Guangdong Vocational College of Environmental Protection Engineering was established on February 20 10 with the approval of Guangdong Provincial People's Government. It is a full-time public vocational college with the main feature of cultivating advanced technical and skilled talents in environmental protection, energy saving, low carbon and related industries, and is affiliated to the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education. The school environment is beautiful and the teaching and living facilities are perfect. It is one of the first batch of national environmental protection training bases of the Ministry of Environmental Protection, the second batch of national conservation-oriented public institutions demonstration units, the second batch of modern apprenticeship pilot units of the Ministry of Education, energy-saving demonstration units of colleges and universities in Guangdong Province, environmental education bases in Guangdong Province, popular science education bases in Guangdong Province, and one of the first ten cultural quality education bases of higher vocational colleges in Guangdong Province.
With the aim of working around the environmental protection center and cultivating high-quality technical and skilled talents needed for economic and social development, the school has six teaching departments, including the Department of Environmental Science, the Department of Environmental Monitoring, the Department of Environmental Engineering, the Department of Circular Economy and Low-carbon Economy, the Department of Electromechanical Engineering and the Department of Food Engineering, and the Habitat College 1 Secondary College (to be determined).
According to the concept of whole process management of environmental protection, a professional system covering all disciplines has been established, from clean production at the source of environmental protection to intermediate circular economy to terminal engineering management and its extension. The school has always been oriented to professional construction and improved the level of running a school. There are 2 provincial first-class brand majors and 3 provincial second-class brand majors.
Three professional groups were identified as the first batch of high-level professional group construction projects in provincial higher vocational colleges. There are 2 professional service industry development capacity-building projects supported by the central government, key training bases 1, key laboratories 1 supported by provincial environmental protection special funds, and 3 provincial excellent online open courses.
The school won two second prizes of the National Teaching Achievement Award and three first prizes of the Guangdong Education Achievement Award, and was elected as the director unit of the Teaching Steering Committee of Resources, Environment and Energy Specialty in higher vocational colleges in the province, and served as the lead unit of "environmental protection" in the revision (system) of the national professional catalogue of vocational education, and the professional construction level and influence were continuously improved.