Vocational education refers to the education that instructs the educated to acquire the professional knowledge, skills and professional ethics needed by a certain occupation or productive labor.

Such as pre-job training for employees, re-employment training for laid-off workers, vocational high schools, technical secondary schools, technical schools and other vocational schools. All belong to vocational education. The purpose of vocational education is to cultivate applied talents and workers with a certain cultural level and professional knowledge and skills. Compared with general education and adult education, vocational education pays more attention to the cultivation of practical skills and practical work ability.

Vocational education is the product of social development, the development of human civilization and the development of human beings. But also the product of a special period of development. Vocational education benefits from society, and society can also benefit from vocational education. Promoting social development is the proper meaning and sacred duty of vocational education.

For example, in response to the call of national policy, Central South University aims to cultivate high-quality professionals who meet the needs of social development, improve the targeted training rate of graduates and meet the demand of talent market. With the approval of the education authorities, Central South University and enterprises jointly established a school-enterprise cooperation talent training base, and continued to hold the undergraduate double-certificate characteristic class of "education plus skills".

In 20 15, the school specially approved 500 students to enjoy the high-quality education quality and teaching resources of Central South University and feel the university culture of a century-old prestigious school, which is the only channel for students who yearn for Central South University but are not admitted to Central South University.

Is to live with key undergraduates enrolled by Central South University. Have the results of the Central South Examination and a student status. After the electronic file registration of the Ministry of Education (within the plan), a school card is common with the whole school. You have the ability to attend classes in Central South with the unified enrollment. And it is a university. After graduation, Central South University diploma will be issued directly.