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Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
China

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Official website: https://www.gdufs.edu.cn/
Tel：020-36204310,020-36209514,020-36209524
Address：Baiyunshan Campus: No. 2, North Baiyun Avenue, Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; University Town Campus: No. 178, Outer Ring East Road, Guangzhou University Town, Xiaoguwei Island, Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province; Dalang Campus: No. 599, Guanghua 1st Road, Baiyun District, Guangzhou
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a key high-level university in Guangdong Province. The school has distinctive international characteristics and is an important base for the training of international talents in South China, foreign languages and literature, global economic governance, foreign-related legal research and the international dissemination of Chinese culture. There are currently 20,683 full-time undergraduate students, 5,652 doctoral and master's students, 797 foreign students, and more than 10,000 adult college students, advanced students and trainees. HISTORY The predecessor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is Guangzhou International Studies University, which was established in November 1964 and officially admitted students in July 1965 (it was called "Guangdong International Studies University" from October 1970 to November 1977) and was established in December 1980. Guangzhou University of Foreign Trade. Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Languages were transferred to the management of Guangdong Province by the Ministry of Foreign Economic and Trade Cooperation and the National Education Commission in September 1994 and January 1995 respectively. In May 1995, the Guangdong Provincial People's Government merged the two schools to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. In October 2008, the Guangdong Provincial People's Government incorporated Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics, established in April 1996 (called "Guangdong College of Finance and Taxation" from April 1996 to July 2001), into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. CAMPUS Campus Information The school is located in Guangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China and the economic center of South China. It currently has 4 campuses with a total area of 2,442 acres (including planning). The Baiyunshan Campus is located at the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, covering an area of 939 acres; University The City Campus is located in Guangzhou University Town, 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 Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, with a planned area of about 150 acres. The campus is lined with green trees, small bridges and flowing water, with birds singing and flowers fragrant, and the environment is elegant and elegant. The Baiyunshan campus is located at the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, covering an area of 939 acres. The University Town campus is located in Guangzhou University Town and covers an area of 1,095 acres. The Knowledge City campus is located in Sino-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City, with a planned area of about 150 acres. TEACHING STAFF has been teaching since the school was founded. , Liang Zongdai, Gui Shichun, Li Xiaoju, Huang Jianhua and other famous teachers gathered in the school to teach and study, and accumulated rich spiritual and cultural wealth for the school. The school currently has a total of 2,192 faculty members and 1,401 full-time teachers, of whom 55.32% have senior professional titles and 96% have a master's degree or above.86%. Among the teaching staff, there are 15 members of the Professional Teaching Steering Committee of the Ministry of Education, 60 people enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 38 people selected into the national talent plan, 1 person funded by the "High-end Foreign Experts" project of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs, and "Foreign Experts" by the National Ministry of Science and Technology. The "Youth Plan" project funded 3 people. There are 2 national-level teaching teams, 1 national-level innovation team, 30 provincial-level teaching teams, 1 national-level famous teaching teacher, and 10 provincial-level famous teaching teachers. 95 people were selected into the provincial talent plan of Guangdong Province; 477 "Yunshan Scholars" have been hired, and 29 chief experts of Yunshan Studio have been hired. In addition, the school also employs 22 visiting professors and nearly 100 long-term foreign teachers. DISCIPLINE DEVELOPMENT Discipline Development School has formed a discipline pattern of "dual-wheel drive" and multi-disciplinary coordinated development of foreign language subjects and non-foreign language subjects. It currently has 26 teaching units and 1 independent college (Nanguo Business School). There are 74 undergraduate majors, belonging to 8 major disciplines including literature, economics, management, law, engineering, science, education, and art. Among them, there are 37 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 29 provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 national-level major comprehensive reform pilots, 14 provincial-level major comprehensive reform pilots, and 8 national-level characteristic major construction sites ( including 11 majors), 24 provincial-level specialty specialty construction sites (including 27 majors), and 6 provincial-level key majors. There are 33 foreign languages in total, making it the school with the most foreign languages in South China. The school was granted the right to confer master's degrees in 1981 and the right to confer doctoral degrees in 1986. It was the first institution to obtain the right to confer master's and doctoral degrees after the restoration of the postgraduate system in China. The school currently has 3 first-level discipline doctoral programs and 24 second-level discipline doctoral programs, 13 first-level discipline master's degree programs and 58 second-level discipline master's degree programs (including 1 interdisciplinary), and 18 professional degree master's degree programs; There are the Postdoctoral Research Station for Foreign Languages and Literature, the Postdoctoral Research Station for Applied Economics, the Postdoctoral Research Station for Law, the Postdoctoral Workstation of the Guangdong Institute of International Strategic Studies, and the Postdoctoral Research Workstation of the China-Singapore Guangzhou Knowledge City Management Committee. The Huangpu Research Institute Branch of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies . The school currently has 1 national key discipline and 8 provincial key disciplines. In several rounds of subject evaluations organized by the Degree and Graduate Education Development Center of the Ministry of Education, our school’s foreign language and literature disciplines have ranked among the top universities in the country. In 2021, the school was selected as a key high-level university construction university under the Guangdong Province's "Strengthening and Strengthening" Upgrading Plan, and 5 disciplines were selected as key construction disciplines for high-level universities. The social sciences and engineering disciplines rank in the top 1% of ESI globally. PERSONNEL TRAINING Talent Training School takes cultivating high-quality global citizens as its mission, strives to promote the deep integration of professional teaching and foreign language teaching, and strives to cultivate high-quality compound international students with feelings of family and country, international vision, excellent skills, innovative ability, and spirit of responsibility. Transform talents. The school is a Chinese partner institution of the United Nations High-end Translation Talent Training University Outreach Program, a joint member of the Confederation of International University Translation Institutes (CIUTI) and the International Federation of Translators (FIT), and is listed in the School Directory of the Association of International Conference Interpreters (AIIC), Ministry of Education The unit where the Secretariat of the Translation Teaching Collaboration Group of Colleges and Universities is located is the first unit of the World Translator Education Alliance (WITTA). It is the only foreign language institution selected into the "Asian Campus" plan advocated by the heads of state of China, Japan and South Korea, and has been selected into the Ministry of Education, Judicial The Ministry of Education's professional master's degree in law (foreign-related law, international arbitration) postgraduate program has the Ministry of Education's general university foreign language non-common language undergraduate talent training base - Non-common language teaching and research center, the Ministry of Education's talent training model innovation experimental area - internationalization Business Talent Training Model Innovation Experimental Zone, Ministry of Education High-Level International Talent Training Innovation Practice Base, National Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center - Simultaneous Interpretation Experimental Teaching Center, Guangdong Province Collaborative Education Platform - Collaborative Education of Multilingual Senior Translation Talents Human base and international service outsourcing talent collaborative education base, "Basic Korean Course Group Virtual Teaching and Research Office" and "Japanese Major Virtual Teaching and Research Office" (the only one in the country for Japanese major construction series) were selected as the national virtual teaching and research office construction pilot. 41 online open courses were selected into the National Higher Education Smart Education Platform. Graduates have high overall quality and strong employment competitiveness, and are widely praised by employers. The quality of employment continues to improve, and employment satisfaction continues to remain high. The school recruits students from more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. The enrollment batches are all key undergraduate batches. SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH is a scientific research school that builds a high-level scientific research platform and a high-level scientific research team for the forefront of academic theory, major national development strategies, and local economic and social development needs. There are two existing key research bases for humanities and social sciences in general universities of the Ministry of Education: "Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Research Center" and "21st Century Maritime Silk Road and Regional Innovation International Strategic Research Center", a strategic research base of the Science and Technology Commission of the Ministry of Education. National scientific research platform, 7 Ministry of Education regional and national research cultivation bases and registration centers including the "Canadian Research Center" and "African Research Institute", "Key Laboratory of Global Governance and a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind", "Greater Bay Area Construction and Regional Coordination" 24 provincial-level scientific research platforms such as the "Key Development Laboratory" and 8 municipal-level scientific research platforms such as the "Guangzhou High-level Opening Research Center", and jointly built the Huangpu Research Institute, the International Bay Area Research Institute, the Youth Rule of Law Education Center, etc. research institutions. Focusing on serving the "Belt and Road" initiative, the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the construction of China under the rule of law, and the construction of international communication capabilities, it has established the Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics Research Center, the Guangdong Institute of International Strategic Studies (Maritime Silk Road Institute) ), the Institute of Hermeneutics, the Guangdong Institute of Rule of Law (Foreign-Related Rule of Law Institute), the Institute of Foreign Literature and Culture, the Regional Country Institute, the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Institute, the Institute of International Economics and Trade, and many other large scientific research platforms and high-tech institutions. Horizontal scientific research team. The school carries out organized scientific research, its ability to undertake national-level scientific research tasks has been significantly enhanced, and its scientific research output and innovation capabilities have steadily improved. Since the "14th Five-Year Plan", 18 major national-level scientific research projects have been approved, including 17 major national-level projects in the liberal arts category, ranking tied for 17th in the country and 3rd in Guangdong Province, and 164 national-level scientific research projects have been approved. Published more than 2,000 papers in authoritative indexed foreign journals such as SSCI, SCIE, A&HCI and domestic top journals, including "Chinese Social Sciences", "Foreign Language Teaching and Research", "Literary Review", "Economic Research", "Management World" and "Legal Research" Published more than 130 papers in journals and other journals. The school publicly publishes academic journals such as "Modern Foreign Languages", "International Economic and Trade Exploration", "Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies", and "Strategic Decision-Making Research", which provide strong support for the school's foreign language discipline to "reach the first-class" and achieve the "two-wheel drive" of high-efficiency disciplines. Among them, "International Economic and Trade Exploration" and "Modern Foreign Languages" have been selected as CSSCI source journals for many years, and "Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies" has been selected as a CSSCI expanded version source journal, and respectively won the "National Authoritative Social Science Journal of Universities" and "National Universities Premium Social Science Journal" Honorary titles such as "National Excellent Social Science Journal of Colleges and Universities". The 21st Century Maritime Silk Road Collaborative Innovation Center led by the school was recognized as a collaborative innovation center jointly built by the province and the ministry, and the Collaborative Innovation Center for Foreign Language Research and Language Services was selected into the Guangdong Province’s national “2011 Collaborative Innovation Center” cultivation and construction planning project. COOPERATION AND COMMUNICATION Overseas Cooperation and Exchange School adheres to the principle of openness in running schools, implements the "International Exchange and Cooperation PRIME" plan, and promotes the construction of an international high-end cooperation platform, the acceleration of international scientific research and social services, the improvement of international influence, and the cultivation of international talents. Five major tasks, including model innovation and optimization of international teaching staff, promote the excellent development of international education.The school strengthens all-round overseas (overseas) educational cooperation and exchanges. It has established cooperative and exchange relationships with 496 universities and academic and cultural institutions in 64 countries and regions. There are 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 the University of Porto in Portugal and Ziwei Confucius Classroom in Australia). It cooperates with the University of Leeds in the UK to organize a master's degree education program in English teaching, cooperates with the University of Reading in the UK to organize a master's degree education program in English education, and cooperates with Macau Polytechnic University to organize an undergraduate education program in translation. Deeply involved in higher education cooperation between countries along the “Belt and Road” and the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, vigorously promote the construction of “Asian Campus”, “Bay Area Campus” and “Eurasian Campus”; launch a special program for joint training of graduate students in Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, and strive to create a national foundation We have commissioned the "International Governance Innovation Postgraduate Program", "OECD Talent Training Project", "High-end Interpretation Talent Training Project" and other international organization reserve talent projects, the "European Cultural Research Project" national and regional research talent support plan, and the "Rural Governance Talents in the East, West and North of Guangdong" International Training" project; initiated the establishment of the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Portuguese Language Education Alliance" and the "Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area Confucius Institute Partner University Alliance" to promote the development of Portuguese-language education and international Chinese education in the Greater Bay Area. Focusing on improving the international level of management, we have implemented temporary study programs in overseas universities and have sent a total of 8 batches of more than 40 cadres to overseas universities. CONDITIONS FOR RUNNING A SCHOOL Conditions The school has complete and advanced teaching facilities, a convenient and fast campus network and a complete digital campus management platform. It has a national-level experimental teaching demonstration center, as well as various language and speech laboratories and professional laboratories with a total area of more than 19,000 square meters. The library has a total area of 54,200 square meters and provides 5,778 reading seats. It implements an open management model that integrates collection, borrowing, reading, and research, and is open 119 hours a week. The total number of book resources in the library is 5.0497 million, including 3.0298 million paper books and periodicals. The average number of books per student is 133.17, and the literature is in 35 languages. The total value of existing fixed assets is approximately 3.260 billion yuan. DEVELOPMENT VISION Development Vision The school adheres to the guidance of Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, adheres to the original mission of "educating people for the party and educating talents for the country", upholds the school motto of "morality and conduct, learning from both China and the West", and practices "excellence" , integrity, tolerance and self-confidence", carry forward the academic style of "promoting morality, cultivating professional skills, being pragmatic and ambitious", determined to pursue excellence, strive to be first-class, accelerate the construction of a high-quality education system, further promote the education internationalization strategy, and build the school To become a high-level university with distinctive international characteristics that satisfies the party and the country, the people, and society, and strive to make new and greater contributions to the cause of building a strong country and rejuvenating the nation.