University in Guiyang builds new energy talent pool for Tesla

As Guizhou accelerates its "Electrified Guizhou" initiative, the Tesla Talent Reserve Class – jointly established by Tesla and Guizhou Communications Polytechnic University – has emerged as a flagship program in industry-education integration.

As Tesla's first such initiative in Southwest China, it has already trained and delivered approximately 300 skilled professionals for the province's burgeoning new energy vehicle (NEV) sector.

One standout is Gao Shuncheng, a 2019 graduate of the class, who now serves as a workshop supervisor at the Tesla Service Center in Guiyang. Gao shared that the program's curriculum, aligned with Tesla's technical standards and protocols, gave him a significant edge in interviews and hands-on assessments. He noted that in recent years, incoming graduates have benefited from an even more refined training system, often surpassing the skill level of earlier cohorts.

Since 2017, the university has been one of Tesla China's first partner institutions. Together, they've tailored coursework to meet real-world industry demands, covering core electric vehicle technologies, intelligent connected systems, and after-sales service frameworks. For five consecutive years, the program has achieved a graduate employment rate of over 98 percent, effectively helping to close the talent gap in Guizhou's NEV industry chain.

Xiang Wei, deputy director of the university's department of automotive engineering, said that these training facilities replicate real production-line scenarios, with instructors from Tesla bringing authentic case studies from the field into the classroom. As a result, student quality continues to improve year by year.

Students of Tesla Talent Reserve Class receive training in the practical training area. [Photo/WeChat account of Guiyang bureau of human resources and social security]

"This year, our NEV major has been approved to offer vocational undergraduate degrees," said Gao. "We're launching a new bachelor's program in New Energy Vehicle Engineering Technology, which will simultaneously train vocational students for frontline technical roles and undergraduate students for R&D positions, supporting the entire NEV process from innovation and testing to on-the-ground execution."