South China Normal University is a national "double first-class" construction university, a key construction university of "2 1 1 project", a university jointly established by Guangdong Province and the Ministry of Education, and a high-level university in Guangdong Province. The existing "three campuses and four campuses" include Shipai Campus of Guangzhou Campus, University Town Campus, Nanhai Campus of Foshan Campus and Binhai Campus of Shanwei Campus, with a total area of 5,328 mu. The school has 4 departments, 42 colleges, 14 research institutes (centers) and 1 academy of sciences.
South China Normal University was founded in 1933, and the history of normal education can be traced back to Guangzhou Normal School founded by 192 1 The revolutionary tradition of the school is profound, and "education of loyalty to the party" and "national rejuvenation" are the red genes that come down in one continuous line. Lin, Du, Chen Weishi, Wang Yanshi and other famous educators have all served as school principals.
Over the past 90 years, generations of Chinese teachers have been adhering to the tenet of "researching advanced academics and cultivating social professionals" at the beginning of the school, practicing the school motto of "hard work, rigorous scholarship, seeking truth from facts and being a model", taking root in South Guangdong and determined to educate people, and training more than 900,000 teachers and various talents for the country.
Today, South China Normal University has developed into a high-level comprehensive normal university with distinctive teacher education characteristics and complete disciplines, and has become the southern highland for cultivating educational talents in China. In recent years, the school has adhered to the direction of running a socialist school and implemented the fundamental task of educating people by virtue.
We will implement the two strategies of "strengthening the characteristics of teachers' education and improving their academic level", promote the three major constructions of "double first-class", "striving to build a strong school" and "new normal university", seize the opportunity to build a highland for talents and a platform for scientific research and innovation, vigorously promote the four key points of internationalization and informatization, comprehensively promote the reform and development of schools in various fields, and accelerate the pace of building a world-class comprehensive normal university with China characteristics.