Minnan Polytechnic College was founded in 1998 and was upgraded to a general undergraduate college in 2008 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. It was awarded the right to confer bachelor's degrees in 2012. In 2016, it passed the undergraduate teaching qualification assessment of the Ministry of Education. The school is located in Quanzhou City, Fujian Province, a famous historical and cultural city, a famous hometown of overseas Chinese, and the starting point of the "Maritime Silk Road". It is located on the west bank of the Taiwan Strait and the Baogaishan Scenic Area in Shishi, a coastal city. The campus covers an area of more than 1,100 acres and a total construction area of more than 600,000 square meters. There are more than 17,000 full-time students and more than 1,200 faculty and staff. The school adheres to the school-running positioning of "application-oriented, local, open, and characteristic", based in Quanzhou, facing Fujian, and radiating across the country. The school currently has 12 teaching units, including the School of Optoelectronics and Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the School of Electronics and Electrical Engineering, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Fashion and Art Design, the School of Information Management, the School of Economics and Management, the School of Finance and Accounting, the School of Foreign Languages, the School of Physical Education, the School of Education, the School of Marxism, and the School of Continuing Education. It has set up 44 majors, including mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, optoelectronic information science and engineering, robotics engineering, electrical engineering and automation, intelligent construction, civil engineering, fashion design and engineering, digital media technology, data science and big data technology, primary education, preschool education, financial management, economics, business English, e-commerce, digital media art, and leisure sports. It has formed a discipline and professional system that focuses on engineering, combines science and engineering, and coordinates the development of multiple disciplines in economics, management, literature, education, and art. The school adheres to the school-running philosophy proposed by the founder, Chairman Xu Jingqi, of "providing guarantees and creating value for the healthy growth and success of every student", and cultivates high-quality application-oriented innovative talents with all-round development of morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, and adapts to the needs of regional economic and social development. At present, the school has 1 national first-class undergraduate professional construction site and 7 provincial-level, 1 national first-class course, and 36 provincial-level courses. In addition, the school also undertakes 54 collaborative education projects of the Ministry of Education's industry-university cooperation, has 2 provincial key disciplines, 6 provincial scientific research and innovation platforms, 3 provincial applied disciplines and 1 cultivation project. In terms of talent training, the school has established 2 provincial demonstration applied talent training professional groups, 4 provincial service industry specialty majors, 3 provincial innovation and entrepreneurship education reform pilot majors, 1 provincial modern apprenticeship project, 1 provincial college student innovation and entrepreneurship park and 1 national maker space. The school encourages and supports students to participate in various science and technology and cultural competitions. In the past three years, teachers and students have won more than 3,000 provincial and above awards. In 2023, the school won 1 gold medal and 6 bronze medals in the China International College Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition. In the "2019-2023 National New Undergraduate College Student Competition List" announced by the China Higher Education Society, it ranked 69th; in the "2019-2023 National Private College Student Competition List", it ranked 20th. The school has established long-term inter-school cooperation with many universities inside and outside the province. It cooperated with the National Key Laboratory of Process Industry Automation of Northeastern University to establish the "Academician Chai Tianyou Workstation", signed the "Education and Teaching Resources Cooperation Agreement" with Xiamen University, and signed a joint training agreement for master's students with Fuzhou University. Since the school was founded in 1998, it has long been strongly supported by universities inside and outside the province, such as Changchun University of Science and Technology, Wuhan Textile University, Xi'an University of Technology, Huizhou College, and Minnan Normal University. The school adheres to the principle of "employment-oriented and service-oriented", attaches great importance to student employment, and has signed close school-enterprise cooperation agreements with more than 300 large and medium-sized enterprises and units in China, creating good conditions for students' practical ability training and high-quality employment. In recent years, the implementation rate of graduates has remained above 90%, and graduates have been widely praised by all sectors of society. Since 2015, the school has successively hosted important events such as the 16th National College Student Track and Field Championships, the 9th Straits Forum·Cross-Strait Green Ecological Cooperation Seminar, the 20th Guling Science Conference of Fujian Province, and the First Maritime Silk Road Architecture Culture High-end Forum. It has hosted the finals of the National College Graduate Fashion Design Competition for five consecutive years. The school has won honorary titles such as Provincial Civilized School, Advanced Grassroots Party Organization, "May Fourth" Red Flag Youth League Committee, Quanzhou City Social Forces Advanced School-running Unit, and Safe Campus. The school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adheres to the socialist direction of running schools, and adheres to the development strategy of "strengthening the school with talents, developing the school with science and technology, establishing the school with brands, honoring the school with culture, and running the school with openness". It continuously cultivates high-quality application-oriented talents with innovative consciousness and practical ability, and strives to build the school into a first-class, well-known and distinctive application-oriented private university in the province!
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