The top 10 universities in Guangdong Province are Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Jinan University, South China Normal University, South China Agricultural University, Shenzhen University, Guangdong University of Technology, Southern Medical University, Shantou University and Guangzhou University.

Sun Yat-sen University: Biology and Business Administration are the top two disciplines in China.

South China University of Technology: The strongest discipline is light industry technology and engineering. As a typical engineering school, the school's machinery, materials, architecture, chemical industry, environment and other engineering disciplines are also first-class.

South University of Science and Technology is a national experimental school for comprehensive reform of higher education and a public innovative university with a high starting point and high orientation.

Jinan University is the first overseas Chinese institution of higher learning in China founded by the state, directly led by the Central United Front Work Department, and jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the Central United Front Work Department and Guangdong Province. It is a national world-class discipline construction university, a national 2 1 1 engineering university, and the strongest discipline of Jinan University is journalism and communication.