1978 February, the Central Radio and TV University was formally established; 1978 1 1, Guangdong Radio and TV University was formally established; 1979 On February 6th, Guangdong Radio and TV University and China Central Radio and TV University held the opening ceremony of the first batch of students simultaneously, and enrolled students in Guangzhou, Foshan, Jiangmen, Nanhai, Sanshui, Dongguan, Shunde, Conghua and Huaxian 12599.

1June, 988, Guangdong Higher Education Bureau approved Guangdong Radio and TV University to pilot undergraduate majors; In the same year, two undergraduate majors, Chinese language and literature and enterprise management, were enrolled, with a total of 80 students; 20 10 1 1, the national leading group for education system reform approved Guangdong Radio and Television University to undertake the pilot work of "establishing an open university in Guangdong and exploring a lifelong education model".

On March 20 1 1, this project also became a pilot project of comprehensive education reform in Guangdong province. Guangdong Open University is a new type of institution of higher learning which is supported by modern information technology and mainly provides long-distance open education for adults. 201212 On 26th of February, the Ministry of Education agreed that Guangdong Radio and Television University should be renamed Guangdong Open University with the school code of 5 13 15.

Teachers of Guangdong Open University:

By May 2022, Guangdong Open University had 36 full-time senior titles, 25 associate senior titles/kloc-0, 65 doctors and 450 masters. There are 373 "double-qualified" teachers.

At present, there are 5 national excellent teachers and national model teachers, 1 famous teacher of "Guangdong Special Support Program" and 20 outstanding teachers in Guangdong Province, and 16 teachers who have been appointed as the chairman of the national and Guangdong Higher Vocational Education Teaching Steering Committee, and 12 teachers have been selected into the training plan for outstanding young teachers in Guangdong universities and the attracting plan for high-level skilled talents in Guangdong Higher Vocational Colleges.

At the same time, the school also hired a group of domestic and foreign experts and scholars, leading figures in discipline and curriculum construction to guide and promote discipline and curriculum construction. The mission of Guangdong Open University is to give full play to the characteristics and advantages of modern distance education, and to serve the construction of a learning society with all-people learning and lifelong learning.