Shenzhen Polytechnic University (SZPTU; ) is a municipal public vocational university in Nanshan, Shenzhen, Guangdong, China. The institution is funded by the City of Shenzhen. 

Founded in 1993, the institution has four campuses,namely East, West, North and OCT. It has 21,000 full-time and 6,000 part-time students enrolled.

Overview 

Shenzhen Polytechnic University is a vocational university offering full-time courses, focusing on production, construction, management and services. It has four campuses - East Campus, West Campus, North Campus, and the Overseas Chinese Town Campus - which together occupy an area of 168 hectares, 49 hectares of which are buildings. These buildings house libraries with 1.34 million books, laboratory complexes, and other facilities. Shenzhen Polytechnic University’s Industrial Training Center, for example, includes 28 training laboratories and 116 branch laboratories. In addition, the Polytechnic operates 330 off-campus practice bases.

Shenzhen Polytechnic University employs 1,775 staff. These staff includes 1047 teachers, of whom more than 80% are "dual-skilled”. There are over 20,000 full-time students and about 5,000 part-time students. These students follow a range of training courses and are granted technical certificates upon graduation. In recent years, the employment ‘take-up’ rate has also been above 95%. In addition, 53 students and staff members have been awarded the CCIE (Cisco Certified Internetwork Expert) certificate, one of the world’s leading awards in the area of internet studies.

Within Shenzhen Polytechnic University, there are 13 schools which cater to 92 specialties. These are: The School of Electronics and Information Engineering; The School of Mechanical and Electronic Engineering; The School of Media and Communication; The School of Economics and Management; The School of Art and Design; The School of Animation; The School of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology; The School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering; The School of Construction and Environmental Engineering; The School of Applied Foreign Languages; The School of Nursing and Medical Technology; The School of Further Education; and, finally, The School of Training.

With the support of the Ministry of Education, the Computer-Aided Design course, the Electronics and Information Engineering course, and the Intelligent Building Engineering Technology course are 4-year programs. Each specialty has three or more off-campus practice bases and is overseen by a Specialty Management Committee. The total of 80 Specialty Management Committees have established close relations with 1000 or more enterprises and companies in Shenzhen.

The School of Training provides training bases at the national, regional and local level.

In total, the School of Training offers more than 290 vocational skill training and vocational qualification certification training programs. It is authorized to test more than 100 different types of work at technician, primary, intermediate, and advanced levels as well as vocational skills.

The polytechnic has six programs of natural science research registered and funded at the national level, and in the Tenth Five Year, Plan is ranked 15th for research amongst colleges in Guangdong Province. In recent years, it has published 2200 academic papers on natural sciences, more than 3400 papers on social sciences and 400 textbooks on higher vocational and technical education.

The polytechnic has cooperative relationships with 40 universities and educational organizations outside of mainland China. These include universities and academic institutes in Brazil, Britain, Germany, France, Australia, the United States, Japan, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. Seven foreign languages, including English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Russian and Spanish, are taught on campus. And since 1998, for purposes of educational and cultural exchange and cooperation, it has received 30,000 visitors from other universities and educational organizations at home and abroad.

Faculties 
International Office and International Education Department (IO & IED)
School of Electronic and Communication Engineering (SECE)
School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering (SMEE)
School of Computer Engineering (SCE)
School of Economics (SE)
School of Management (SM)
School of Media and Communication (SMC)
School of Art and Design (SAD)
School of Applied Foreign Languages (SAFL)
School of Applied Chemistry and Biological Technology (SACBT)
School of Construction and Environment Engineering (SCEE)
School of Animation (SA)
School of Automotive and Transportation Engineering (SATE)
School of Medical Technology and Nursing (SMTN)
School of Continuing Education and Training (SCET)
School of Humanities (SH)
Department of Physical Education (DPE)
Branch School of OCT Campus (BS OCTC)

Schools and departments 
The International Office & the International Education Department; The School of Electronics & Information Engineering; The School of Mechanical & Electrical Engineering; The School of Economics & Management; The School of Media & Communication; The School of Art & Design; The School of Applied Foreign Languages; The School of Applied Chemistry & Biological Technology; The School of Construction & Environment Engineering; The School of Animation; The School of Automotive & Transportation Engineering; The School of Medical Technology & Nursing; The School of Continuing Education & Training; The School of Humanities; The Department of Physical Education; The Branch School of the OCT Campus

Chinese language programs 
 Elementary Chinese Program is designed for beginning learners with no or little Chinese learning experience. The program provides training in Chinese pronunciation and intonation, a volume of 2500-3000 Chinese words, and a set of basic Chinese phrases and grammatical structures. The training enables the learners to have a mastery of basic communicative ability to live in Chinese speaking environments, with a Chinese linguistic level equivalent to HSK Elementary level.
 Intermediate Chinese Program (1)(2) are designed for those wishing to improve mandarin Chinese with certain Chinese learning experiences and limited speaking competence.

Vocational skill training 
The training is designed for career preparation by Shenzhen Polytechnic Vocational Training Center.

Diploma course studies 
Shenzhen Polytechnic offers over 90 specialties in career preparation.

Rankings and reputation

Nature Index 
Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on a monthly basis.

References

External links 

 Official site (English)
 Official site 

Universities and colleges in Shenzhen
Educational institutions established in 1993
1993 establishments in China