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Guangzhou University Wikipedia

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Guangzhou University (GU) is a state university in Guangzhou, PRC|China.

Located in the vicinity of the Guangzhou Sculpture Park and Luhu Park, Guangzhou University enjoys all transport convenience and a picturesque environment. The University at the moment covers a total floor area of 486,000 square meters with a building area of 436,000 square meters in its five campuses situated respectively in Guangyuan, Guihuagang, Luhu, Qiyi Lu and Longdong. Its well-stocked library has a total collection of 1,960,000 books. What is more, the 2.1 billon dollar new campus, which will be put into use soon, is as large as 1.975 mu..

GU makes Guangzhou the base of its operations and at the same time services the whole of Guangdong Province as well as all China and the outside world. While the undergraduate programs remain a dominant focus of its operation. GU is actively committed to consolidating and expanding its postgraduate programs and spares no feeorts in developing its vocational and technical higher education. The University comprises 20 schools (departments ) including the School of Economics and Management, the School of Law, the School of Public Administration, the School of Education, the School of Humanities & Social Sciences, the School of Journalism and Broadcasting, the School of Foreign Studies, the School of Art and Design, the School of Mathematics and Information Science, the School of Physics and Electronic Engineering, the School of Geographical Science, the School of Information and Electro-mechanical Engineering, the Scholl of Biology and Chemical Engineering, the School of Civil Engineering, the School of Architecture and Urban Planning, the School of Environmental Science and Engineering, the School of Continuing Education, the School of Tourism (Sino-French School l\of Tourism) and the School of Physical Education and Sports Science .he university is currently authorized to run 17 postgraduate programs and 62 undergraduate programs under eight fields of study including Literature, Science, Engineering, Economics, Management, Law, Education and History. As a university of a considerable size, GUI has a total staff of 2,588 including one academicians of the Chinese Academy of Science, one academician of the China Institute of Engineering, four academicians employed on part-time basis, 20 supervisors of doctoral students, 130 full professors, 567 associate professors, of whom 100 are Ph.D holders, 32 who have been awarded the state Council Special Allowances, 14 young & middle-aged provincial and municipal level experts, nil who are have been honored the title of ???State Level Young and Middle-aged Experts of Experts of Extraordinary Achievements'. The University's current fulltime postgraduates, undergraduates and diploma students number 17,000 . The University enrolls students mainly from GuangdongProvince and Guangzhou, but also admits students from 11 other provinces, Hong Kong, Macao and also from overseas. The University has up to 57 research institutes centers specializing in wide range of fields including the Institute of Educational Software, the EarthquakeEngineeringResearch & TestCenter, the Institute of Educational Sciences, and the Institute of Advanced Manufacturing Technology.

GU features diversity in its operation. It has so far established a number of cooperative educational entities including the College of Textile & Garment, the College of Urban Construction Engineering, the College of Technology and Trade, SontianCollege, HuaRuanSoftwareCollege, the School of Municipal Works and Construction. Academic exchanges and cooperation with the overseas institutions have always been an important part of the University's operation. GU has so far established partnership in a wide range of disciplines with universities and academic institutions of the U.S.A, Australia, France, Russia, Italy South Korea, Japan, Sweden, and in the regions including Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao.

With a history of over 50 years and having been authorized to operate graduate program since 1984, GuangzhouUniversity has produced a large number of highly qualified talents for the nation and has now become a key base for producing talents needed by GuangdongProvince's social and economic development , and the scientific and technological development. With the construction of the University City in progress, GU as a community of integrity is now fully committed to the mission of developing itself into a modern, comprehensive university with innovative ideas and local characteristics for producing talents of highly practical strength, becoming one of Guangdong Province's key universities, and joining China's leading tertiary educational institutions of its type in the nearest future.

Last Modified:   2005-11-04