金华职业技术学院继承了6所国家和省部级重点中专的职业教育传统，具有100多年办学历史，现为国家示范性高职院校，是2019年入围全国高职高专院校“教学资源”“实习管理”“育人成效”“服务贡献”“国际影响力”“教学管理”“学生管理”等全部7个50强榜单的唯一院校。2019年成功入选“中国特色高水平高职学校和专业建设计划”高水平学校A档建设单位。

学校积极拓展教育对外合作交流，是世界职教院校联盟（WFCP）会员单位,连续三年蝉联浙江省高职高专院校国际化总体水平第一，与新西兰、美国、卢旺达等39个国家的高校和教育机构建立长期合作关系，校际交往涵盖师资培训、科研合作、学生交流、中外合作办学等多方面。开展中美会计和中美体育运营与管理两个中外合作办学项目，1个省部共建机电一体化技术专业中德双元制人才培养试点项目。2015年5月，学校与新西兰怀卡托理工学院合作举办金华职业技术学院怀卡托国际学院，目前设有5个招生专业，在校生1300余人。

学校还与西班牙、芬兰、埃及、新加坡等国家和地区开展交流交换生项目，每年有百余名学生出国出境交流。近年来，学校坚持专业教育与文化育人并重，累计培养60多个国家和地区的留学生1000余名, 积极培育中国文化传播使者，架起中外文化交流的“跨国桥梁”。2017年7月，学校在卢旺达设立“金华职业技术学院卢旺达穆桑泽国际学院”，已在电子信息、食品加工等卢方急需领域开展职业技能培训3880人次，成功推动职教理念和教学模式走进非洲。2021年4月，由我校牵头研制的电子商务和电气自动化技术两项专业教学标准顺利通过卢旺达教育部劳动力资源发展局（WDA）、高等教育委员会（HEC）认证，正式纳入卢旺达教育资格框架体系（REQF）。

2021年11月，入选习近平主席在中非合作论坛第八届部长级会议主旨演讲中提出的“未来非洲－中非职业教育合作计划”。子项目-非洲职业院校管理人员和骨干教师培训项目于2022年1月举办，惠及卢旺达32名管理人员与骨干教师。子项目-中非应用型人才联合培养项目（电气自动化技术）于2022年1月完成首批新生录取，64名新生已经正式开课。2022年8月，卢旺达鲁班工坊正式获批成为首批鲁班工坊运营项目，成为全球25个获批的项目之一。

金华职业技术学院将继续以提升内涵为重点，实施特色强校战略，不断深化改革、探索创新，坚定地朝着办学特色鲜明、人才培养质量高、服务区域经济能力强、具有国际影响的国内顶尖、国际一流综合性高职院校的目标阔步迈进。

Jinhua Polytechnic has inherited the vocational education traditions of six key national and provincial level secondary schools, with more than 100 years’ history in vocational education. It is currently a national model of higher vocational college, and the only college listed the annual top 50 higher vocational colleges nationwide, for teaching resources, internship management, services contribution, international influence, teaching management and student management in 2019. In the same year, it was also selected as the A-level construction unit of “Higher Vocational College with High Quality”.
Jinhua Polytechnic has been making great efforts to expand cooperation and communication with overseas organizations and it is the member of World Federation of Colleges and Polytechnics (WFCP). It has been ranked first in the overall internationalization level of Zhejiang Vocational colleges for three consecutive years.  It has established long-term cooperative relationships with overseas universities and educational institutes from more than 39 countries and areas, such as New Zealand, USA and Rwanda, and the inter-school exchange programs cover teachers’ training, scientific research collaboration, student exchanges, Sino-foreign joint programs and other projects. Jinhua Polytechnic has two Sino-foreign joint programs, which are Sino-American Accounting Program and Sino-American Sports Service and Management Program. It also carries out the pilot Sino-Germany Project in Mechatronics of “ Dual System” with Siemens(China). In May 2015, Jinhua Polytechnic Wintec International College was jointly established by Jinhua Polytechnic and Waikato Institute of Technology, New Zealand. It currently has five majors with over 1300 full-time students.
Jinhua Polytechnic has also developed student exchanges with Spain, Finland, Egypt, Singapore and other countries and regions, with over 100 students taking part every year. Attaching equal importance to professional education and cultural education to cultivate ambassadors of Chinese culture, Jinhua Polytechnic has cultivated over 1,000 international students from over 60 countries and regions and helps build a "transnational bridge" for cultural exchanges between China and other countries. In July, 2017, Jinhua Polytechnic established an overseas branch “Jinhua Polytechnic, Musanze” in Rwanda and has carried out vocational skills training for 3880 Rwandans in urgently needed fields such as electronic information and food processing, successfully promoting the teaching modes of vocational education into Africa. In April, 2021, the professional teaching standards of E-commerce and Electrical Automation Technology developed by our school have successfully got the Accreditation of the WDA of Rwandan Ministry of Education and Higher Education Commission and formally incorporated into Rwanda's Educational Qualifications Framework (REQF).
In November, 2021, the program of overseas schools was elected into the "the Future of Africa - China-Africa Vocational Education Partnership" which was raised in the keynote speech by Chairman Xi in the 8th Ministerial Conference of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation. Its subproject of training projects for African vocational colleges’ management personnel and backbone teachers was held in January, 2022, which benefited 32 Rwandan management personnel and backbone teachers. Its subproject of China-Africa Joint Training Program for Applied Talents of Electrical Automation Technology enrolled the first batch in January, 2022 and 64 new students has officially started the class. In August, 2022, Rwanda Luban Workshop established by Rwanda Polytechnic (RP) and Jinhua Polytechnic in IPRC Musanze is awarded as one of the 25 First Batch Luban Workshop Operational Projects worldwide.
Jinhua Polytechnic will continue emphasizing the importance of quality improvement, implementing development strategies, and deepening reforms and innovations. Its goals are to teach with distinctive features, train high quality personnel, serve regional economies, obtain international and domestic recognition, and stride forward towards constructing a first-class comprehensive higher vocational college.