The school motto of South China University of Technology comes from "erudition, knowledge, thinking, understanding and faith" in The Doctrine of the Mean, which is for "erudition, thinking, understanding and faith" and embodies the unity of knowing and doing, and the unity of being a man and studying.

"erudite and careful thinking" means that learning should learn from others with a broad vision and broad mind, rather than being confined to a certain corner and thinking deeply about the shortcomings of each family, so as to form its own theory, be frank and great.

"Distinguish right from wrong", in order to learn, we must interrogate and speculate, seek truth and be pragmatic, distinguish right from wrong, and then find the real truth; The only way to learn is to practice what you have learned and apply what you have learned. Only by integrating personal promotion and school development into the historical process of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation can it become a noble action to create a better society.

The school will adhere to the motto of "erudite, thoughtful, discerning and diligent", adhere to the school-running policy of building a school by academics, strengthening the school by talents, opening up and developing the school by culture, and carry forward the school-running spirit of "respecting morality, striving for self-improvement, pragmatic innovation and pursuing Excellence".

Seize the important opportunity of "double first-class" construction and Guangzhou international campus construction, adhere to connotation development, deepen comprehensive reform, improve quality in an all-round way, and forge ahead bravely towards the goal of a world-class university.

South China University of Technology:

Located in Guangzhou, it is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. The campus is divided into Wushan Campus, University Town Campus and Guangzhou International Campus, and it is the winner of the first "National Civilized Campus". The school has a long history, which can be traced back to the first Class A industrial school established in Guangdong Province in 19 18.

It was formally established during the adjustment period of national colleges and universities from 65438 to 0952, and it is one of the four major engineering colleges in New China. 1960 became a national key university; 198 1 was approved by the State Council as the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units; 1993, the first university in China to jointly build a province; 1995 entered the ranks of "2 1 1 project";

200 1, entering the ranks of "985 Project"; 20 17 was selected as a "double first-class" university, and in 2020, academic ranking of world universities 15 1-200.

Since its establishment, the school has trained more than 565,438+0,000 higher education students for the country, and a large number of graduates have become the backbone of science and technology, famous entrepreneurs and leading cadres in China. The school is known as the cradle of engineers and entrepreneurs, and the employment rate of graduates ranks among the top universities in China and Guangdong Province for many years. In 20 17, it was selected as the national "double innovation" demonstration base.