Guangdong Institute of Petrochemical Technology is a comprehensive university in Guangdong Province, focusing on engineering and featuring petrochemical industry. It is the only petrochemical undergraduate college in South China and the second batch of outstanding engineers' education and training plan of the Ministry of Education, which is jointly established by Guangdong Provincial People's Government, China Petrochemical Group, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Corporation and China Offshore Oil Corporation. The school was founded on 1954.