Wuhan Maritime Vocational College 1984 started, and was upgraded from the former Wuhan Maritime Secondary Vocational and Technical School to Wuhan Maritime Vocational College with the approval of Hubei Provincial Government. It is an independent public higher vocational college under the Yangtze River Communications Administration and Hubei Provincial Department of Education.
Wuhan Maritime Vocational College is a high-quality crew training institution approved by the Maritime Safety Administration of the Ministry of Transport. It is a demonstration base for industrial workers' training in Hubei Province, a water emergency training base in Hubei Province, a crew examination and assessment base, a training base for long-distance navigation system cadres, and a designated training institution in Wuhan.
Wuhan Maritime Vocational College is located in Shekou Economic Development Zone, huangpi district, Wuhan, covering an area of nearly 700 mu, with an overall construction area of nearly 50,000 square meters. The majors of navigation technology, marine engineering, electronics and electricity, tourism management, etc. The college has 26 specialized laboratories for navigation.