Guilin University of Electronic Technology is jointly established by the State Administration of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology and the "Ministry, Bureau and Province" of the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. It is a basic capacity-building project for universities in the central and western regions and a first-class discipline-building university in Guangxi.
Selected into the excellent engineer education and training plan of the Ministry of Education, new engineering research and practice projects, overseas high-level talent introduction plan, and deepening the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education. There is a national university science park with independent enrollment qualifications. It is one of the 30 universities released by the communication equipment pre-research project of the General Armament Department and one of the universities authorized by Beidou ICD.
In May 20 18, the school was selected as a first-class discipline construction university in Guangxi. In July, Guilin University of Electronic Technology formally established the Institute of Artificial Intelligence. In September, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region established Guidian, which became a university jointly established by the Ministry, the Bureau and the province. Among them, "engineering" discipline entered ESI for the first time 1%.