福建水利电力职业技术学院是经国家教育部批准的全日制公办普通高等职业学院，是福建省唯一一所以水利、电力为主要专业特色，机电类、电子信息类、建筑类、轨道交通类和经济管理类专业协调发展的职业院校，被列为国家优质专科高等职业院校、全国优质水利高等职业院校和福建省示范性现代职业院校，入选福建省双高校计划建设单位。

Fujian College of Water Conservancy and Electric Power is a full-time public higher vocational college approved by the Ministry of Education. It is the only vocational college in Fujian Province with water conservancy and electric power as its main professional features, and coordinated development of mechanical and electrical, electronic information, construction, rail transit and economic management majors. It has been listed as a national high-quality junior college, a national high-quality water conservancy higher vocational college, a Fujian provincial demonstration modern vocational college, and selected as a construction unit of Fujian Province's double-high school plan.

学校发源于1929年在莆田创建的私立莆田职业中学，1956年由福建省人民政府接办并迁址永安，更名为福建水利学校；1958年升格为大专，更名为福建水利电力专科学校；1960年升格为本科，更名为福建水利电力学院；1980年被确定为首批全国重点中专学校；2003年恢复为大专院校并更名为现名。在近百年的职业教育办学历史中，学校秉承“精求技能、崇尚文明”的校训精神，为国家培养了近20万名水利、电力等行业人才，在社会上享有“福建水电人才摇篮”的美誉。

The school originated from the private Putian Vocational Middle School founded in Putian in 1929. In 1956, it was taken over by the Fujian Provincial People's Government and moved to Yong'an, renamed Fujian Water Conservancy School; in 1958, it was upgraded to a junior college and renamed Fujian Water Conservancy and Electric Power College; in 1960, it was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Fujian Water Conservancy and Electric Power College; in 1980, it was identified as one of the first batch of national key secondary schools; in 2003, it was restored to a junior college and renamed to its current name. In nearly a century of vocational education history, the school has adhered to the school motto of "Pursuing Skills and Advocating Civilization", and has cultivated nearly 200,000 talents in water conservancy, electric power and other industries for the country, enjoying the reputation of "the cradle of Fujian hydropower talents" in society.

学校现有永安校区、福州校区、黄历校区和厦门基地，校区占地总面积1741.89亩，设有水利工程学院、电力工程学院、信息工程学院、建筑工程学院、自动化工程学院、交通工程学院和经济管理学院等7个二级学院和公共基础部、马克思主义学院。现有校内外实训基地254个，其中校内实训场(室)95个，有中央、省级财政支持实训基地73个、国家级生产性实训基地3个。实施数字校园并已初步建成集教学、科研、管理与服务于一体的智慧校园。

The school currently has Yong'an Campus, Fuzhou Campus, Huangli Campus and Xiamen Base, covering a total area of 1741.89 mu. It has 7 secondary colleges including School of Water Conservancy Engineering, School of Electric Power Engineering, School of Information Engineering, School of Civil Engineering, School of Automation Engineering, School of Traffic Engineering and School of Economics and Management, as well as the Department of Public Foundation and School of Marxism. There are 254 internal and external training bases, including 95 internal training fields (rooms), 73 training bases supported by central and provincial finance, and 3 national productive training bases. The digital campus has been implemented and a smart campus integrating teaching, scientific research, management and service has been initially built.

学校专业分布合理，办学规模持续、稳定增长。开设有专业48个，涵盖水利、能源动力与材料、土木建筑、电子信息、装备制造等九个专业大类。其中，建成国家级骨干专业4个、全国水利职业教育示范专业1个、中央财政支持提升专业服务产业发展能力专业2个、省示范性高职院校重点建设专业5个、省级精品专业5个、省级示范专业8个、省级服务产业特色专业群4个，省级产教融合示范专业点3个，IEET工程及科技教育认证专业3个。

The school has a reasonable distribution of majors and a continuous and stable growth in school-running scale. There are 48 majors, covering nine major categories such as water conservancy, energy and power materials, civil engineering and construction, electronic information, and equipment manufacturing. Among them, 4 national-level key majors, 1 national water conservancy vocational education demonstration major, 2 majors supported by central finance to enhance the ability of professional services to industrial development, 5 key construction majors of provincial demonstration higher vocational colleges, 5 provincial-level excellent majors, 8 provincial-level demonstration majors, 4 provincial-level service industry characteristic professional groups, 3 provincial-level industry-education integration demonstration professional points, and 3 IEET engineering and technology education certification majors have been built.