Official website of Guangdong University of Finance shows that Guangdong University of Finance is two institutions. The school is a provincial public undergraduate college, covering six disciplines: economy, management, law, literature, science and engineering. It is the only financial college in South China.

Guangdong University, located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, is a full-time undergraduate college organized by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. Selected as the first batch of pilot universities in the transformation from ordinary undergraduate colleges to application-oriented universities in Guangdong Province, the key discipline construction universities in Guangdong Province will be top-notch, complement shortcomings and enhance their characteristics.