Guangdong University of Technology

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Historical evolution

School predecessor

Predecessor 1: Guangdong Institute of Technology

Guangdong University of water resources and electric power

In 1952, Guangzhou University of technology, Beijiang University of agriculture, Xingning University of technology, Hainan agricultural school and Guangxi Sixth Engineering School merged to form Guangzhou Water Conservancy and civil engineering school.

In 1953, the school changed its name to Zhujiang water conservancy school.

In 1954, it was incorporated into Wuhan Changjiang Water Conservancy school.

In 1955, it was renamed Guangzhou water conservancy school in Guangdong Province.

In 1959, Guangzhou Central Experimental Institute of Guangdong Electric Power Bureau, Guangdong electric power school and Guangdong water conservancy research institute merged to form Guangdong water conservancy and Electric Power College.

Guangzhou Institute of Technology

In 1954, he founded Guangzhou infrastructure transportation class.

In 1957, it was renamed Guangzhou technical school.

In 1958, Guangzhou amateur Institute of technology was merged into Guangzhou Institute of technology. In the same year, it was upgraded to Guangzhou Institute of technology.

Central South Institute of science and technology

In 1961, Guangzhou Institute of technology, Hubei University of science and technology and Guangdong University of science and technology merged into Central South University of science and technology.

In 1962, Guangdong University of water resources and electric power and Central South Institute of science and technology merged into Guangdong Institute of technology.

In 1970, it was renamed Guangdong Institute of mining and metallurgy.

In 1982, he was renamed Guangdong Institute of technology.

Predecessor 2: Guangdong Institute of machinery

In 1956, Guangdong Machinery School was founded.

In 1968, the school was closed.

In 1978, the school resumed and was upgraded to Guangdong Institute of machinery.

Predecessor 3: South China Institute of construction

In 1956, he founded the cadre training class of Urban Construction Bureau of Guangdong Province.

In 1957, it was renamed Guangdong civil engineering school.

In 1958, it was upgraded to Guangdong Construction Engineering College.

In 1963, the school was closed.

In 1965, Guangdong civil engineering college was resumed.

In 1968, the school was closed again.

In 1973, it was renamed Guangdong engineering and architecture school.

In 1985, it was renamed Guangdong engineering and Architecture College.

In 1991, it was incorporated into South China Institute of construction.

Merger and formation

Guangdong University of Technology

In 1995, Guangdong Institute of technology, Guangdong Institute of machinery and South China Institute of construction merged to form Guangdong University of technology.

In 1999, it was selected into the first batch of national college students' cultural quality education bases.

 

In 2006, Guangdong South China Industrial Design Institute was jointly established with Dongguan Municipal People's government.

 

In 2008, it became the key construction University of "211 Project" in Guangdong Province.

In 2012, engineering entered the international ESI, ranking in the top 1% of the world. The National IC base was established with the approval of the Ministry of science and technology.

 

Signed a contract with Huazhong University of science and technology to build the national CNC Technology Engineering Research Center.

 

In 2013, Dongguan South China design and Innovation Institute was jointly established with Dongguan Municipal People's government.

 

Selected into the first batch of social work professional training bases of the Ministry of civil affairs.

 

Officially become a partner of the British Institute of Engineering Technology (IET) University (the 14th University in China).

 

Together with the Department of science and technology of Guangdong Province, the people's Government of Foshan City and the people's Government of Nanhai District, the Research Institute of Foshan University of technology was established.

 

In 2014, the Academy of art and design cooperated with Avarte, a famous Finnish company, to establish the kukaboro Art Museum.

 

The university has established the first professional research institute in the field of big data management in South China - Big Data Strategy Research Institute of Guangdong University of technology.

 

Together with Heyuan Municipal People's government, the Research Institute of Heyuan Guangzhou University of technology was established.

 

As a member of the World Federation of art, design and media institutions Chinese mainland is one of the ten universities in China.

 

In 2015, it signed a comprehensive cooperation ceremony with Guangzhou Institute of energy, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

 

Jointly with the Hong Kong University of science and technology to host the 14th Challenge Cup (National University Students' extracurricular academic and technological works competition).

 

Jointly build the Research Institute of Huizhou University of radio technology with Huizhou Municipal People's government.

 

In 2016, the Collaborative Innovation Research Institute of Duanzhou University of technology was jointly established with the government of Duanzhou District of Zhaoqing City.

 

He was elected as the director of the first China Cyberspace Security Association.

 

The Institute of environmental health and pollution control was established.

 

The school of management jointly initiated the establishment of Guangdong e-commerce inter school innovation and entrepreneurship alliance.

 

Jointly initiated the establishment of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao university innovation and entrepreneurship alliance with Hong Kong University of science and technology and Macao University.

 

Signed a comprehensive strategic cooperation framework agreement with Robotics Research Institute of Hong Kong University of science and technology and Dongguan Songshanhu international robot industry base.

 

It has become one of the first universities to join the Guangdong Hong Kong Macao University Alliance.

 

In 2017, materials science entered the international ESI, ranking in the top 1% of the world.

 

Become a member of the University General Education Alliance.

 

It has been selected into the national "111 plan" of the Ministry of education and the State Administration of foreign experts.

 

Selected into the first batch of "new engineering" research and practice projects of the Ministry of education.

 

He was selected as the vice chairman unit of the Chinese Council for BRICs think tank cooperation.

 

Selected into the first batch of national innovation and entrepreneurship education reform demonstration universities by the Ministry of education.

 

Selected into the national college students entrepreneurship demonstration park.

 

An agreement was signed with Heyuan Dongyuan County to establish the Research Institute of Dongyuan Guangdong University of technology.

 

Selected into the national construction of high-level university public postgraduate project.

 

Together with China Academy of Aerospace Systems Science and engineering, Foshan Municipal People's government and Guangdong Provincial Economic and Information Commission, Guangdong national defense science and technology industrial technology achievements industrialization application promotion center will be built.

 

We signed an agreement to help build a high-level university of science and technology, and helped build Guangdong Institute of petrochemical technology.

 

It has become one of the first batch of laboratories in Guangdong Province and the main supporting units of Foshan laboratory construction.

 

In 2018, computer science entered the international ESI, ranking in the top 1% of the world.

 

Haoze Laide Design Museum of Guangdong University of technology, the only design museum in Guangdong Province, is open.

 

In 2019, it will be approved as the State Key Laboratory.

 

Chemistry and environmental science have entered the international ESI, ranking the top 1% in the world.

 

He was selected as the vice president of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao science and Technology Collaborative Innovation Alliance.

 

It is listed in the list of unverified entities by the US Department of Commerce and is one of several Chinese universities.

 

School running conditions

Department setting

As of April 2020, the university has set up 20 teaching colleges, 4 teaching departments (centers) of public courses and 81 undergraduate majors, covering seven major disciplines of engineering, management, art, economics, science, literature and law.

 

Faculty

As of April 2020, there are more than 2000 full-time teachers in Guangdong University of technology, with the right of independent evaluation of professional titles, including more than 400 senior professional titles and about 700 deputy senior professional titles. It has successively launched the "100 talents plan", "youth 100 talents plan", "training talents plan" and "teachers' overseas training plan". At present, it has 1 full-time academician, 4 foreign academicians, 2 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of engineering. It has more than 100 national level talents, such as "high-level talents of the Ministry of education", national "outstanding youth", new century "million talent project", national "excellent youth", Ministry of education "New Century Excellent Talents", and Pearl River scholars, young Pearl River scholars and provincial talents More than 100 provincial talents such as "outstanding youth" and 13 provincial and ministerial "innovation teams".

 

Discipline construction

As of April 2020, Guangdong University of technology has 4 provincial key disciplines, 6 provincial advantageous key disciplines and 5 provincial characteristic key disciplines. Machinery, information, materials and chemical engineering are the key disciplines in the third phase of "211 Project" in Guangdong Province. Engineering, materials science, computer science, chemistry, environmental science and ecology are among the top 1% disciplines in ESI, among which engineering has reached 1.9 ‰.

Discipline strength

In 2017, the center for academic degree and graduate education development of the Ministry of Education announced the results of the fourth round of national discipline evaluation, and the evaluation of Guangzhou University is as follows.

Degree construction

As of April 2020, Guangdong University of technology has 7 first-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 31 second-class discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 23 first-class discipline master's degree authorization points, 95 second-class discipline master's degree authorization points, and 13 professional master's degree authorization rights. At the same time, it has the right to apply for master's degree authorization by the same academic level personnel.

 

Doctoral discipline construction

Master's discipline construction

Teaching construction

At present, there are 7 excellent engineer education and training programs of the Ministry of education, 7 national characteristic specialty construction sites, 1 national comprehensive reform pilot specialty, 15 Ministry of education professional certification / evaluation, and 1 Guangdong Provincial specialty

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