Shantou Technician College (Shantou Senior Technical School) was founded in 1963, formerly known as Shantou Technical School and Shantou No.2 Technical School. It is the earliest full-time public technical college established in eastern Guangdong, and it is a national key technical college integrating technical education, vocational skills training, entrepreneurship training, skill appraisal and employment service.

In June 2005, it was promoted to national key technical school, in 2007, it was recognized as a training base for high-skilled talents in Guangdong Province, in February 2008, it was promoted to a senior technical school in Shantou, in March 2009, 20 10 was recognized as a training base for high-skilled talents in Shantou, and 20 13 was recognized as. In 20 13, it was recognized as the designated institution for entrepreneurship training in Guangdong province, the training base for high-skilled talents in Guangdong province in 20 14, the business incubator base in Shantou city in 20 15, and the technician college approved by the provincial government in 20 16.

With the approval of Shantou Municipal People's Government, Shantou Technician College and Israel Aviation Industry Corporation (IAI) jointly established Shantou Civil Aviation Training College, which has now entered the preparatory stage. 20 19 12. Shantou Vocational and Technical School of Foreign Languages and Trade and Shantou Vocational and Technical School of Textile and Clothing were merged as a whole.