Centering on international cooperation and exchange since its beginning in2000, Qingdao Technical College (QTC) has built up a friendly relationship with74 educational institutions in 21 countries, including Korea Yeungjin College, ChienkuoTechnology University, New Zealand Waikato Institute of Technology, and so onso forth. As an important educational strategy, QTC has sent over 90 visiting delegations to more than 110higher educational institutions or friendly organizations in 25 countries,including the United States, Germany, Canada, Japan, Korea, Austria, theNetherlands, India and Thailand, and has received more than 250 visiting delegation from 18 countries.
To uphold the academic exchanges internationally, QTC has hosted more than70 lectures given by foreign experts, and 3 sessions of international forum onhigher vocational education in 2007,2009 and 2013, and sentits teaching faculties abroad to attend the important educational events, allof which have greatly benefited itself by instantly approaching the updateddeveloping trend of vocational education.
With an internationalperspective, QTC has constantly sent its teaching faculties to study or work inGermany, the Netherlands, Canada, Japan, and Singapore, which has made 40% ofits staff have an overseas study or work background. The overseas training andworking has greatly benefited the college in terms of having applied a seriesof overseas outstanding teaching methods, including competence-based education,working process-oriented education, task-based education and project teachingetc.
With an eye to servingthe local development, QTC has been actively seeking to bring in thehigh-quality educational resources by cooperating with international collegesand universities in Australia, Singapore, France, and New Zealand. Havingeducated nearly 600 graduates andtrained over 70 teachers, the jointprograms with Singapore PSB Academy, University de PARIS 13, Waiariki Instituteof Technology, New Zealand has given rise to a far-reaching influence on QTC’seducation.
More than 60 QTC students, throughits international students program, have been exchanged to study in Korea,Canada and Japan, and over 200 studentshave furthered their study in the cooperative colleges and universities inFrance, Australia, Singapore, Korea and Japan. In addition, QTC has set up 20 overseas training centers, where 560 QTC students have received their practicaltraining or been employed. QTC has trained or educated more than 1,200international students.
QTC's Overseas CooperativePartners
No. |
Country/ Region |
Name |
Time to begin |
01 |
Korea |
Seoul Jungsu College of Korea Polytechnic |
2002.02 |
02 |
Yeungjin College |
2002.11 |
03 |
Jaeung College |
2003.03 |
04 |
Jeonju University |
2003.07 |
05 |
Wonkwang University |
2003.07 |
06 |
Hansung Digital University |
2003.09 |
07 |
Kyungnam College of Information & Technology |
2004.06 |
08 |
SeongAm Girls’ Information Industrial High School |
2005.06 |
09 |
ChangShin College |
2005.12 |
10 |
International Occupation Ability Development and Exchange Association |
2006.02 |
11 |
Northeast Asia Vision21 Corporate Sector |
2007.06 |
12 |
Daegu Tourism High School |
2008.01 |
13 |
Kwangju Women’s University |
2008.01 |
14 |
The University of Suwon |
2009.07 |
15 |
Daegu University |
2008.01 |
16 |
Koje College |
2008.06 |
17 |
Inha Technical College |
2011.10 |
18 |
Incheon Women’s Business School |
2012.06 |
19 |
Hong Kong |
Hong Kong College of Technology |
2003.06 |
20 |
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University |
2003.09 |
21 |
Taiwan |
Shih Chien University |
2005.05 |
22 |
Asia-Pacific Institute Creativity |
2013.03 |
23 |
Chienkuo Technology University |
2013.07 |
24 |
Chaoyang University of Technology |
2013.07 |
25 |
Tungnan University |
2014.06 |
26 |
Singapore |
PAB Academy |
2003.08 |
27 |
Wanco Manpower Pte Ltd |
2006.05 |
28 |
Nanyang Polytechnic |
2009.04 |
29 |
Japan |
Kansai International University |
2005.07 |
30 |
Osaka YMCA International College |
2008.04 |
31 |
Ehime Women’s College |
2008.06 |
32 |
Kobe International University |
2010.11 |
33 |
Takamatsu University |
2011.05 |
34 |
Fukuoka Foreign Language College、Fukuoka International Communication College |
2012.06 |
35 |
The Kyoto College of Graduate Studies for Informatics |
2012.07 |
36 |
Jumonji University |
2013.07 |
37 |
Thailand |
Bangkok Thonburi University |
2009.11 |
38 |
Rajamangala University of Technology Rattanakosin |
2009.06 |
39 |
India |
National Institute of Information Technology (NIIT) |
2009.11 |
40 |
Bharati Vidyapeeth University – Amplify Mindware, Department of Information Technology management |
2009.11 |
41 |
ETH Ltd |
2009.11 |
42 |
Bangalore University |
2010.09 |
43 |
Turkey |
Hacettepe University |
2010.12 |
44 |
Istanbul Kültür University |
2015.10 |
45 |
Canada |
Northwest Community College |
2005.10 |
46 |
Red River College |
2012.02 |
47 |
America |
Cambridge College |
2005.12 |
48 |
Asnuntuck Community College |
2006.11 |
49 |
Linn-Benton Community College |
2009.07 |
50 |
Global Health Management |
2009.07 |
51 |
Learning Institute of Texas(LIT) |
2011.02 |
52 |
Ivy Tech Community College -North Central |
2011.12 |
53 |
Ivy Tech Community College -Northeast |
2011.12 |
54 |
Alliant International University |
2013.10 |
55 |
State University of New York College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill,U.S.A |
2015.3.9 |
56 |
Alfred University |
2015.7 |
57 |
Holland |
INHOLLAND University of Applied Sciences |
2006.09 |
58 |
ICLON of Leiden University |
2006.09 |
59 |
England |
Gloucestershire College |
2007.10 |
60 |
France |
Mandarin Voyages |
2009.09 |
61 |
Université de Paris 13 |
2005.05 |
62 |
Université du Sud Toulon-Var |
2008.12 |
63 |
ESC Bretagne Brest |
2009.02 |
64 |
Ireland |
Institute of Technology Tralee |
2011.11 |
65 |
Germany |
IUBH |
2014.04 |
66 |
Duale Hochschuen Baden-Wuerttemberg(DHBW) |
2014.8.24 |
67 |
Austria |
Vienna Modul Tourism and Hotel Management School |
2014.11.11 |
68 |
Italy |
Italian Valenti, Academy of Fine Arts |
2015.1.9 |
69 |
Tunisia |
IHET TCFA |
2014.9.23 |
70 |
New Zealand |
Waiariki Institute of Technology |
2008.12 |
71 |
Waikato Institute of Technology |
2012.12 |
72 |
Australia |
University of New South Wales |
2002.12 |
73 |
Southbank Institute of Technology |
2012.08 |
74 |
Portugal |
Instituto Politécnico de Coimbra |
2015.10 |