1949 When the Kuomintang retreated to Guangzhou, it was planned to change the current address of China Normal University to the location of the Presidential Palace of Chiang Kai-shek Group, which was located in the current administrative building of South China Normal University.
1949 10 2 1, China southern branch decided to form southern university, with Ye Shuai as the president, Chen Weishi as the first vice president and Luo Ming as the second vice president. At that time, Southern University, through the Party organization, transferred party member students from Grade 123 to set up preparatory classes for cadres in colleges and universities, and at the same time recruited the first students from South China in newspapers. 1949 65438+February, the preparatory work is ready, and then the class will be officially started in Shipai, Guangzhou, which is the founding stage of Southern University.
1952 In response to the call of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman Mao, and in accordance with the instructions of the central government to adjust the departments of colleges and universities and the leaders of revolutionary universities to support local colleges and universities, the South China Branch decided to merge Southern University with the normal colleges of universities such as provincial colleges of arts and sciences and rebuild it into South China Normal University (now South China Normal University).
Today, South China Normal University is a national key construction university of "2 1 1 Project" and a provincial key university in Guangdong Province. The school has three campuses, Shipai, Guangzhou University Town and Nanhai, covering an area of * * * 3,079 mu, with a school building area of * * * 1.26 million square meters. The campus environment is beautiful, the scenery is pleasant, the human landscape is everywhere, and the cultural atmosphere is strong, which provides a good learning, working and living environment for teachers and students.