1952, the departments of Chinese universities were adjusted, with the engineering schools of Lingnan University, National Sun Yat-sen University and South China United University as the main bodies, and the relevant departments of Hunan University, Guangxi University, Wuhan University and Nanjing Institute of Technology (now Southeast University) merged, and South China Institute of Technology (predecessor of South China University of Technology) was established at the original site of National Sun Yat-sen University at that time.

1953 south China university of technology transferred the power part and power part of the mechanical department to Wuhan to form Huazhong university of science and technology (the predecessor of Huazhong university of science and technology).

1954, South China University of Technology transferred the inorganic engineering major to East China Institute of Chemical Technology (the predecessor of East China University of Science and Technology).

From 65438 to 0955, South China University of Technology transferred the teachers and equipment of Surveying and Mapping to Wuhan, and established Wuhan Surveying and Mapping Technology University (merged into Wuhan University in 2000).

1956, South China University of Technology, Nanjing Institute of Technology and Jiaotong University merged to establish Chengdu Institute of Telecommunications Engineering (the predecessor of University of Electronic Science and Technology of China) in Chengdu, Sichuan.

65438-0958 Department of Telecommunication Engineering (Radio Department) of South China University of Technology was re-established by Professor Feng Bingquan, Professor Xu and some teachers and students.

From 65438 to 0958, South China Institute of Technology was divided into South China Institute of Technology and South China Institute of Chemical Technology.

1962, South China Institute of Technology and South China Chemical Industry merged into South China Institute of Technology.

1970, South China Institute of Technology was divided into Guangdong Institute of Technology and Guangdong Institute of Chemical Technology again.

1978, Guangdong Institute of Technology and Guangdong Institute of Chemical Technology merged to form South China Institute of Technology.

1988, South China University of Technology was renamed as South China University of Technology.

From the historical evolution of South China University of Technology, we know that the country has been positioned as an engineering university (mainly learning from the Soviet Union's school-running model) when it was founded, and it is also one of the four major engineering colleges. At any time, the "main force" of South China University of Technology is engineering. Even now, whether it is doctoral programs, master programs, key disciplines or key laboratories, engineering still accounts for the majority, and science is relatively small. Of course, the development direction of South China University of Technology is comprehensive universities, science and science students.