-Established in 1927

-Named after the city of Guangzhou, an economic and cultural hub in Southern China

-Merged with 5 higher education institutions in 2000

-Composed of 3 campuses covering a total area of over 1700 mu or 1 square km

-A Guangdong provincial high-standard university

-A Guangzhou municipal high-standard university

-Over 30,000 undergraduates

-Over 9,000 postgraduates (master and doctoral)

-More than 3000 employees (faculty, research fellows and supporting staff)

-26 schools

-78 undergraduate programs

-14 First-level discipline and professional doctoral degree programs

-8 postdoctoral programs

-34 research master degree programs

-30 professional master degree programs

WORLD-CLASS DISCIPLINES (ESI 1%)

-Engineering (ESI 0.1%)

-Computer science

-Chemistry

-Material science

-Environmental and ecology science

-Social sciences

-Maths

-Botany and zoology

-Geographic science

-Agriculutral Sciences

-Psychology

CHINA AND WORLD RANKINGS

-Top 100 in China, 417-608 in the world (Shanghai Ranking 2024)

-57 in China, 471-706 in the world (U.S.World News Report)

-45 in China, 601-800 in the world (THE World University Ranking)