河北交通職業技術學院是公辦全日制普通高等職業技術院校，隸屬于河北省教育廳，學校始建于1949年，歷經交通部石家莊公路工程學校、河北石家莊交通學院、河北石家莊交通專科學校、河北交通學校、河北交通職業技術學院等歷史時期，舉辦過本科、專科和高職等層次和類別的教育，是交通部在全國最早創辦的六所公路工程院校之一。
學院占地面積684.2畝，圖書館藏書64萬余冊。學院設有8系2部，48個專業，8個校內實訓基地88個實訓室(中心)，273個校外實訓基地，同時設有河北省大學生汽車駕駛培訓中心。有2個全國交通系統重點專業，3個河北省高職高專教育教學改革示范專業，2個國家和省財政重點支持的職業教育實訓基地；精品課程30門，其中省級精品課3門。
學院現有專任教師413人，其中博士、碩士101人，教授、副教授等高級職稱161人，專業課和專業基礎課教師中72%為“雙師型”教師。2009年學院面向全國27個省（市、自治區）招生3000人，現有全日制在校生8253人，年短期培訓9260人。
作為河北省唯一一所交通類高職院校，被教育部、交通部等6部委列為國家技能型緊缺人才培養基地，同時還是河北省汽車維修技術專業、物流專業職教師資培訓基地；是中國加拿大高中后職業技術教育交流院校；是中國物流企業人才需求十佳理想院校和中國物流人才培養基地。
在長期的辦學實踐中，學院確立了“依托交通、服務經濟，培養高素質技能人才”的辦學定位，秉承“厚德、明志、礪能、篤行”的校訓，弘揚“團結、文明、勤奮、進取”的校風，堅定“勵精圖治、團結拼搏、朝氣蓬勃、爭創一流”的信念，形成了“依托水路交通行業，工學結合、學做融會”人才培養特色。畢業生就業渠道寬、適應力強，年平均就業率達到93%以上。建校近60年來，學院為交通事業輸送了5萬余名各類中、高級專門人才，學院的專家、教授參與了多項重大工程項目的技術咨詢和科技攻關，先后完成百余項交通部、鐵道部、省交通廳、省教育廳立項的科研課題，取得了良好的社會聲譽。
學院是中共中央宣傳部、解放軍總政治部“軍民共建社會主義精神文明先進單位”，連續獲得河北省“文明單位”，河北省教育廳、交通廳、公安廳“職業教育先進單位”、“安全文明先進單位”、“招生工作先進單位”。2007年在教育部人才培養工作水平評估中評為優秀院校。
Hebei Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College is a fulltime state-run college. It is subordinate to the Education Department of Hebei Province.Hebei Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College, established in 1949, has experienced several historical periods, Shijiazhuang Highway Engineering College of the Ministry of Communications, Hebei Shijiazhuang Communications College, Hebei Shijiazhuang Professional Training School of Communications, Hebei Communications College and Hebei Jiaotong Vocational and Technical College. It was one of the six universities and colleges of highway engineering first established by the Ministry of Communications throughout the country with its education catering to undergraduates, secondary specialized students and higher vocational students in different development stages.
Covering an area of 456361㎡, our college has 48specialties out of the eight specialized departments and two basic departments. We possess abundant teaching resources, over 640,000 books in the library, 88 training rooms of the 8 training centers in college, 273 training bases outside college as well as the lead unit of Hebei Jiaotong professional education group. Moreover, with the joint efforts of all the teachers and administrative staff, we have made certain achievements. At present, we boost 2 key specialties of the state communications system, 3 typical specialties of educational and teaching reform of higher vocational education of Hebei province, 2 training bases of vocational education supported by national and provincial finance as well as 30 courses of fine quality, among which 3 courses are of provincial level.
In terms of teaching staff, we have a total of 413 full-time teachers with 110 of them holding doctor's or master's degree as well as 161 professors and associate professors. Worth mentioning is that 72% of the teachers are professional in both theoretical teaching and skills training. Our college enrolls students from 27 provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions of the country and enroll new students 3,000 in 2009. At present, there are 8253 full-time students in our college. Meanwhile, we also produce 9260 short-term trainees each year.
As the only higher vocational college of communications in Hebei province, our college has been listed the State Cultivation Base of Badly-Needed Talents by the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Communications, etc. Meanwhile, we enjoy the following prestige, such as the training bases of the Automobile Examination and Repair Technology of Hebei Province and for Secondary College Teachers Dedicated in Logistics, China-Canada Interchange College of Post-High-School Vocational and Technical Education, one of ten Best Universities and Colleges of China Logistics Talents as well as the Cultivation Base of China Logistics Talents.
During years of school-running practice, we have fixed our school-running direction as “to cultivate quality-oriented technical talents relying on the development of communications and serving the economy”. Meanwhile, our campus culture is characterized by the school motto “sincere moral integrity, clear aspiration, polished ability and persistent work” as well as the school spirit “unity, civilization, diligence and progression”. Therefore, we enjoy an average employment rate of over 93% each year. Over the past 60 years, we have fostered and trained more than 50,000 specialized graduates for the communications industry. Some of our experts and professors, in recent years, have accomplished over a hundred research topics approved by the Ministry of Communications, Ministry of Railways, Department of Communications and Educational Department of Hebei Province successively in some major engineering projects as well as scientific and technical barriers, which brings us high social prestige.
Furthermore, our college has won the following titles, “Advanced Institution of Socialist Spiritual Civilization Jointly Constructed by the Army and Civilian” approved by the Publicity Department and the PLA Political Department, “Civilized Institution” in Hebei province, “Advanced Institution of Vocational Education”, “Advanced Institution of Security” and “Advanced Institution of Enrollment” approved by the Educational Department of Hebei Province, the Department of Communications and the Public Security Bureau of Hebei. In 2007, we were granted A level by the Ministry of Education during the estimation of talents cultivation.
周邊環境
河北交通職業技術學院主校區座落在河北省省會石家莊市橋西區西南高教區，花園式庭院，環境幽雅，周邊是石家莊大面積的高教區，建有大型醫院和商場、超市等，門口通14、117、107、58、48、36、211等公交車，交通便利。
另外，河北交通職業技術學院東院位于石家莊市東開發區，河北交通職業技術學院航海分院位于天津市河西區。