Abstract: This paper takes Kunming Metallurgy College as a typical case to explore the intemational coop-eration and exchange models in architectural engineering vocational education driven by new-quality pro-ductive forces. It systematically organizes the intemational cooperation practices of the architectural engi-neering program with universities in Kenya, the United Kingdom, and other countries, and deeply analyzesthe achievements made through existing cooperation, as well as the practical challenges faced in curriculumsystem integration and cross-cultural communication adaptation. In terms of international cooperation mod-els, three exploitable development paths are proposed: first, optimize the layout of professional structure,actively expand emerging professional directions such as intelligent construction, and simultaneously pro-mote the upgrading and iteration of traditional construction majors; second, deepen the industry-educationintegration mechanism, strengthen the efficiency of school-enterprise collaborative education by relying onplatforms such as vocational education consortia and Master Skill Studios; third, innovate talent trainingmodels, vigorously develop the apprenticeship system with Chinese characteristics, continuously strengthenthe construction of intemship and training bases, and comprehensively cultivate high-quality technical andskilled talents that meet the development requirements of new-quality productive forces.

Key words: new-quality productive forces, architectural engineering vocational education, international cooperation and exchange