Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, located in Guangzhou, is a university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and Guangdong Provincial People's Government, a national "double first-class" university, a high-level university construction unit in Guangdong Province, and a "2 1 1 engineering" university in Guangdong Province.

The Ministry of Education's "Excellent Doctor (Chinese Medicine) Education and Training Plan" and "Pilot Reform of Top-notch Innovative Talents Mode of Chinese Medicine" are the first batch of pilot universities, the first batch of doctoral and master's degree awarding units in China, and master's students recommend universities with exemption qualifications. It has successively been selected into two first-class and national key disciplines of Chinese medicine universities, namely, the National Project of Building High-level University Postgraduates, the National Key Discipline with Characteristics, the Clinical Pharmacology Research Base of the Ministry of Health, the National Training Base of Chinese Medicine Teachers, the National College Students' Cultural Quality Education Base, the Scholarship Receiving Institution of China Government for Overseas Students, and the National Demonstration University for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform.