南通航运职业技术学院是：

　　教育部高职高专人才培养工作水平评估优秀院校

　　首批江苏省示范性高等职业院校

　　首批全国交通职业教育示范院校

　　首批国家骨干高职院建设优秀等级单位

　　全国就业工作典型经验50强高校

　　南通航运职业技术学院(以下简称“学院”)是一所经江苏省人民政府批准设置的全日制普通高等学校，建校于1960年，隶属江苏省交通运输厅。学院座落于风景秀丽的长三角地区最适宜人居的花园城市、著名的教育之乡——江苏省南通市，位于苏通长江大桥北翼。

　　学院现有全日制普通教育学生近万人，成人学历教育学员2000多人，年短期职业培训规模达2万人次以上。学院立足交通，围绕水上运输产业链设置专业，办学特色鲜明。现设有航海、轮机工程、船舶与海洋工程、交通工程、管理信息、机电、人文艺术等7个系49个专业;建有一批国家重点专业、省级示范专业、特色专业和国家级精品课程、省级精品课程。学院按照ISO9001：2000质量标准建有教育质量管理体系，同时，培训质量管理体系通过了挪威船级社的认证审核。

　　学院专任教师中具有高级专业技术职务人员比例达40%，具有硕士及以上学位人员比例达60%，专业教师双师素质比例达93%。拥有国家政府津贴获得者2名，“金锚奖”获得者1名，全国交通高职教育专业带头人7名，交通部吴福—振华交通教育奖励基金优秀教师3名，江苏省“333高层次人才培养对象”、江苏省高校教学名师等高层次人才近20名，江苏省高校优秀教学团队2个。

　　学院校园占地面积近1000亩，校舍建筑面积达34万多平方米。建有2个国家级职业教育实训基地、3个省级职业教育实训基地、3个南通市重点实验室;建有江苏省船舶工程技术研究开发中心等省市级科技服务机构13个;建有40多个校内实训基地、200多个校外实习就业基地;与企业合作共建有“海澜之舟”等3条教学实习船。

　　学院设有“国家职业技能鉴定所”、“教育部教育管理信息中心南通培训基地”、“中国海事服务中心南通培训基地”、“江苏省航道技能人才教育培训基地”、“江苏省海员培训中心”和“上海交通大学网络学院南通远程学习中心”、 “中新(南通)国际海事培训中心”等培训机构(基地)。学院具有国家海事局认可的与国际接轨的42项海员培训资格，也是国家海事局唯一认定实施教育扶贫的高职院校。

　　学院在国内高等职业院校中享有较高声誉，具有较高的学术地位,是江苏省航海学会常务副理事长单位，江苏省郑和研究会常务副理事长单位，承担学会的日常管理工作。

　　学院广泛开展国际学术交流和合作活动，是全球航海教育与培训联合会会员单位，目前已和世界上9个国家和地区的10多所高校建立了良好的校际合作交流关系。

　　学院积极实施“订单式”等人才培养模式，强化校企合作，努力培养高素质、技术技能型人才，积极服务于地方社会经济发展，毕业生就业率始终保持在98%以上。

　　Nantong Shipping College

　　Nantong Shipping College(NTSC)is a vocational college engaged in higher education under the direct authority of the Jiangsu Provincial Department of Transportation. The college was established in 1960. It’s now situated in Nantong, a scenic city of Jiangsu Province in the Yangtze River Delta of China.

　　The College now has the capacity to educate over 10,000 full time students, over 2,000 further education students, as well as short-term vocational training for over 20,000 students each year. There are 7 academic departments: nautical; ship engine engineering; ship and ocean engineering; transportation engineering; management and information technology; mechanical and electrical engineering; Humanities and Arts, totally 49 specialties. It has a number of key national specialties, provincial model specialties, state-level quality courses and provincial quality courses. The college established its educational quality management system with the accordance of ISO9001: 2000 quality standard, while its training quality management system certified by DNV audit.

　　Among the college’s full-time teachers, 40% has the senior professional and technical positions, 60% has the master's degree or above, 93% of which hold dual-qualification. There are 2 teachers have been awarded the China State Council Special Government Allowance, 1 teacher has been awarded the Golden Anchor Award by National Committee of the Chinese Seamen and Construction Workers’ Union, 3 outstanding teachers have been awarded the Ministry of Transportation Wu Fu – Zhen Hua Traffic Education Award Fund. It also has 7 specialty leading persons of China national transport higher vocational education, nearly 20 high-level personnel of Jiangsu province "333 high-level personnel training object and Jiangsu provincial level famous college teaching masters, and 2 provincial level excellent teaching teams.

　　The College covers approximately 63 hectares with a construction area of over 340,000 ㎡ It has 2 national level vocational education training base, 3 provincial level vocational education training bases, 3 municipal level key laboratories, 13 provincial and municipal level technology service centers, includes the Jiangsu Ship Engineering Research and Development Center, Singapore (Nantong) International Maritime Institute etc.. The College has more than 40 campus training bases, more than 200 off-campus internships and employment bases, and cooperates with enterprises to build the "HAILAN Boat" and other 2 boats for teaching practice.

　　The college enjoys the high reputation in higher vocational institutions, and has 42 seafarers training qualification with international standards which are approved by Maritime Safety Administration of the People’s Republic of China (China MSA). It is the executive vice chairman unit of Jiangsu Provincial Institute of Nautical and Jiangsu Zheng He Research Society, responsible for their daily management.

　　The College emphasizes international exchange and cooperation and is a member of Global Maritime Education and Training Institution (GlobalMET). It has close relationships with 10 colleges and universities in 9 countries.

　　The college actively implements the "order talent training mode" and other training models, strengthen school-enterprise cooperation, and strive to train the high-quality skilled personnel, and actively service in the local social and economic development. The graduate employment rate of the college has been remaining above 98%.

　　Nantong Shipping College has been given the Outstanding College award by the Education Ministry of the PRC, based on the evaluation of its education level, and is listed as one of the first group demonstrative higher vocational colleges in Jiangsu province, the demonstrative college of transportation vocational education, the excellent national key higher vocational college, one of the top 50 excellent employment typical experience colleges and universities.