Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies has a distinct international character. It is a key university in Guangdong Province and an important base for international talent training and foreign language and culture, foreign economic and trade, international strategy, and foreign-related legal research in South China. There are 20,126 full-time undergraduate students, 4,716 doctoral and master's students, more than 2,000 foreign students, and more than 10,000 adult undergraduate and junior college students, continuing education and training.

History

The predecessor of the school was Guangzhou Foreign Languages ​​College and Guangzhou Foreign Trade College. Guangzhou Foreign Languages ​​College was established in November 1964 and officially enrolled in July 1965. It is one of the 36 universities directly under the former State Education Commission (now the Ministry of Education). Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade was established in December 1980. It is a directly affiliated institution of the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce) and one of the founding units of the national international economics and trade major. In May 1995, the People's Government of Guangdong Province merged the two schools to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. In October 2008, Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics was incorporated into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

Campus situation

The school is located in Guangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China and the economic center of South China. It has 4 campuses with a total area of ​​2,442 acres (including planning). The North Campus is located at the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, covering an area of ​​939 acres; the South Campus is located in Guangzhou University City, covering an area of ​​1,095 acres; the Dalang Campus is located in Dalang, Guangzhou, covering an area of ​​258 acres; the Knowledge City Campus is located in the Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, with a planned area of ​​about 150 acres. The campus is shaded by green trees, small bridges and flowing water, birds singing and flowers blooming, and the environment is elegant.

Faculty

Since its establishment, famous teachers such as Liang Zongdai, Gui Shichun, Li Xiaoju, and Huang Jianhua have gathered in the school to teach and study, accumulating rich spiritual and cultural wealth for the school. The school currently has a total of 2,188 faculty and staff, including 1,378 full-time teachers, of which 54.64% are professors and associate professors, and 95.50% have a master's degree or above. Among the faculty, there are 14 members of the Professional Teaching Guidance Committee of the Ministry of Education, 55 people (including 6 in service) who enjoy special government subsidies from the State Council, 3 people selected as national cultural celebrities and "four batches" talent projects, 2 people selected as the "Yangtze River Scholar Award Program" of the Ministry of Education, 2 people selected as the 2019 Propaganda, Ideology and Culture Young Talents of the Central Propaganda Department, 2 people selected as the "Ten Thousand Talents Plan" philosophy and social sciences leaders, 4 people selected as national candidates for the "Hundred Thousand Talents Project", 13 people selected as the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, and 1 person funded by the "High-end Foreign Experts" project of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs. There are 2 national teaching teams, 1 national innovation team, 24 provincial teaching teams, 1 national teaching master, 8 provincial teaching masters, 4 Guangdong "Pearl River Scholars" Distinguished Professors, 4 "Pearl River Scholars" Lecture Professors, 6 "Young Pearl River Scholars", 4 selected for Guangdong "Special Support Plan", 1 Guangdong "Pearl River Talent Plan", 2 Guangdong Provincial Young Outstanding Talents in Theoretical Propaganda, 1 national training target of Guangdong Province's "Thousands, Hundreds and Tens Talent Training Project", 44 provincial training targets, 23 selected for the Provincial Outstanding Young Teacher Training Program, and 385 "Yunshan Scholars" (successively) employed. In addition, the school also employs 43 visiting professors and nearly 100 long-term foreign teachers.

Discipline Development

The school has formed a discipline pattern of "double-wheel drive" of foreign language disciplines and non-foreign language disciplines, coordinated and sustainable development of multiple disciplines and languages, with 25 teaching units and 1 independent college (Nan Guo Business School) under its jurisdiction. There are 68 undergraduate majors, which are divided into eight major disciplines: literature, economics, management, law, engineering, science, education, and art. Among them, there are 33 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 14 provincial first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 national comprehensive reform pilot sites, 14 provincial comprehensive reform pilot sites, 8 national characteristic major construction sites (including 11 majors), 24 provincial characteristic major construction sites (including 27 majors), and 6 provincial key majors. There are 28 foreign languages, which is the school with the most foreign languages ​​in South China. The school was awarded the right to confer master's degrees in 1981 and the right to confer doctoral degrees in 1986. It is an early unit to obtain the right to confer master's and doctoral degrees after the restoration of the graduate system in China. The school currently has 1 national key discipline and 8 provincial key disciplines. It has 2 postdoctoral research mobile stations, 3 first-level discipline doctoral programs and 22 second-level discipline doctoral programs, 13 first-level discipline master's programs and 54 second-level discipline master's programs, and 17 professional degree master's programs. In several rounds of subject evaluations organized by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, our foreign language and literature disciplines ranked among the top universities in the country. In 2021, the school was selected as a key university for the "Strengthening and Strengthening" plan of Guangdong Province. Five disciplines were selected as key disciplines for high-level universities, and the general social sciences discipline ranked in the top 1% of ESI worldwide.

Talent Cultivation

The school practices the motto of "Mingde Shangxing, Xuechengzhong Xixi", takes the cultivation of high-quality global citizens as its mission, and strives to promote the deep integration of professional teaching and foreign language teaching, and cultivate "double high" (high ideological quality and high professional level), "two strong" (strong cross-cultural communication ability and strong practical innovation ability), high-quality international talents with patriotism, global vision, innovation ability and responsibility spirit. The school is the Chinese partner institution of the United Nations' high-end translation talent training university extension program, a joint member of the International Association of University Translation Schools (CIUTI) and the International Federation of Translators (FIT), listed in the School Directory of the International Association of Conference Interpreters (AIIC), and is also the location of the Secretariat of the National Translation Professional Degree Graduate Education Steering Committee and the Secretariat of the Translation Professional Teaching Cooperation Group of Higher Education Institutions of the Ministry of Education. It is the first institution of the World Translation Education Alliance (WITTA). It is the only foreign language school selected for the "Asian Campus" program advocated by the leaders of China, Japan and South Korea, selected as the first batch of foreign-related lawyer professional degree graduate training units by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Justice, and selected as one of the 30 universities in the country for the youth talent training program of international organizations. It has the Ministry of Education's general colleges and universities foreign language non-universal language undergraduate talent training base-Non-universal Language Teaching and Research Center, the Ministry of Education's talent training model innovation experimental zone-International Business Talent Training Model Innovation Experimental Zone, the Ministry of Education's high-level international talent training innovation practice base, the national experimental teaching demonstration center-Simultaneous Interpretation Experimental Teaching Center, Guangdong Province Collaborative Education Platform-Multilingual Senior Translation Talent Collaborative Education Base and International Service Outsourcing Talent Collaborative Education Base. The overall demand for graduate employment is stable, and graduates are widely recognized by the society. The employment rate continues to rank among the top, and the quality of employment continues to improve. The school recruits students from more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the central government, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and all the enrollment batches are key undergraduate batches.

Scientific Research

The school focuses on the cultivation and construction of scientific research platforms, and has formed a four-level scientific research platform system at the national, provincial, municipal and school levels. It has 1 key research base for humanities and social sciences in ordinary colleges and universities of the Ministry of Education (Research Center for Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics), 1 cultivation base for country and regional research of the Ministry of Education (Canadian Research Center), 1 strategic research base of the Ministry of Education (International Strategic Research Center for 21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Regional Innovation); 6 country and regional research centers registered with the Ministry of Education (Africa Research Institute, International Immigration Research Center, Indonesia Research Center, Latin American Research Center, European Research Center, Indochina Research Center), 8 provincial key research bases for humanities and social sciences (Foreign Literature and Culture Research Center, International Economic and Trade Research Center, Translation Research Center, Guangdong Business Research Center, Party Regulations Research Center, Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions and Innovation Strategy Research Center, Financial Opening and Asset Management Research Center, Regional Rule of Law Research Institute), 3 Guangdong Provincial Ordinary Colleges and Universities Characteristic New Think Tanks (Guangdong Provincial Social Organization Research Center, Asia-Pacific Security and Economic Cooperation Research Center, Local Legislation Research Base), 3 Guangdong Provincial Ordinary Colleges and Universities Philosophy and Social Science Key Laboratories (Key Laboratory of Language Engineering and Computing, Bilingual Cognition and Development Laboratory, Language and Artificial Intelligence Key Laboratory), 3 Guangdong Provincial Decision-making Consulting Research Bases (Regional Integration Rule of Law Research Center, International Service Economy Research Center, Hermeneutics Research Institute); 4 Guangzhou Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Bases (Guangzhou International Trade Center Key Research Base, Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Accounting and Economic Development Research Center, Guangzhou City Public Opinion Governance and International Image Communication Research Center, Guangzhou South China Wealth Management Center Research Base); 1 Guangzhou Innovation Platform Construction Plan Key Laboratory (Key Laboratory of Intelligent Processing of Non-common Languages); 1 Guangzhou Decision-making Consulting Research Base (Open Research Base), and a number of think tanks and research institutions such as the Dictionary Research Center, South China International Intellectual Property Research Institute, Land Legal Research Institute, Guangdong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Research Center, Guangdong University Grassroots Party Building Research Base, Foreign Literature and Culture Research Institute, Guangdong Legal Research Institute, and National and Regional Advanced Research Institute. In addition, the school also has important think tanks of the provincial party committee and government-Guangdong International Strategic Research Institute and Pacific Island Strategic Research Center, which actively provide consulting services for the construction of the "Belt and Road" and other projects; the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Collaborative Innovation Center, which was led by the school, was recognized as a provincial and ministerial collaborative innovation center, and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Foreign Language Research and Language Services was selected as a national-level "2011 Collaborative Innovation Center" cultivation and construction planning project in Guangdong Province. The school undertakes a series of major and key projects such as major projects of the National Social Science Fund, major research projects of the Ministry of Education and innovative team projects. A number of high-quality research results have won the Outstanding Scientific Research Achievement Award of Colleges and Universities and the Outstanding Achievement Award of Guangdong Philosophy and Social Sciences. Academic journals such as "Modern Foreign Languages", "International Economic and Trade Exploration", "Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies" and "Strategic Decision Research" are publicly issued.

Foreign Cooperation and Exchange

The school adheres to open education, strives to introduce high-quality educational resources, actively carries out substantive cooperation with foreign universities, scientific research institutions, international organizations and enterprises, attracts well-known foreign scholars and outstanding talents to work in the school, actively explores ways to jointly cultivate high-quality international talents, jointly open up new directions and fields of academic research, vigorously develops education for international students, and actively improves the internationalization level of students, talents, teaching, scientific research and management.

The school strengthens all-round foreign education cooperation and exchanges. So far, it has established cooperative and exchange relations with 483 universities and academic and cultural institutions in 60 countries and regions. Our school has currently built 7 overseas Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms: Confucius Institute at Sapporo University in Japan, Confucius Institute at Ural Federal University in Russia, Confucius Institute at Catholic University of Santa Maria in Peru, Confucius Institute at University of Cape Verde, Confucius Institute at Ain Shams University in Egypt, Confucius Institute at University of Porto in Portugal, and Confucius Classroom in Ziwei, Australia. The Master's Degree in English Teaching Education Program jointly organized by the school and the University of Leeds in the UK and the Master's Degree in English Education Education Program jointly organized by the school and the University of Reading in the UK are running well and have been well received by the Ministry of Education and students' parents. We are deeply involved in the higher education cooperation between countries along the "Belt and Road" and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, vigorously promote the construction of "Asia Campus", "Bay Area Campus", "Eurasian Campus", "International Governance Innovation Postgraduate Program", "RCEP Talent Training Program" and "OECD Talent Training Program", and carry out special programs for joint postgraduate training in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao; we initiated the establishment of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Portuguese Education Alliance" and the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Confucius Institute Cooperation University Alliance" to promote the development of Portuguese education and international Chinese education in the Greater Bay Area. In terms of international management, the school implements the overseas university study program and has sent 8 batches of more than 40 cadres to overseas universities.

School conditions

The school has complete and advanced teaching facilities, which are at the leading level among similar domestic institutions. It has an advanced campus network and management platform, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 13 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers and laboratories with a total area of ​​more than 52,622 square meters. The library has a total area of ​​59,600 square meters, providing 5,378 reading seats, and implements an open management model that integrates collection, borrowing, reading and research. The weekly opening hours are 119 hours. The total amount of library resources is 5.2564 million volumes, including 3.1538 million paper books and periodicals, 153.20 books per student, and 35 literature languages. The total value of existing fixed assets is about 3.093 billion yuan.

Development Vision

The school adheres to the educational philosophy of "whole-person education and pursuit of excellence", practices the Guangwai values ​​of "excellence, integrity, tolerance, and self-confidence" and the Guangwai style of "improving morality, cultivating knowledge, being pragmatic, and striving for the future", and takes the national "Double First-Class" construction, Guangdong Province's high-level university construction, the implementation of the "Innovation and Strengthening School" project, and the deepening of the comprehensive reform of independent school-running as opportunities, adheres to the connotation development, accelerates reform and innovation, and vigorously promotes the internationalization strategy of education, and builds the school into a distinctive, high-quality, socially respected, internationalized, high-level university that satisfies the Party, the country, and the people.

(Data updated to December 2021)