Guizhou University, founded in 1902, is a comprehensive public university approved by the Ministry of Education and the People's Government of Guizhou Province. It is one of the 14 high-level universities that the Ministry of Education focuses on building in the western region, and the "2 1 1 project" is the key construction. It was established on the basis of former Guizhou University and Guizhou University of Technology in August 2004. The school is the key construction university of "one province, one school" in the central and western regions, the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students in China, the scholarship institution of Confucius Institute, the key university of "20 1 1 Plan" of the Collaborative Innovation Center of the Ministry of Education, the national demonstration university for deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, the pilot unit of "three-round education" comprehensive reform of the Ministry of Education, the key comprehensive university of Guizhou Province, the member of the Central and Western University Alliance, and the demonstration base for studying in China by the Ministry The Education Foreign Aid Base of the Ministry of Education and the International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of the Ministry of Science and Technology have been selected into the Education and Training Plan of Excellent Legal Talents, Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents and Excellent Engineers of the Ministry of Education and the "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Universities in the Midwest", with counterpart support from Zhejiang University.

Characteristic major

A class of characteristic majors of the Ministry of Education: materials science and engineering, agricultural and forestry economic management, Chinese language and literature, automation, forestry, metallurgical engineering, electronic science and technology, philosophy, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation.

Secondary major of Ministry of Education: Mining Engineering and Plant Protection.

Major in Guizhou province: philosophy, agricultural machinery and automation, mineral processing engineering, bioengineering, aquaculture, social work, agricultural resources and environment.

Exemplary majors in Guizhou Province: computer science and technology, metallurgical engineering, material science and engineering, material molding and control engineering, Chinese language and literature, automation, forestry, economics, electronic science and technology, resource exploration engineering, civil engineering, law, mechanical design and manufacturing and automation, electrical engineering and automation, biotechnology, mathematics and applied mathematics, and plant protection.