Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU), founded in 1957 as Guangdong Institute for Nationalities, is a provincial higher education institution. It began granting master's degrees in 2006 and, in 2021, became a designated institution for doctoral degree programs.

Located in Guangzhou, the provincial capital of Guangdong and the heart of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, GPNU operates five campuses: four in Guangzhou and one in Heyuan City.

GPNU prides itself on a rich academic heritage and a steadfast commitment to excellence in teaching and research. Guided by its mission to foster the high-quality development of vocational education and promote technological self-reliance, the university is focused on achieving distinction in three core disciplines: Ethnology, Education, and Control Science and Engineering. Additionally, it aspires to secure a position within the top 1% globally in the ESI engineering rankings.

The university's academic offerings span nine major fields: Economics, Law, Education, Literature, Science, Engineering, Management, Art, and History. It is distinguished by five provincial key disciplines: Ethnology, Education, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Control Science and Engineering, and Mechanical Engineering as well as three "Pearl River Scholar Disciplines": Communication and Information Systems, and Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature. Through these efforts, GPNU continues to strengthen its reputation as a leading institution in both academic and research excellence.

GPNU offers six master's degree programs in research-oriented fields: Education, Ethnology, Control Science and Engineering, Journalism and  Communication, History and Party Building of the Communist Party of China, and Physics. Additionally, the university provides nine professional degree programs in areas such as Education, Electronic Information, Mechanical Engineering, Energy and Power, Accoun...