South China University of Technology, located in Guangzhou, is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education. Its campus is divided into Wushan Campus, University Town Campus and Guangzhou International Campus, and won the first "National Civilized Campus". The school has a long history, which can be traced back as early as 19 18, the first-class industrial school in Guangdong province (known as "Gongyigong" in history).
It was formally established during the adjustment period of national institutions of higher learning from 65438 to 0952, and it is one of the "four major engineering institutes" in new China. 1960 became a national key university; 198 1 was approved by the State Council as the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units;
1993 is the first university established in China province; 1995 entered the ranks of "2 1 1 project"; 200 1, entering the ranks of "985 Project"; In 20 17, it will enter the ranks of "double first-class" A universities, and in 2020, it will enter the top 200 universities in academic ranking of world universities.
Today, South China University of Technology has developed into a comprehensive research university which combines science, engineering and medicine, and the management, economy, literature and law develop in harmony. The overall level of light industry technology and engineering, architecture, food science and engineering, chemical engineering and technology, environmental science and engineering, material science and engineering, mechanical engineering, management science and engineering has entered the national top10%;
12 disciplines are in the top 1‰ in the global ranking of ESI, among which engineering, materials science, chemistry, agricultural science and computer science are in the top 1‰ in the global ranking.