XiangXi Vocational and Technical College for Nationalities is a full-time higher vocational college approved by Hunan Provincial People’s Government and registered by the Ministry of Education. It is located in one of China’s top 10 charming cities – Xiangxi which has been described in the books of Shen Congwen, the pictures of Huang Yongyu, and the songs of Song Zuying.
The college covers 734,000 square meters, with a construction area of 240,000 square meters. There are 9 teaching departments and 35 majors covering 7 categories of Literature, Science, Engineering, Agriculture, Management, Economics and Education, with 5 majors as the Provincial Demonstrative Specialties.
The college has established 2 Research Institutes, 1 modern Science and Technology Demonstration Park, more than 230 Experiment and Training rooms, with a collection of 646,000 books in the school library! It currently has approximately 695 staff, including 432 full-time teachers, 175 professors or associate professors, 121 Doctors or Masters, and 8276 students.
During the past 55 years, XiangXi Vocational and Technical College has trained more than 70,000 professional technical and management personnel. It is regarded as the national labour transfer training demonstration base and the national youth entrepreneurship training base.