Wuhan Navigation School was established in September 1976 with approval from the Ministry of Communications and the Hubei Provincial Department of Education. As a full-time provincial-ministerial key secondary specialized school, it is the nation's sole inland waterway institution dedicated to training blue-collar technical personnel for maritime operations. The school operates under the administration of the Yangtze River Navigation Bureau.
学校坐落在武汉市风景秀丽的岱山之麓，环境幽静。校园占地面积 2 万㎡ , 建筑面积 1.2 万㎡。各类在校生近 2000 人。学校拥有集教学、科研、藏书、阅览、办公为一体的综合教学楼；拥有一幢水上专业实习训练大楼；有配套完整的教学和生活设施、教学实验室、航海仪器设备齐全，有大型工程船舶操纵模拟器、液压仿真训练室、电力电拖实验室，水手工艺操作室、操舵室、轮机动力、液压舵机室、无纸化考场等 20 余个现代化实训实验室和教学设施。 2008 年，又新建成集舷外高空作业、系缆作业、抛起锚作业、求生训练、艇筏训练、高级消防训练用综合船舱，并加设了全套实习监控设备；新建了 ARPA 雷达实验室，引进了当代最先进的新 ARPA 雷达及 GPS 、 AIS 等相关设备；新建了 ARPA 雷达模拟器，同时还新建了包括一个环屏、四个本船的大型模拟实验设施；新建了 GMDSS 真机实验室及容纳 80 人同时上机实习的模拟 GMDSS 机房；新建了 C 站、 F 站等卫星通讯系统、地面通讯系统、 MSI 与搜救系统；新建了电航实验室，引进阿玛 – 布郎、安修茨、斯伯利三部不同型号电罗经、自动操舵仪、计程仪、测深仪、风向风速仪、空气气压计、气象传真机、 GPS 等教学设备；新建了符合航海要求的海图作业教室、海图资料室。这些设备、设施的建设为学生实习、实验、考试评估提供了优越的条件。
The school currently employs 87 faculty and staff members, boasting a dual-qualified teaching team with solid theoretical foundations, extensive practical experience, and a well-balanced academic background and age structure. Among them are 60 full-time and part-time instructors, with 30% holding senior professional titles. The faculty includes 23 instructors specializing in Navigation Technology and Marine Engineering,Additionally, five instructors hold senior internship guidance qualifications or advanced technician certifications. The school further engages renowned senior technical experts, senior seafarers, and chief engineers from across the nation to deliver specialized instruction. This comprehensive faculty structure ensures high-quality teaching and cultivates outstanding maritime professionals.
In recent years, to enhance teaching quality, the school has established long-term employment cooperation agreements with numerous shipping enterprises. A group of management-level seafarers with extensive maritime experience and advanced competency certificates now teach specialized courses at the institution. Concurrently, the school places emphasis on leveraging surrounding maritime educational resources by inviting maritime instructors from other institutions to teach on campus.
The school is designated by the Hubei Provincial Government as a training base for seafarers dispatched overseas. With over 30 years of experience in maritime professional education, it has accumulated extensive teaching expertise and resources. Adhering to the educational philosophy of “prioritizing employment, emphasizing competency, and enriching the people,” the institution has progressively evolved into a training base specializing in maritime education and training. It is also a crew education and training organization designated by the China Maritime Safety Administration.In accordance with the "Quality Management Rules for Seafarer Education and Training of the People's Republic of China" and related documents, the school established and implemented a quality management system for seafarer education and training in February 2007. In September 2007, this system passed the audit conducted by the Shanghai Maritime Safety Administration's expert review panel, an authorized auditing body of the China Maritime Safety Administration. Subsequently, in December 2007, the school obtained the Quality Management System Certificate for Seafarer Education and Training issued by the People's Republic of China and the China Maritime Safety Administration. Following receipt of the Ministry of Communications Maritime Safety Administration's Letter of Approval for Preparing Seafarer Training in April 2008, the school adjusted its management mechanisms and operational models. To ensure seafarer education and training meets prescribed quality requirements and management standards, and to maintain continuous quality control over training activities, revisions were made to the school's Version 1.0/1 Quality System documentation. The Version 2.0/0 system document officially took effect on June 1, 2008, and is now in operation. The implementation of the Version 2.0/0 system document will elevate the quality of talent cultivation at our school to a new level.
After more than 30 years of dedicated development, the school has cultivated a distinctive campus culture rooted in waterway expertise. Guided by its mission to nurture qualified professionals for society and the waterway industry, the institution prioritizes teaching and education as its foundation while strengthening its educational functions. The school has been honored with prestigious titles including National Advanced Collective in Transportation Vocational Education, Hubei Provincial Advanced Unit for Overseas Labor Training and Dispatch Bases, and Hubei Provincial Civilized Unit.
校长：王吉春 党委书记：高金波 电话:027—82319166 027—51769408（传真）
School Address: No. 19 Hanhuang Road, Jiang'an District, Wuhan Postal Code: 430011
Website:http://www.whhdxx.com/index.aspx