Rugao secondary vocational school is a vocational school with a history of more than 50 years. It has been established as a national demonstration school for the reform and development of secondary vocational education, a national key vocational high school, a four-star secondary vocational school in Jiangsu Province, a high-level demonstration secondary vocational school in Jiangsu Province, a high-level modern vocational school in Jiangsu Province and a modern demonstration vocational school in Jiangsu Province.

The school offers secondary vocational education, five-year higher vocational education, open education of China Central Radio and TV University, distance open education of open schools, teacher training for the society and vocational skills training. There are nearly 20 popular majors such as electromechanical, automobile maintenance, computer, electronic electrician, art, cooking and tourism. Automobile operation and maintenance, computer network technology and electromechanical technology application are provincial demonstration majors, electronic technology application majors are provincial excellent training bases, and automobile operation and maintenance training bases are national training bases.