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Tianjin University of Technology and Education
https://www.tute.edu.cn/
Address: 1310 Dagu South Road, Hexi District,
Tianjin, China
History
Tianjin University of
Technology and Education (TUTE), known as the
“Cradle of Cultivating Teaching Staff for Vocational
Education in China”, was founded in 1979. It is one
of the first normal universities in China to produce
vocational teachers and applied technicians. It is
the only local university in Tianjin to be co-built
by Ministry of Education of China and Tianjin
Municipal Government.
University Features
TUTE sticks to the educational philosophy of
“combining theoretic studies with hands-on training
to achieve all-round development”. Since 1990s, a
new mode has been initiated to produce talents.
Integrated vocational teachers have been produced by
double-certificate system. “Double-certificate”
refers to the degree certificate and a national
vocational qualification certificate, which the
students get upon graduation. TUTE received 1st
prize of national teaching achievements twice by
this teaching model.
Disciplines and Programs
TUTE has 7 disciplines, namely engineering,
education, science, management, economics,
literature and art, which are operated by 10
colleges. It has a postdoctoral workstation, 7
first-level discipline master’s programs, 4
professional degree programs and 44 bachelor’s
programs.
Facilitates
TUTE covers an area of more than 800,000m2 with
a construction area of over 470,000m2 and 1,8000
full-time students, including undergraduate,
postgraduate, PHD and international students.
Teachers with technical qualifications make up 70%
of those with double certificates. TUTE has 11
national experiment demonstration units (Engineering
Training Center) and training centers, 160 training
laboratories, 5 innovation bases and advanced
laboratory.
Research and Social Services
Approved by the Ministry of Education and the
Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security,
TUTE has been rated among the first universities as
13 training bases. TUTE is the leading body of
Vocational Teachers Committee of China Vocational
and Technical Education Society, Normal Vocational
and Technical School Union, Degree and Postgraduate
Education Society and the executive leading body of
Vocational Guidance Committee. Over the past 5
years, TUTE organized and hosted vocational and
technical contests. TUTE also provides technical
support and evaluation for Tianjin CNC Skills
Contest, National Vocational and Technical Contest.
TUTE is the Headquarter of the Association of
Universities (Colleges) of Applied Sciences to
develop the cooperation with the similar alliance in
the world. TUTE also sets up the World
Skills-Chinese Research Center to provide guidance
to the contestants for world skill competition and
the Center of African Union Studies to do some
research projects in the African fields.
International Exchange and Cooperation
TUTE attaches great importance to develop the
international exchange and cooperation and has got a
lot of achievements in the past few years.
1. Confucius Institutes
With the great help and support of Headquarters of
Confucius Institutes (Hanban), TUTE has set up 2
Confucius Institutes, 4 Confucius Classrooms and 4
Chinese-Language Centers in the first-level
universities in Ethiopia since the year 2009, where
the Chinese-language undergraduate programs are
developed and the local graduates have got good jobs
being the Chinese majors. In the past six years,
TUTE has increased rich experience in operating
Confucius Institutes, one of the Confucius
Institutes won the Prize of “Excellent Confucius
Institute” and some Chinese directors also won the
“Excellent” personal prize by Hanban. In April.2016,
TUTE assigned the Chinese teachers and volunteers to
teach Chinese language at Wintec University in New
Zealand. 2. International Students
TUTE has enrolled nearly 1,000 international
students from more than 70 countries for both
short-term and long-term study since 2003. More than
200 undergraduates, postgraduates and Chinese
Language students from Ethiopia, Tanzania, Nigeria,
Poland, Ukraine, Thailand, etc. study in TUTE
yearly.
3. Educational Foreign-Aid
As the first foreign aid base approved by the
Ministry of Education, TUTE has made remarkable
achievements in foreign aid in Africa. TUTE has
participated in the construction work of
“Ethio-China Polytechnic College” since 2007. In
2014, TUTE set up ASEAN Educational Training Center
authorized by MoFA and MoE. TUTE has assigned over
200 TVET instructors and experts to work in the
developing countries and held vocational education
training programs for African and Asian countries,
with over 1000 trainees benefited.
4. International Cooperation
TUTE has established multilevel exchange and
cooperation projects with more than 40 universities
from USA, Germany, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand,
Ethiopia, etc., TUTE assigns students to foreign
counties like USA, Korea, Poland and New Zealand to
attend different kinds of exchange programs.
Furthermore, TUTE also enthusiastically develops the
joint programs with the universities from American,
European and African countries.