Guangdong University of Technology began to hold adult education from 1984. In order to further develop the cause of adult education, the school formally established the Adult Education College with the approval of the Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Department in March 1999, and changed its name to the College of Continuing Education in February 1999. Adult higher education in schools makes full use of high-quality resources of schools and optimizes specialty settings, which lays a solid foundation for cultivating practical senior technical talents. School personnel training pays attention to the industry's demand for talent knowledge structure, emphasizes application, and takes the road of combining production with learning. Professional courses are closely combined with the needs of the industry, paying attention to professional quality standards and norms, and paying more attention to application and innovation. The school vigorously develops vocational skills training and skill appraisal, which enriches the connotation of adult higher education and embodies the advantages and characteristics of the school. Over the years, it has exported a large number of urgently needed skilled talents to the society and become a training base for high-skilled talents set up by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Labor and Social Security in colleges and universities.

The College of Continuing Education of Guangdong University of Technology conscientiously implements the national education policy, adheres to the student-oriented and quality-oriented school-running concept, integrates education, management and service, and has perfect school-running conditions and clear school-running orientation. The college provides more elective courses for students, creating the necessary conditions for students' autonomous learning and self-planning. The college has established a personal homepage for each student with academic qualifications. Students can log on to the network system remotely for course selection and grade inquiry, and know their training plan, course arrangement and academic completion progress in time. Through the self-developed remote service platform, the college meets the individual needs of students with efficient and convenient management services.

The main teaching place of the School of Continuing Education of Guangdong University of Technology is located in Dongfeng Road Campus, with superior geographical location, elegant campus environment and wonderful campus culture, which integrates ideological, scientific and artistic features, and builds a broad stage for students to understand life, advocate science, improve their academic qualifications, show their talents, exercise their abilities and improve their quality.

The modern teaching point of the School of Continuing Education of Guangdong University of Technology is a full-time ordinary higher vocational college approved by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and officially put on record by the Ministry of Education. It is also the continuing education base of information engineering in Guangzhou approved by Guangzhou Human Resources and Social Security Bureau.

The modern teaching point of the School of Continuing Education of Guangdong University of Technology is located in Tianhe District, Guangzhou, covering an area of 573 mu, with a unique geographical position. It is adjacent to Huangpu Port with beautiful scenery and Huangpu Military Academy with glorious revolutionary tradition in the east and Guangdong Olympic Sports Center in the west. It is connected to the beautiful Tianhe Olive Garden in the south and the Guangyuan Express Line running through Guangzhou from east to west, and to the Guangzhou Science City where famous enterprises gather in the north. Campus environment is elegant, rich in cultural atmosphere, beautiful scenery and convenient transportation, which is a good place for study and life.

The modern teaching point of the School of Continuing Education of Guangdong University of Technology earnestly practices Scientific Outlook on Development, adheres to the socialist school-running direction, adheres to the school-running concept of "unity of knowledge and action, virtue and knowledge", adheres to the school-running spirit of "Xiu De, Hongyi, proficiency and innovation", and carries forward the school spirit of "honesty, pragmatism, diligence and enterprising" and the study style of "seeking knowledge, knowing courtesy and thinking", thus forming "modern information".

Guangdong University of Technology was formed by the merger of Guangdong Institute of Technology, Guangdong Institute of Mechanical Engineering and South China Institute of Architecture (East Campus) in June 1995. Guangdong University of Technology, with a history of more than 50 years, is a provincial key university with the combination of engineering, management and grammar and the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. The school has good school conditions, strong teachers, advanced experimental equipment, reasonable subject structure and rich books and materials. The school has 19 colleges, 4 public teaching departments (centers) and 68 undergraduate majors. There are more than 47,000 full-time students, 42,000 undergraduates, 4,750 graduate students and more than 5000 adult education students/kloc-0. More than 1 10000 full-time undergraduate graduates and more than 45000 adult education graduates have been trained for the society. Most of the graduates have become the technical or management backbone of all walks of life, and are well received by employers. The adult higher education of Guangdong University of Technology makes full use of the school's high-quality resources, adheres to the school-running philosophy of student-oriented and quality-oriented, integrates education, management and service, and establishes an applied talent training system that adapts to Guangdong's social and economic development.