Ningbo College, the predecessor of the school, was founded in 1983, and 1984 was listed as one of the four Sino-German cooperation colleges by the former State Education Commission. 200 1 merged with Ningbo Communications Vocational and Technical College (to be established), still known as Ningbo College. In 2004, it was upgraded to Ningbo Institute of Technology, and in 20021year, it was approved as a master's degree awarding unit and two.

In May 2004, the school was upgraded and renamed Ningbo Institute of Technology. In June of the same year, 5438+065438+ 10 confirmed "integration of knowledge and practice" as the school motto of Ningbo Institute of Technology. The school inherits the essence of Chinese excellent traditional culture, carries forward the rigorous and realistic tradition of running a school, and encourages teachers and students to be good at learning, diligent in thinking, brave in practice and innovation, so as to realize the unity of theory and practice, knowledge and skills, and the unity of being a man and doing things.