1, establishment and development
Guangdong University of Technology is one of the predecessors of Guangdong University of Technology. Upgraded from Guangzhou Institute of Technology, undergraduate enrollment began. It is the source of undergraduate education in Guangdong University of Technology.
2. Change and merger
Guangdong University of Technology has undergone many changes, such as merging with other schools, changing its name, changing its running direction and moving to the campus. Finally, Guangdong University of Technology merged with Guangdong Institute of Machinery and South China Institute of Architecture (East Campus) on 1995.
3. Ideas and characteristics of running a school
(1) Guangdong University of Technology is a high-level university of science and engineering, which focuses on engineering, combines engineering, management, law and art, and develops in a coordinated manner.
(2) Guangdong University of Technology takes serving the construction of Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area as its own responsibility, aiming at cultivating high-quality innovative talents, promoting first-class undergraduate education as its core, promoting high-level scientific research and innovation ability as its driving force, deepening connotative development as its main line, focusing on improving the level of internationalization, and promoting excellent school spirit as its support.
4. Broad campus
(1) Guangdong University of Technology has several campuses, including University Town, Longdong, Panyu, Shahe and Jieyang, with a total area of more than 5,300 mu.
(2) There are 25 colleges, 2 public teaching departments (centers) and 2 research institutes offering 85 undergraduate majors; At present, there are 6 postdoctoral research stations, 8 first-class doctor authorization points and 25 first-class master authorization points. There are nearly 50,000 full-time students and more than 4,000 faculty members.
Characteristics and advantages of Guangdong University of Technology
1, excellent engineer education and training plan
Guangdong University of Technology is one of the important participants in the national "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program", and is committed to cultivating high-quality applied talents with international vision and innovative ability.
2. Intellectual Property Model University
Guangdong University of Technology is a national intellectual property demonstration university, with a patent agency and patent information retrieval agency authorized by China National Intellectual Property Administration, which is an important part of Guangdong's intellectual property innovation service platform.
3, innovation and entrepreneurship education reform model colleges and universities
Guangdong University of Technology is a demonstration university for the Ministry of Education to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education. The project management center of the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program is one of the main units of the National College Students' Innovation and Entrepreneurship Practice Alliance.