The better specialty majors of Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College include: water conservancy engineering, elevator engineering technology, and hydropower station operation and management.
1. Introduction to Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College
Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College is a public general higher vocational college established in 2002 with the approval of the Hubei Provincial People's Government. It is under the responsibility of the Hubei Provincial Department of Water Resources and accepts the management and guidance of the Hubei Provincial Department of Education.
It is a comprehensive higher vocational college focusing on cultivating talents specialized in water conservancy and hydropower. It is one of the first batch of "National Water Conservancy Higher Vocational Education Demonstration Colleges" and a national high-quality water conservancy higher vocational college construction unit of Hubei Province's high-quality higher vocational colleges.
The predecessor of the college was Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower School established in 1952. In April 2002, with the approval of the Provincial People's Government and the filing of the Ministry of Education, the school was upgraded to a higher vocational and technical college and named "Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College".
Adhering to the school motto of “self-cultivation, determination, motivation and truth-seeking”, the college has trained and delivered more than 70,000 intermediate and senior professional and technical talents to the country, and has gradually developed into an important training base for water conservancy and hydropower talents in China. It was recognized by the Ministry of Water Resources as one of the first batch of “National Water Conservancy Higher Vocational Education Demonstration Colleges” and won the “National Water Conservancy Industry Outstanding Contribution Award for the Training of Skilled Talents”.
It has been awarded “Provincial Safe Campus”, “Hubei Provincial Model School for Running Schools in accordance with the Law”, Advanced Party Building Unit, and Advanced Unit of Grassroots Party Organization by the Provincial Department of Education and the Department of Water Resources.
2. Scientific research results
In 2018, the college obtained 24 national patents, including 14 in the water conservancy and construction categories.
In 2014, the provincial key science and technology project "Dual-purpose Turning and Milling Machining Center and Fault Detection and Display Device for Teaching and Processing" hosted by the Academy won the Hubei Province Science and Technology Achievements Registration Certificate; "Dual-purpose Teaching and Processing Type Milling Machine Control System" obtained patent certificates from the People's Republic of China and the State Intellectual Property Office.
3. Academic resources
As of December 2020, the college has a total of 175,120 e-books and a total of 29,625GB of e-books. According to the school’s official website in April 2023, the school has more than 699,700 books in its collection.
IV. Academic Resources
"Journal of Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College" was founded in 2005. It is an academic journal on water conservancy and hydropower sponsored by Hubei Water Conservancy and Hydropower Vocational and Technical College. It is mainly for Hubei It is issued free of charge by units directly under the Provincial Department of Water Resources, local water conservancy departments under the jurisdiction of the Hubei Provincial Department of Water Resources, and relevant colleges and universities. The main columns include education and teaching, college construction, engineering technology management, economic and trade forums, etc.