Guangzhou University is a comprehensive university approved by the Ministry of Education. The implementation of provinces and cities to build a * * * and city-based school system. It is a key construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong Province. Guangzhou University has achieved good results in the national ranking of colleges and universities and the subject evaluation of the Ministry of Education. Therefore, Guangzhou University is a higher-level university among the non-university institutions.
Guangzhou University was merged from Guangzhou Normal University, South China Institute of Architecture (West Campus), Guangzhou Institute of Education, former Guangzhou University and Guangzhou Normal University in 2000.
The history of the former Guangzhou University can be traced back to the private Guangzhou University founded by 1927, the former Guangzhou Institute of Education founded by 1953, the former Guangzhou Teachers College founded by 1958, the former South China Institute of Architecture (West Campus) founded by 1984 and the former Guangzhou Teachers College founded by 1985.
Guangzhou University, referred to as "Boda" for short, is a high-level university in Guangdong Province, a first-class university, a high-level university in Guangzhou, and a national "CDIO engineering education model reform research and practice" pilot university.
It has been selected into the national primary and secondary school teacher training plan, the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, the national college students' cultural quality education base, the national innovative talent training model experimental area, and the universities with national characteristics. It is the initiator of Guangzhou International Friendship City University Alliance.
The member units of Guangzhou University City University Alliance and CDIO Engineering Education Alliance are comprehensive universities named after the national central city "Guangzhou".
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