Shijiazhuang Institute of Railway Technology (SIRT)which was established in 1950 is located in Shijiazhuang, the Capital city of Hebei Province. SIRT is a provincial government-run full-time institute. It is a National Demonstrative Higher Vocational College and a National High-quality Higher Vocational College. It is a Constructor for High-quality Disciplines of “Double High-levels Plan” as well as one of the first batch of Modern Apprenticeship Pilot Units identified by the Ministry of Education. SIRT is one of the top 50 higher vocational colleges with the highest employment rates. SIRT is characterized with distinctive disciplines serving the fields of railway transportation, urban rail transit and modern service industry. SIRT has 12 departments such as Railway Engineering Department, Architecture Department, Rail Transit Department and etc. SIRT implements phased-middle and higher vocational cultivation, higher vocational education, applied undergraduate engineering education, international cooperative teaching and other school-running patterns. It currently has over thirteen thousand full-time undergraduates or college students. SIRT has achieved fruitful results in international operation. It has cooperated with colleges and institutions in Russia, Germany, the United States, Indonesia and other countries. It has established “Transport School of Shijiazhuang Institute of Railway Technology - Russian University of Transport” which is the only Chinese-foreign cooperative education institution run by higher vocational college in Hebei. SIRT also has introduced the German “Dual System” and set up the International Education of Chinese Language Teachers’ Training Base. In recent years, SIRT has successively won the honorary title of “Top 50 Influential Asia-Pacific Vocational Colleges”. The research on Sino-Russian cooperation won the first prize of Teaching Results at the Tenth Higher Vocational Education of Hebei Province. The case of international cooperation has been selected as typical cases by the Ministry of Education and the Provincial Department of Education. At present, SIRT is the standing director unit in the council of the Chinese Society for Technical and Vocational Education, vice chairman unit in the Rail Transit Committee of the Chinese Society for Technical and Vocational Education, vice-president unit of Hebei Vocational Education Society and vice-president unit of Hebei Railway Society. SIRT has been regarded as a region-leading and demonstrative higher vocational college. It is honored as “the Cradle of Innovative Technical Personnel and Professionals of Chinese Railway”.

石家庄铁路职业技术学院位于河北省省会石家庄市，为省属公办全日制普通高校，始建于1950年9月，为国家示范性高等职业院校、国家优质高等职业院校、“中国特色高水平高职学校和专业建设计划”高水平专业群建设单位，教育部首批现代学徒制试点单位、全国高职就业50强院校。

学院行业特色鲜明 ，服务铁道运输、城市轨道交通和现代服务业等领域。学院设有铁道工程系、建筑系、轨道交通系、人文社科系等12个教学系（院、部），开展了中高职分段培养、高职教育、应用型本科工程教育、国际合作办学等多模式办学，现有全日制本专科在校生一万三千余名。

学院国际化办学成果丰硕，与俄罗斯、德国、美国、印度尼西亚等多个国家院校和机构开展了国际合作与交流，建有河北省唯一一所高职举办的中外合作办学机构“石家庄铁路职业技术学院-俄罗斯交大交通学院”，引入了德国“双元制”教学模式，建有河北省高职院校唯一国际汉语师资培训基地。近年来，学院荣获了“亚太职业院校影响力 50 强”称号，中俄合作办学研究课题荣获了河北省第十届高等职业教育教学成果一等奖，合作办学经验多次入选国家教育部、省教育厅典型案例。

学院现为中国职业技术教育学会理事会常务理事单位、中国职业技术教育学会轨道交通专业委员会副主任委员单位、河北省职教学会副会长单位、河北省铁道学会副理事长单位。目前，学院已成为一所区域引领、国内知名的示范性高等职业技术学院，被誉为“中国铁路创新型技术技能人才的摇篮”。