interactions, and establishment of enterprise naming scholarships, etc., and cultivated more than 500 high-quality graduates for enterprises. The graduates of Omron class have won unanimous praise from students, enterprises and society with their solid skills, good comprehensive qualities and outstanding performance. ,
- jointly train students' orders with Mondez, the United States. In June 2013, the college signed a school-enterprise cooperation framework agreement with Mondelez (China). Mondelez (China) began to select 300 students with excellent theoretical and technical expertise in the college's mechanical and electrical majors to implement order training. After two semesters of intense study, the students from the Mondelez Order Class rushed to Mondelez (China) factories in Shanghai, Guangzhou, Jiangmen, Suzhou and Beijing to conduct a six-month production practice. After the internship, these students officially became members of the Mondelez family.The company expressed satisfaction with the comprehensive quality of the students in Mondelez order class, and believed that most students were quick to work, had a solid foundation, had a high recognition of corporate values, and had a strong adaptability.
——Build a training room with world-renowned enterprises. In accordance with the modern enterprise production management standards, the institute has successively built an industrial automation training center with Omron, Japan, a CNC system application center with Demaji CNC machine tools in Germany, and a Fanako CNC center with Fanako Japan. At the same time, it has also built 18 training projects including a creative teaching center with enterprises in other countries. The joint construction of training centers with internationally renowned enterprises not only attracted foreign donations but reduced the investment pressure of the school. At the same time, due to the close contact with enterprises, the standards and management of jointly building training rooms are more in line with the actual situation of the enterprise, in line with the actual development of the industry, and in line with the latest development trends of the industry.