Guangdong Institute of Physical Education was established in July, 1956. It is the only undergraduate physical education institution in South China, and one of the earliest professional physical education institutions in China since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and it is affiliated to the Guangdong Provincial People's Government. Guangdong Institute of Physical Education covers an area of nearly 500 mu. Campus tree-lined, four seasons fragrance, elegant environment, profound cultural heritage. In 2008, he passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education with excellent results. The school has a 1 1 teaching department with about 8,000 full-time students of all kinds. The first-class discipline of physical education is the dominant key discipline in Guangdong Province. Physical education is the earliest discipline to recruit graduate students in Guangdong Province. Postgraduate education began at 1979, and 1985 became a master's degree awarding unit. In 2009, it became a new doctoral degree awarding unit in Guangdong Province. The school has the right to award a master's degree in the first-class discipline of physical education, the right to award a master's degree in sports medicine and the right to enroll students for a master's degree in physical education, and jointly trains doctoral students with Shanghai Institute of Physical Education.