Dongguan University of Technology is the first ordinary undergraduate college in Dongguan, Guangdong Province, which is jointly established by provinces and cities, with the city as the main body and Dr. Yang Zhenning, the Nobel Prize winner in physics, as the honorary president. Selected as the first batch of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, the national "New Engineering Research and Practice Project", the national "Hundred Schools Project", the first batch of "Guangdong High-level University of Science and Technology Construction Unit", the national university science park cultivation unit, the member of "China-Latin America Joint Laboratory of Clean Energy and Climate Change", Guangdong International Science and Technology Cooperation Base, Erasmus Mundus Plan, Guangdong Post-doctoral Innovation and Practice Base, and the "Special University Promotion Plan" of the Provincial Education Department.
The school was established in 1990, approved by the former State Education Commission in April 1992, changed to full-time undergraduate colleges and universities with the approval of the Ministry of Education in March 2002, approved as a bachelor's degree awarding unit in May 2006, and passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation of the Ministry of Education in May 2008. On June 20 10, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as one of the first universities to implement the "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Plan". In September, 20 15, it was identified as a high-level science and engineering university construction unit supported by Guangdong Province, and in May, 20 18, it was identified as a new master degree awarding unit. 20 18 10 international joint graduate school was established. Starting from 20 19, graduate students are enrolled independently.
As of April 20021year, the school has two campuses, Songshan Lake and Guancheng, covering an area of 2,340 mu. 18 college, with 52 undergraduate majors; Faculty 174 1 person, including full senior title 185, deputy senior title/383 and doctor/80 1 person. Nearly 20,000 ordinary full-time students; The library has accumulated 2,065,438+0,000 books; There are 6 key disciplines in Guangdong Province. By the end of March, 2020, there were 1 first-class discipline master programs and 2 professional degree master programs.