南京铁道职业技术学院是经江苏省人民政府批准成立、教育部备案的省属公办专科层次的全日制普通高校，是全国轨道交通行业中办学历史最为悠久、影响力极为显著的高职院校之一，是国家认定的优质高等职业院校，同时也是中国特色高水平高职学校和专业群的重要建设单位。

办学历史悠久。前身是创建于1941年的南京特别市立第一职业中学。1953年，黄炎培先生创办的中华职业学校（时名为上海轻工业学校）商科并入我校，1955年更名为南京铁路运输学校，长期隶属铁道部管理。2002年学校升格为高等职业技术学院，更名为南京铁道职业技术学院，2004年成建制由铁道部划转江苏省地方管理。建校80余载以来，学校始终秉承“求真厉行”的校训，为国家培育了超过12万名兼具家国情怀、工匠精神及铁路特色的高素质技术技能人才，被誉为铁路“黄埔军校”。

办学条件优质。现有浦口和鼓楼两个校区，总占地面积1146亩，总建筑面积40.2万平方米。现有全日制在校生1万余人，教职工670余人。设有铁道运输学院、城轨与市域交通学院、机车车辆学院、未来交通学院、运输经济管理学院、建筑与数智创意学院等6个二级学院，开设专业46个。轨道类专业覆盖高铁、普铁、地铁、市域铁路等轨道交通运营管理及装备制造全产业链，在行业内处于领先地位；地方特色专业则紧密贴合区域经济社会的发展需求，展现出鲜明的特色。现有国家“双高”建设专业群2个、省级高水平专业群6个。学校担任全国铁道行业职业教育教学指导委员会铁道运输专业委员会主任单位、铁道车辆专业委员会副主任单位，以及中国职业技术教育学会智能轨道交通专业委员会执行主任单位，拥有全国高校黄大年式教师团队1个、国家级海外高层次人才1人、国家级教师教学创新团队2个、国家级技能大师工作室1个，3名教师获评“全国优秀教师”“全国优秀教育工作者”“全国最美教师”等荣誉称号。南京铁道职业技术学院建有全国唯一连接铁路正线的高铁实训基地，列车可直接开进校园。该基地集成了高铁六大系统，配备了全真的高铁设备，技术与现场同步，实训条件达到全国一流水平。“三站两区间”智慧高铁教学站场入选国家“十四五”教育强国推进工程储备项目。

产教融合紧密。长期坚持“走校企合作之路，与中国铁路同行”的办学理念，是国家首个重大行业产教融合共同体“国家轨道交通装备行业产教融合共同体”副理事长单位，是省级市域产教联合体“江北新区轨道交通产教联合体”和“全国智能轨道交通自动化行业产教融合共同体”的牵头单位，现有产业教授34人，成果转化110余件。学校是全国首批国家铁路局铁路机车车辆驾驶人员资格理论考试考点，同时也是中国铁路总公司定点培训单位、江苏铁路人才培训基地，并且是欧亚交通高校国际联合会国际化人才培养基地。与江苏省铁路办公室、中国铁路上海局集团有限公司共建的江苏铁路教育馆，作为首批全国铁路科普教育基地、江苏省爱国主义教育基地和江苏省科普教育基地，以及江苏省中小学职业体验中心，自2015年建成开放以来，获得了包括“全国铁路科普教育基地”、“江苏省轨道交通科普教育基地”、“江苏省哲学社会科学重点研究基地”等多个荣誉称号，并积极面向社会和公众开放，开展科学技术普及活动、科技文化教育与传播事业。

人才培养成效显著。近三年，学生在省级以上各类竞赛中累计获奖500多人次，在全国职业院校技能大赛、全国大学生数学建模竞赛、全国大学生电子设计竞赛、全国大学生职业生涯规划大赛、中国国际“互联网+”大学生创新创业大赛、“挑战杯——彩虹人生”全国职业学校创新创效创业大赛以及各类文体竞赛中摘金夺银、成绩突出。青年志愿服务品牌受到团中央和团省委表彰10余次。涌现出全国铁路劳模、“火车头奖章”获得者、全国和全路向上向善好青年等一大批优秀毕业生典型。毕业生就业竞争力强、企业满意度高，毕业生就业率、就业竞争力和半年后薪酬水平连续多年位居全省高职院校前列。

国际化办学影响广泛。是世界职业技术教育发展联盟中唯一的轨道交通类高职院校，获得来华留学生质量认证最高等级位。牵头首个国家轨道交通装备行业产教融合共同体国际交流部，为雅万高铁、中老铁路、亚吉铁路等多个项目培养了超过1200名本土人才。作为“未来非洲-中非职业教育合作计划”首批中方院校，输出轨道交通 10 个工种技能鉴定标准。共建埃及“郑和学院”，创新“两元五双”留学生现代学徒制，为埃及“斋月十日城”铁路项目培养 109 名运营管理人才，试运行列车司机受到埃及总统现场接见和点赞。

学校办学声誉显著。先后获得过全国职业技术教育先进单位、全国职业院校就业竞争力示范校、全国学校急救教育试点学校、江苏省高等学校先进基层党组织、江苏省学习型党组织建设工作先进单位、江苏省高校思政工作先进集体、江苏省首批依法治校示范校、江苏省高质量平安校园建设高校等几十项省部级及以上荣誉。立项“全国党建工作标杆院系”1个、“全国党建工作样板支部”3个。在全国2024年高等职业教育质量年报评价中排名高职学校（专科）第一。2023 年度获省属高校高质量发展综合考核“争先进位奖”，2024年度获省属高校（高水平高等职业院校）高质量发展综合考核第一等次。学校连续多年获评江苏省文明校园。

数据更新至2025年8月

Introduction to Nanjing Vocational Institute of Railway Technology (NIRT)

Nanjing Vocational Institute of Railway Technology (NIRT) is a full-time public regular institution of higher learning (junior college) under provincial jurisdiction approved by the People’s Government of Jiangsu and filed with the Ministry of Education. She is a high grade occupational junior college in Jiangsu Province, a quality higher occupational college at the State level, and a high grade occupational school with characteristics in China with various disciplines. NIRT was formerly No. 1 Occupational School of Nanjing Special City set up in 1941, which was renamed as Nanjing Rail Transport School under the Ministry of Railway, and upgraded to higher learning occupational college in the name of NVIRT in 2002. She was transferred to the local jurisdiction of Jiangsu by the Ministry of Railway in 2004.

Eight decades of vicissitude has enriched the NIRTers with the responsibilities of “empowering the students with moral, dedicating to the rail cause and serving for the community” in the historic perspective. The hardship and struggle have led to excellent traditions and rich rail campus in addition to its output of quality skilled graduates, which has thus been highly acclaimed by the society. NIRT has opened a new chapter since its upgrade to the college. She has shown outstanding performance in the 1^st appraisal of higher occupational or junior college training by the Ministry of Education, as a model junior college at the provincial level. The new campus in Pukou was initiated and new innovative training system was commenced. Strategic cooperation with the industry or regional large company has been entered for tailor-made training. High level practice platform combining industry and teaching has been set up and co-training with other higher learning institutions has been forwarded. The student entrepreneurship or sci-tech industrial park co-sponsored with the government agencies and companies have been built to remodel in a way of integrated learning so as to enhance the training. NIRT has been rewarded as “one of the top 50 service contributors of junior college”, “one of top 50 with international impact”, “advanced entity in occupational training at provincial level”, “civilized campus at provincial level”, or “advanced entity in graduate employment at provincial level”. Her enrollment marks have been at the top for 7 consecutive years and her graduates have ranked at the top 3 in job competitiveness for 6 consecutive years. NVIRT has been listed as an excellent higher learning occupational college by the Ministry of Education and selected as a high level junior occupational college with characteristics and various disciplines.

The institute has seven secondary schools, namely the School of Transportation Management, the School of Communication and Signaling, the School of Rolling Stock and Vehicles, the School of Power Supply and Engineering, the School of Finance and Logistics Management, the School of Intelligent Engineering, the School of Architecture, Art and Design. There are six teaching departments, e.g. the School of Marxist and the School of International Education. It has opened majors in Rail transport operation management, Railway signal auto-control，EMU Maintenance Technology, Power Supply Technology，Marketing, Computer application technology, Construction engineering technology for the rail transit industry and the regional economy.

With the new target of “New NIRT with Chinese Characteristics and world level” defined by new Party Commission, NIRT, having its base in Jiangsu, will make great effort in emancipating minds, deepening reform, highly implementing college’s five development strategies for building an excellent college focused on quality, talents, innovation, characteristics and openness, entirely promoting “Double High” construction, which has been orientating to Jiangsu, facing China, serving the industry of railway and urban rail transit, aiming at the regional economy, and focusing on the main task of cultivating students by strengthening their moral education, so as to cultivate high-quality skilled talents with patriotism, craftsman spirit and rail gene, those of whom will make contribution to better serve transportation strategy, the Belt and Road initiative, and the constriction for “New Jiangsu on railway”.