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Yellow River Conservancy Technical University is located in Kaifeng, a famous historical and cultural city and an excellent tourism city in China. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University is one of the first national demonstrative higher vocational colleges, a national high-quality higher vocational college and a Class-A (top ten) high-level higher vocational institution (developing) with Chinese characteristics. Founded in March —, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University used to be National Yellow River Basin Water Conservancy Engineering Technical College, Yellow River Water Conservancy Technical College, Yellow River Water Conservancy College, and Yellow River Water Conservancy School. In March —, it was renamed Yellow River Water Conservancy Technical Institute with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In March —, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University was approved by the Ministry of Water Resources to be jointly constructed with Henan Province.
With profound school-running legacy, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University enjoys a wide social reputation. After 90 years' development, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has formed the educational philosophy: "cradle of technical personnel and source of innovative services". On the basis of engineering sciences, it develops featured water conservancy majors, and is committed to cultivating high-quality technical and skilled personnel with all-round development to boost the production, construction, management and service in the industry. Up to now, it has trained nearly — graduates who are contributing to the water conservancy cause across the country. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University is honored as the "Huangpu Military Academy" by the Yellow River. Yang Zhenhuai, former Minister of Water Resources, praised Yellow River Conservancy Technical University as "cradle of technical backbones by the Yellow River". Zhang Dejiang, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, spoke highly of Yellow River Conservancy Technical University for its educational facilities and featured majors. Guo Gengmao, former Secretary of the CPC Henan Provincial Committee, said during his field investigation on vocational education in Yellow River Conservancy Technical University, "I hope you will continue to be a pacesetter and gain experience to drive the vocational education at different levels in Henan Province." Li Guoying, former Vice Minister of Water Resources, said when visiting Yellow River Conservancy Technical University, "Without the Yellow River Water Conservancy Institute, the Yellow River would not remain stable for more than 50 years." With years of unremitting efforts of teachers and students, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has grown into an outstanding higher vocational college in China boasting excellent teaching staff, distinctive and competitive programs, impressive education quality, superior technical services, and continuously expanding international exchange and cooperation.
We have advanced facilities and excellent teaching staff. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University covers an area of more than — mu, with a building area of — square meters, and has fixed assets of 1.47 billion yuan, and teaching instruments and equipment worth 360 million yuan. We have teaching staff with "dual qualifications", professional ethics, and high qualities. The faculty structure is reasonable with full-time teachers and part-time teachers. Currently, there are more than — faculty members, and of the full-time teachers, 30% are professors and associate professors, 70% hold a doctor's or master's degree, and 80% are "dual-qualification" teachers. There are 3 national teaching teams, 21 master studios, and over 50 teachers who are winners of the special allowance of the State Council, national famous teachers, famous teachers of Henan Province, experts at vocational education of Henan Province, academic and technical leaders of Henan Province, and famous teachers of water conservancy vocational education in China. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has set up 200+ on-campus training rooms and 400+ off-campus practice bases through school-enterprise cooperation, and has 1.15 million books and — e-books in collections. At present, there are more than — full-time college students, including international students, and 969 students receiving adult education.
Guided by advanced educational idea, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has achieved remarkable education effects. Committed to cultivating high-quality technical and skilled personnel, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University persists in running "higher vocational education based on the social needs and orienting future development and people's satisfaction", and adheres to the educational concept of "employment oriented, teaching and program development centered, educating people through teaching, management, service, and production". Yellow River Conservancy Technical University actively explores the new mode of personnel training, and makes every effort to help students achieve coordinated development of knowledge, ability, quality and personality. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has set 17 academic units: School of Water Conservancy Engineering, School of Civil and Traffic Engineering, School of Surveying and Mapping Engineering, School of Mechanical Engineering, School of International Education (Foreign Language Education Department), School of Electrical Engineering, School of Finance and Accounting, School of Business and Management, School of Environmental Engineering, School of Information Engineering, School of Tourism, School of Art and Design (Art Education Center), School of Marxism, School of Continuing Education, Department of Basic Science, Department of Physical Education, and School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship; and over 60 majors, such as water conservancy, surveying, robotics, big data, and cross-border e-commerce. There is 1 national excellent course, 2 national pilot programs for teaching reform, 10 national key programs (developing), 12 provincial demonstrative and comprehensive reform pilot programs, and 2 national-level professional teaching resource libraries, 13 national shared courses of excellent resources, 4 national excellent online open courses and 16 provincial excellent online open courses. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University is one of the national pilot colleges for teaching diagnosis and improvement, with 5 modern apprenticeship pilot programs at national level and 8 at provincial level, and has won 5 national second prizes for teaching achievements. In the past three years, our students have won more than 780 provincial and ministerial awards in various vocational skill competitions, including 3 world-class group awards, 136 national group awards and 256 provincial and ministerial group awards. Typically, the students have won the first prize in the National "Engineering Survey" Competition for 7 consecutive sessions, and national champions in ten sessions of the Innovation Competition of Advanced Mapping Technology and Product Information Modeling. The employment rate of graduates remains at above 98%, and the employment competitiveness of our graduates ranks first among higher vocational colleges in Henan Province.
With in-depth integration of production and education, Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has made fruitful outcomes in technological services. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University focuses on applied research and technical services, and continues to promote the integration of industry and education to provide better social services. We have signed strategic cooperation agreements with the Vocational Skill Appraisal Center of the Ministry of Natural Resources, the Yellow River Conservancy Commission, the People's Government of Kaifeng City, North China University of Water Resources and Electric Power, Sinohydro Bureau 11, STECOL Corporation, HIT Robot Group and other universities, governments, enterprises to draw on each other's advantages and seek win-win cooperation and common development. We have 4 scientific research platforms at or above the provincial and ministerial level, including 1 national maker space, 2 provincial engineering technology research centers and 1 provincial business incubator, as well as 8 municipal key laboratories and engineering technology research centers, and 2 municipal innovative technology teams. In the past three years, we have successful applied for 3 NSFC projects and 46 provincial (ministerial) projects, and obtained 169 authorized patents. Our teachers have published more than — high-level professional papers. Yellow River Conservancy Technical University has completed more than 300 market-oriented technical service projects, such as hydraulic model test, new material R&D, software development, mechanical processing, and engineering survey. The annual income from providing scientific research and technical service exceeds 50 million yuan.