Guangzhou University is a comprehensive university. Although it has a certain status and influence in Guangzhou, Guangdong, it is not one of the national key universities. Key universities usually refer to a group of institutions of higher learning with high level and international influence in teaching, scientific research and discipline construction. Guangzhou University has certain advantages and characteristics in some disciplines, but its overall position in the domestic higher education system is relatively general. Therefore, Guangzhou University is not a key university.