Introduction

Wuxi Institute of Technology (WXIT), founded in March of 1959, is an independent and full-time public higher vocational institute, which was authorized by the National Education Ministry and is under the jurisdiction of Jiangsu Education Office.

WXIT, with two campuses of Zhongqiao Campus and Taihu Campus, occupies an area of 664,200 square meters. At present it has about 12,000 full-time students living and studying on campus and has a faculty of more than 780. WXIT started international students program in 2014 and has 30 international students on campus.

There are currently about 40 programs suitable for the economic development. The setting of programs mainly focuses on manufacturing — the backbone industry of Jiangsu Province. WXIT has been committed to providing quality education and training excellent talents with good professional skills and innovation spirit, strong social responsibility and professional ethics, positive entrepreneurship and healthy physique. With high educational quality, high employment rate and humanized students service, WXIT has become a trustworthy partner for local community and enterprises, and therefore become one of the best choices among the higher vocational and technical colleges for the high school graduates.

Achievements:

·Ranked the Seventh among the Top 200 National Model/Key Vocational Colleges in 2012 Performance Evaluation released by Chinese Ministry of Education

·Single Champion in Mechanical and Electronic Fields

·2 First prizes of National Higher Educational Achievements

·2 Grand prizes of Provincial Educational Achievements

·3 First prizes of Provincial Educational Achievements

·One National Oustanding Instructor

·Three National Level Teaching Teams

·Active win-win education-industry cooperation :
2 National Training Bases & 5 Provincial Training Bases
So far, WXIT has established friendship with the colleges and universities from

30 countries and areas in the world including USA, Germany, France, Denmark, Canada, Australia, Japan, Singapore, Vietnam, Indonesia, Laos, Cambodia, etc.