Three Gorges Vocational College of Electric Power

Three Gorges Vocational College of Electric Power is a full-time higher vocational college approved by the Hubei Provincial Government and registered with China’s Ministry of Education. Sponsored by China Energy Engineering Group Co., Ltd. (Energy China Group), it also serves as the Central China Training Center and a training base for highly skilled talent. The college traces its origins to Gezhouba Workers’ University, established in 1975, and has a 50-year history of vocational education. Located in Yichang, Hubei, known as the “World Capital of Hydropower,” the college covers an area of 429 mu (approximately 70.7 acres), with a total floor area of more than 170,000 square meters.

The college comprises five teaching units: the College of Intelligent Construction, the College of Electric Power Engineering, the College of Electromechanical and Automation, the College of Marxism (Psychology College), and the Training Center. It currently enrolls 8,300 students and offers 13 higher vocational programs, including Power Plant and Power System, Power System Automation Technology, Photovoltaic Engineering Technology, and Intelligent Construction Technology. It has also established more than 20 on-campus and off-campus vocational skills training bases. The college has 299 faculty and staff, with 35% of full-time teachers holding associate senior or higher professional titles. In addition, 88% of professional teachers hold practical skills certificates or have frontline work experience in enterprises. More than 40 technical experts from the power industry, enterprises, and public institutions serve as visiting professors, contributing to a high-level dual-qualified faculty combining full-time and part-time members.

As a pilot college for the modern apprenticeship system under China’s Ministry of Education, one of the first pilot institutions for the modern apprenticeship system in Hubei Province, a “Double High” college in Hubei Province, and a typical demonstration college for industry-education integration in Yichang, the college leverages its unique advantages as an enterprise-run institution. It has established in-depth college-enterprise partnerships with more than 50 enterprises and signed internship agreements with more than 30 enterprises.

Following the training philosophy of “employment upon enrollment and apprenticeship upon admission,” the college and enterprises jointly develop talent training programs and course materials, fully integrating enterprise technical standards and corporate culture throughout the educational process. In partnership with Energy China Group, the college contributed to the Group’s successful selection as a national industry-education integration enterprise, while Gezhouba Group was recognized as the only first-batch nationally certified industry-education integration enterprise in Hubei Province.

The college holds 23 training qualifications across five major categories and has established platforms including a National Employee Training Demonstration Base and a Hubei Provincial Industrial Worker Training Demonstration Base. It provides training for approximately 40,000 participants each year, offering enterprises multi-level training in areas such as Party-building for cadres, management and business operations, technical skills, and work safety. It also actively supports the Belt and Road Initiative by delivering electric power vocational education resources overseas and providing localized training for technical and skilled talent.

The college has received multiple honors, including the "Model College for Vocational Education in Electric Power" from the former Ministry of Electric Power, Advanced Collective in Vocational Education in Hubei Province, National Demonstration Point for Employee Education and Training, and a construction base for the Craftsman College of Energy, Chemistry, and Geology System.