Guizhou University, referred to as "Da Gui", is located in Guiyang City, Guizhou Province. It is a "Ministry-based, Ministry-provincial" university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and the Guizhou Provincial People's Government. It is a national "double-class" university, a key university of "2 1 1 Engineering" and a key university of one province and one school. He was selected into the national "20 1 1 plan", "11plan", the scholarship receiving institution of China government for overseas students in China, the Confucius Institute scholarship institution, the national demonstration university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, the pilot unit of "three-round education" comprehensive reform of the Ministry of Education, and the member of the Central and Western University Alliance. The Education Aid Base of the Ministry of Education, the International Science and Technology Cooperation Base of the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Education and Training Plan for Excellent Legal Talents, the Education and Training Plan for Excellent Agricultural and Forestry Talents, and the Education and Training Plan for Excellent Engineers, as well as the "Comprehensive Strength Improvement Project of Universities in the Midwest" of the Ministry of Education, have become one of the 14 high-level universities that the Ministry of Education has focused on building in the western region, corresponding to Zhejiang University, China Agricultural University and East China Normal University.

Guizhou University was founded in 1902, and was named Guizhou University in 1950 and 10 after the period of Guizhou University Hall, provincial Guizhou University, national Guizhou College of Agriculture and Industry and national Guizhou University. 195 1 year1kloc-0/month, President Mao Zedong wrote the name of Guizhou University in his own handwriting. 1August 1997, merged with Guizhou Agricultural College and other institutions. In August 2004, it merged with Guizhou University of Technology.

As of 202 1 and 65438+February, the school covers an area of 4,637. 1 mu, and there are 985.37 mu of teaching experimental farms with 38 colleges, including 1 world-class construction discipline,1national key discipline and first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization point.