Wuyi University is a multidisciplinary university with engineering as its major, which was established by Guangdong Provincial People's Government 1985. It is a local university in Guangdong Province that awarded master's and bachelor's degrees earlier.

The school adheres to the motto of "studious, thoughtful, realistic and innovative", adheres to the school-running concept of "taking root in the hometown of overseas Chinese, serving the society, combining inside and outside, and developing with characteristics", and actively cultivates high-quality applied talents with noble ideology and morality, solid basic knowledge, international vision, strong practical ability and strong innovation and entrepreneurship ability to meet the needs of local economic and social development.

The school is located in Jiangmen, an important node city in Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and "the first hometown of overseas Chinese in China". The campus covers an area of 1 1,000 mu with a total construction area of nearly 700,000 square meters. Beautiful environment, complete infrastructure and good conditions for running schools. The school recruits undergraduates from 24 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and recruits graduate students at home and abroad.