The college, formerly known as Baotou Machinery Industry School, was founded in 1956. It is a national key general secondary school for training professional and technical personnel for the national defense industry. The college was originally affiliated to China Ordnance Industry Corporation, and 1998 was approved by the Ministry of Education to establish Baotou Vocational and Technical College. In 2004, it was identified by the Ministry of Education and other six ministries as one of the training institutions to undertake the training of national skilled talents in short supply; In 2007, it was identified by the State Commission of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense as one of the first batch of vocational education training bases for national defense science, technology and industry. In 2008, it was determined by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Finance as one of the "National Model Higher Vocational College Construction Plans" and became one of the national 100 model higher vocational college construction units. Since its establishment 53 years ago, the College has trained more than 36,000 professionals at all levels for the national defense industry front and local economic construction, and has become an important force in the education front of national defense industry and local industrial and technical personnel in China, playing an important role.
The college covers an area of 1 100 mu with a building area of 293,200 square meters. The total value of teaching instruments is 60,997,300 yuan. The college now has 10 departments, such as mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, material engineering, vehicle engineering, computer and information engineering, humanities and art design, economy, trade and management, social science department, sports teaching and research department, adult education department, etc., as well as the national vocational skill appraisal institute and the national vocational qualification unified appraisal training department. College experimental training conditions are relatively complete, with 45 experimental training centers (rooms); There are 230 off-campus training bases. There are 539 full-time teachers, including professors and associate professors 19 1 person. There are 36 majors in machinery, electricity, materials, automobile, computer, management and humanities, and 5 specialty majors in military engineering. The college recruits students from more than 20 provinces (autonomous regions) and cities across the country, with more than 2000 students of various academic systems/kloc-0. .