G = the first letter of G = Guang, = the first two letters of the week, and u = University.

Guangzhou University is a comprehensive university approved by the Ministry of Education. It is a high-level university in Guangdong Province, a first-class university in Guangdong Province and a high-level university in Guangzhou.

The school was formed in 2000 by the merger of Guangzhou Normal University, South China Institute of Architecture (West Campus), Guangzhou Institute of Education, former Guangzhou University and Guangzhou Normal University. The history of the former Guangzhou University can be traced back to the private Guangzhou University founded by 1927, the former Guangzhou Institute of Education founded by 1953, the former Guangzhou Teachers College founded by 1958, the former South China Institute of Architecture (West Campus) founded by 1984 and the former Guangzhou Teachers College founded by 1985.

As of July 2020, the school has two campuses, namely University Town and Guihuagang, with a total campus area of 1880 mu and a total construction area of 885,000 square meters. There are 29,788 full-time undergraduates and 4,990 master's and doctoral students. There are 3,206 on-the-job teaching and administrative staff, including 20 18 full-time teaching and research staff; In 2020, there will be 27 undergraduate enrollment majors and 69; At present, there are 4 post-doctoral research mobile stations, 7 doctoral degree authorization points in first-class disciplines, professional doctoral degree authorization categories 1, 32 master degree authorization points in first-class disciplines, 4 master degree authorization points in two disciplines and 9 master degree authorization points1.

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