1, different majors: Guangxi University is a comprehensive university, covering humanities and social sciences, natural sciences, engineering technology, agriculture, medicine and other disciplines, and Guangxi University for Nationalities is established to train senior professionals in ethnic areas, with its key disciplines including ethnology, culturology, linguistics, history and economics.

2. Different disciplines: Guangxi University has diversified disciplines, covering art, economy, management, literature, law, education, science, engineering, agriculture, medicine, history and other fields. Although Guangxi University for Nationalities has fewer disciplines, it focuses more on disciplines related to ethnic minorities, such as national culture, national language, ethnology, national economy, national art, etc.