Wuxi Institute of Technology (WXIT), founded in 1959, is an independent and full-time public higher vocational college. It was authorized by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China and now is managed by Jiangsu Education Department. WXIT is located near the beautiful Taihu Lake. It is one of the first group of 28 “National Model Higher Vocational Colleges”.

In 2012, WXIT was approved to offer four-year bachelor educational programs by collaborating with Jiangsu University to train high-quality professional and technical talents. In 2018, WXIT was awarded “Excellent higher vocational colleges in Jiangsu Province” and listed in the top 50 national vocational colleges of teaching resources, international influence, service contribution and internship management, which made WXIT a Grand Slam college in Chinese vocational colleges. In 2024, WXIT ranked 1^st place in the “Ranking of Chinese Vocational College Competitiveness”.

WXIT has two campuses covering more than 850 acres with total assets 1.8 billion RMB. Currently, there are 14 academic schools with 14,400 full-time students and a faculty of more than 1000 including over 70 professors, 280 associate professors and 170 high-level young teachers with doctor’s degree.

At present, there are 53 majors including 6 undergraduate majors in the equipment manufacturing industry and emerging industries, in which Mechatronics ranks No.1 in Chinese Vocational Colleges. There are 2 teaching reform programs issued by the Ministry of Education of P.R.C, the first batch of 4 national demonstration majors, 2 key majors supported by central government finance, 2 provincial-level branding majors, 8 provincial-level characteristic majors. WXIT presided over the construction of two national-level professional teaching resources of numerical control technology and Internet of Things technology, and has 13 national-level quality courses, 13 national-level quality online courses, and 58 National Planning Textbooks. Furthermore, WXIT won 2 national-level first prizes, 3 second prizes, 3 provincial-level special prizes, 20 first prizes and 2 second prizes in teaching achievements.

WXIT has been continuously forging ahead on the way of internationalization in the field of higher vocational education. Currently, WXIT has established the cooperative relationship with more than 100 educational institutions from over 50 countries and regions such as America, Germany, France etc. WXIT has 8 joint teaching programs cooperating respectively with America, Australia, Denmark, Japan, etc. The Sino-U.S. joint program, Sino-Denmark and Sino-Australia joint program have been awarded “Jiangsu High-level Model Joint-Program”. In 2018, the School of Ireland ( jointly built by WXIT and Athlone Institute of Technology) was set up in Wuxi Institute of Technology and more than 1000 students have enrolled and studied in this school. Recruiting international students is also an important part of WXIT’s internationalization. Since 2014, WXIT has enrolled more than 2800 international students from 60 countries.

In recent years, the reputation of WXIT has spread widely. WXIT  has won the  Advanced National Vocational College,  Advanced National Education System ,  Advanced College in National Machinery Industry,  Provincial-level Advanced College in Teaching and  Provincial-level Advanced College in Talents Training Provincial-level Advanced College in International Cooperation  Harmonious Campus in Jiangsu Province and other honorary titles.