In the context of the high-quality development and comprehensive reform of modern vocational education in China, the internationalization of vocational education has become an important strategic direction for improving the quality of talent training, enhancing school-running strength and serving industrial upgrading. The internationalization of education management is the core support and key link to promote the high-level opening-up of vocational colleges. Based on the policy orientation and practical needs of higher vocational education reform, this paper systematically analyzes the connotation, value and realistic dilemmas of the internationalization of vocational education management. It focuses on the problems such as insufficient top-level design, imperfect institutional mechanism, shortage of professional team, single cooperation mode and lack of quality evaluation system. Combined with the development experience of domestic and foreign vocational education institutions and the actual situation of vocational colleges, this paper puts forward a multi-dimensional and operable path for the internationalization of vocational education management, including the optimization of management concept, the construction of institutional system, the improvement of team capacity, the innovation of cooperation mode and the establishment of quality assurance mechanism. This study aims to provide theoretical reference and practical guidance for vocational colleges to carry out international cooperation and exchange, improve the modernization level of education management, and realize high-quality development under the new situation. 

Qiu Liman. Research on the Internationalization Path of Vocational Education Management under the Background of Higher Vocational Education Reform. International Journal of New Developments in Education (2026), Vol. 8, Issue 2: 56-63. https://doi.org/10.25236/IJNDE.2026.080208.

[1] European Centre for the Development of Vocational Training. Trends in International Cooperation in VET. Cedefop, 2020. 

[2] United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization. Global Convention on the Recognition of Qualifications concerning Higher Education. 2019.

[3] OECD. Skills for Global Competitiveness: Internationalisation of Vocational Education and Training. OECD Publishing, 2021.

[4] Cedefop. European Quality Assurance Reference Framework for VET (EQARFVET). Publications Office of the European Union, 2021.