Founded in 1956, Wuhan Railway Vocational College of Technology (hereafter referred to briefly as WRC) is a full-time higher vocational institute specialized in railway programs, sponsored by Hubei provincial government. WRC is one of China’s exemplary vocational colleges, top fifty colleges with good employment and one of the first modern apprenticeship pilot units of Ministry of Education. WRC offers 38 programs and has an enrollment of over 13000 full-time students nationwide, with 8 academic schools such as School of Railway Transport Management, School of Railway Locomotive and Vehicle, School of Railway Communications and Signals, School of Railway Engineering, School of Machinery and Electronics, School of Electrical Engineering and Automation, School of Economics and Management, Medical and Nursing School and so on. 

With a more than 69-year-long history, WRC has gained rich experience in industry-education integration and school-enterprise cooperation. It has played an important role in promoting the development of the railway industry and the economic and social development of Hubei province. Graduates of WRC are generally welcomed by the society and rail transit enterprises, and the employment rate has retained a percentage of over 96% in recent years. 

WRC pushes forward international exchanges and cooperation and has established partnerships with colleges and educational institutions from UK, USA, Canada, Germany and Thailand. Upholding the ideas “Where there is a high-speed railway, there is our service!” and following the Belt and Road initiative, WRC pioneered high-speed railway technician training program for Thailand and Kenya. China-Thailand cooperative program of cultivating high-speed railway talents ranked as the first batch of top 20 China-ASEAN vocational colleges characteristic cooperation projects. WRC has won the bronze prize(2016) and the silver prize (2018) of World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP) Award of Excellence and established the first High-speed Railway Luban Institute globally in Thailand in April, 2019. It has become a window for the world to know about Chinese higher vocational education in the high-speed railway field.

      
       武汉铁路职业技术学院创建于1956年，是一所由湖北省人民政府主办的具有铁路特色的全日制普通高等职业院校，是国家示范性高等职业院校、全国毕业生就业典型经验高校、教育部首批现代学徒制试点单位。学校现设有铁道运输管理学院、铁道机车车辆学院、铁道通信与信号学院、铁道工程学院、电气与自动化学院等8个二级学院，在校学生13000余人，开设专业38个，覆盖了铁路运营管理全产业链。

      经过六十年的积累和沉淀，学校在产教深度融合、校企紧密合作方面积累了丰富的实践经验，为推动铁路事业发展和湖北经济社会发展发挥了重要作用。学校毕业生受到社会和轨道交通企业的普遍欢迎，长期以来学校毕业生就业率保持在96%以上。

      学校致力于国际交流与合作，先后与英国、加拿大、德国、澳大利亚、美国、泰国、肯尼亚、柬埔寨等国家的高等院校和职业教育机构合作，学校积极响应国家“一带一路”倡议，秉承“高铁到哪，服务就到哪”的理念，率先为泰国、肯尼亚等国培养高铁专业人才，“中泰联合培养高铁专业人才”项目成为首批中国-东盟职业院校特色合作项目，在泰国成立全球首家高铁鲁班学院。学校荣获世界职教联盟卓越奖，学校成为世界了解中国高等职业教育的窗口。