Although Wuhan Shipbuilding Vocational College is a higher vocational college, there is no undergraduate enrollment, but students with a series of national education diplomas can apply for the college entrance examination.

Wuhan Institute of Shipbuilding Technology was founded in 1950. It is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning funded by the central and local governments and managed by the Hubei Provincial People's Government. The college is located in the center of Wuhan, known as the thoroughfare of nine provinces, with Moon Lake in the south and Hanshui River in the north. The college is built by the lake and has a modern style. It is an ideal garden for students to further their studies.