Shantou Vocational and Technical College majors are as follows:

Shantou Vocational and Technical College has environmental monitoring technology, environmental engineering technology, construction engineering technology, engineering costing, construction engineering management, mechanical design and manufacturing, elevator engineering technology, mechatronics technology, industrial robotics technology, automotive electronics technology, Cosmetic Technology, Food Inspection and Testing Technology, etc.

Shantou Polytechnic is a municipal full-time comprehensive college. As of June 2022, Shantou Polytechnic has three provincial-level professional groups of mechatronics technology, e-commerce, and environmental engineering technology, three provincial-level brand majors of construction engineering management, and three provincial-level modern apprenticeship programs of elevator engineering technology, hotel management, big data and accounting, and three provincial-level modern apprenticeship programs of engineering management, hotel management, big data and accounting. Accounting and other 3 provincial modern apprenticeship pilot program.

There are four campuses: the main campus, Jinyuan Campus, Xinjin Campus and Dongdun Campus. There are 54 majors in 7 departments: Computer Science, Electrical and Mechanical Engineering, Economics and Management, Foreign Languages, Arts and Sports, Humanities and Social Sciences, and Natural Sciences. There are about 15,000 full-time students, more than 2,000 students of higher vocational expansion, and more than 500 adult education students.

The college has 618 teaching staff, including 456 full-time teachers. The college has a national training base. Founded in 2002, Shantou Institute of Vocational Technology is a public higher education institution approved by the People's Government of Guangdong Province. As of August 2021

The college covers an area of 1011.44 acres (including 450 acres under requisition), with a total building area of about 283,000 square meters , and a book collection of 960,000 volumes. The total value of teaching and laboratory practice equipment is about 48.41 million yuan.