There are four 985, 21/universities in Guangdong: Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Jinan University and South China Normal University.
I. Sun Yat-sen University
1. Sun Yat-sen University, referred to as "Zhong Da University" directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), is a comprehensive national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Guangdong Province. Ranked in the first batch of national "double first-class" A, "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" and was selected.
2. The school has also been selected into the excellent legal talents education and training plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, national college students' innovation experiment plan, national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training plan, national public postgraduate plan for building high-level universities, new engineering research and practice projects, and national demonstration universities for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform.
Second, South China University of Technology
1. South China University of Technology, referred to as "South China University of Technology", is located in Guangzhou, directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC). It is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, and ranks among the national "double first-class" (Class A), "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project".
2. The school has been selected into the academic innovation and intelligence introduction program, excellent engineer education and training program, excellent legal talent education and training program, new engineering research and practice project, national high-level university graduate program, scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students, demonstration base of the Ministry of Education for studying in China, and the first batch of scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer bases in colleges and universities.
Third, Jinan University.
1. Jinan University, referred to as "Jida" for short, is the first overseas Chinese institution of higher learning in China founded by the state, directly led by the Central United Front Work Department, and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Central United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province. It is a national "world-class discipline construction university" and a national "2 1 1 project" and "985 platform" key construction university.
2. The school is the key research base of humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education, the national cultural quality education base for college students, the national Chinese teaching base, the Chinese education base of the Overseas Chinese Affairs Office of the State Council, the national postgraduate project of building a high-level university, the research and practice project of new engineering, and the scholarship receiving institution of the China Municipal Government for international students in China.
Fourth, South China Normal University.
1. South China Normal University, referred to as "South China Normal University", is headquartered in Guangzhou. It is a university jointly founded by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and the Ministry of Education. It is the first batch of national "world-class discipline construction universities" and national "2 1 1 project" key construction universities.
2. As of May 2020, the school has three campuses, Shipai, Guangzhou University Town and Foshan Nanhai, covering an area of 3,025 mu, with a school building area of 6,543,800 square meters and a collection of 4.02 million books. 2386 full-time teachers; There are 25,643 full-time undergraduates, graduate students 10349, doctoral students1210/person, 232 postdoctoral students and international students 1039 person.