Canterbury University, founded in 1962, is a British public university recognized by the Ministry of Education of China. The university is located in the center of Canterbury, a famous historical and cultural city and transportation hub in Britain. Located in the southeast of England, the city is the closest city in England to the European continent. Because the Canterbury Cathedral with a history of 1500 years is located here, the university is named after it. The school has three campuses: Solomon, Broadsteyr and Chatham.

With its excellent academic level and excellent teaching quality, Canterbury University attracts outstanding students from all over the world for further study every year. The number of certified teachers in universities ranks among the top 20 in Britain. At the same time, it won the silver award rating of teaching quality selected by the teaching Excellence framework. More than 90% of the research in universities has been rated as the world's leading or outstanding level by REF (Framework for Excellence in Research) 20 14. The school has about 17000 students, including nearly 1000 international students from the European Union, the United States, Japan, South Korea, the Middle East and other countries and regions.