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The School of Mechatronic Engineering adheres to the principles of fostering virtue through education and putting students first. We are committed to delivering heartfelt services and building a quality-driven institute to cultivate outstanding talents. The Student Science and Technology Innovation Center has empowered students to achieve remarkable accomplishments. Students have accumulated over 200 awards in national, provincial (ministerial) competitions such as the “Challenge Cup” and “Mechanical Innovation Design”, obtained more than 40 utility model patent authorizations, and published numerous academic papers.
The Department of Automation was established in April 2003, and was renamed as the School of Automation in March 2007. The school currently has 6 undergraduate majors: Electrical Engineering and Automation, Automation, Measurement and Control Technology and Instruments, Building Electrical and Intelligent, Smart Grid Information Engineering, and Intelligent Sensing Engineering. The school is a first-level Master's degree construction unit of "Control Science and Engineering", a key discipline of Guangdong Province. It recruits and trains Academic Master's degree students in the direction of "Control Theory and Control Engineering", and recruits Professional Master's degree students in the field of Electronic Information in "Control Engineering". The "Energy and Power" Professional Master's degree program was approved by the State Council Degree Committee in 2021 to recruit Professional Master's degree students in the two directions of "Electrical Engineering" and "Power Engineering".
The school currently has 92 faculty and staff, 2,561 undergraduate students, and 151 graduate students. The college has 71 full-time teachers, including 2 provincial talents of Guangdong Province's "Thousand, Hundred and, Ten Project" and "Guangdong Province Sail Plan for Talents Development", 9 Professors, and 17 people with Associate Senior professional titles. 91% of the teachers have Doctoral degrees, 44 of whom are Master's supervisors (including 10 from other units), and 45% of the full-time teachers are dual-qualified and dual-capable teachers.
The Experimental Training and Innovation Center of the School of Automation has a usable area of about 3,000 square meters, and the total value of experimental equipment assets is more than 34 million yuan. At present, there are scientific research and teaching support platforms such as Guangdong Province's "Intelligent Electrical and High-end Equipment" Modern Industry College, Guangdong Province's "Intelligent Electrical and Smart Energy Comprehensive Innovation Experimental Center", "Electrical Engineering Comprehensive Training Center", Guangdong Province Smart Building Equipment Energy Saving and Control Engineering Technology Research Center, and Guangzhou Key Laboratory of Intelligent Building Equipment Information Integration and Control, and the school has a Guangdong Province University Smart Building Equipment Information Integration and Control Scientific Research Innovation Team. Relying on the support of the above platforms and scientific research innovation teams, the "Key Technologies and Industrial Applications for Dynamic Optimization of Energy Flow Energy Saving in HVAC Systems" reported by Professor Cen Jian's team won the second prize of Guangdong Science and Technology Progress in 2021. The school has 53 practical teaching bases, including 3 provincial college student practice bases and 2 provincial education practice bases, and 3 Guangdong Provincial Teaching Teams: "Provincial Teaching Team for Electrical Core Courses" (and Provincial Ideological and Political Teaching Team) and "Provincial Teaching Team for Automation Professional Foundations". In the past three years, it has been approved for 2 provincial first-class undergraduate courses and 2 provincial ideological and political demonstration courses. In addition, the school has 3 provincial quality resource sharing courses.
Since 2020, teachers from the School of Automation have been approved for more than 100 National Natural Science Foundation projects and Guangdong Natural Science Foundation and municipal scientific research projects, including 1 National Natural Science Foundation key project (funding 2.55 million yuan), 94 horizontal projects such as technology transfer and technology development services, and the total research funds received have reached more than 40 million yuan. 64 SCI papers, including 1 highly cited paper, 9 EI papers, and 14 Chinese core papers have been published by the school. 24 invention patents have been authorized, including 1 international patent and 12 utility models. 2 achievement transformation contracts have been signed.
Since 2022, the results of school students' science and technology innovation competitions have been particularly outstanding. 921 students have won awards in competitions at all levels, accounting for 31.9% of the total number of students. Students have won 90 national awards in subject competitions, 168 provincial awards, 129 provincial and above college student innovation and entrepreneurship training projects, and 5 climbing plan projects (including 1 key project). In the 9th “Internet +” Competition in 2023, our students won a national bronze medal; in the 10th China International Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition for College Students in 2024, 3 provincial bronze medals were won by our students. In the 17th "Challenge Cup" Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Exhibition in 2022, our students won 2 provincial first prizes, and 1 provincial silver medal was won in the 14th "Challenge Cup" College Student Plan Competition in 2023.
The College of Optoelectronic Engineering (hereinafter referred to as "the College") was established in January 2017. This initiative represents the university's proactive response to the Guangdong Provincial Government's call for transitioning towards application-oriented higher education and deepening strategic alignment with the local optoelectronics industry. The College currently comprises the following departments: the Department of Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering, the Department of Physics, the College Physics Teaching Division, and the Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Experimental Demonstration Center.
The College has established a disciplinary system featuring optoelectronic technology as its core, fundamental physics as its foundation, and teacher education as its distinctive characteristic.
u Undergraduate education: Offers two majors: "Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering" and "Physics (Teacher Education)".
Optoelectronic Information Science and Engineering: Formerly known as "Optical Information Science and Technology" established in 2004, it was renamed in 2012 according to the professional directory of the Ministry of Education, with a focus on strengthening the cultivation of application capabilities. In 2014, it was awarded the title of "Guangdong Province Strategic Emerging Industry Characteristic Major", and in 2021, it was successfully selected as a "Guangdong Province First Class Undergraduate Major Construction Site", which is the cornerstone of the College's industrial service efforts.
Physics (Teacher Education): The College launched this major in 2020 to align with the national strategy of "Comprehensively Strengthening Basic Scientific Research" and meet the demand for high-quality physics teachers under Guangdong's college entrance examination reform.
u Graduate education: It has two professional master's degree directions, "Electronic Information (Optoelectronic Information Engineering)" and "Discipline Teaching (Physics)", as well as a master's degree authorization point for the first level discipline of "Physics", and has established a talent training system that connects undergraduate and graduate education.
u Faculty and Research Capacity: Strong strength, solid platform
u The College employs 58 full-time faculty members, including 8 Professors, 13 Associate Professors, and 26 Master's Supervisors. Over 80% hold doctoral degrees.
Key Research Platforms:
• Guangdong Provincial Engineering R&D Center for LED Drive Control, Energy Saving & Environmental Protection
• Provincial Physics and Optoelectronic Engineering Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center
Infrastructure:
• Total experimental equipment assets exceed 30 million RMB
• Laboratory space spans over 3,000 square meters
Research Output & Development Strategy: Leveraging these provincial platforms as catalysts for disciplinary advancement through faculty excellence:
• Secured 22 National Natural Science Foundation projects and over 48 provincial/ministerial-level research projects in the past three years
• Published numerous high-impact papers in authoritative journals, with nearly 300 papers indexed by SCI, EI, and ISTP
• Obtained >50 invention patents and >20 utility model patents
• Awarded 1 Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Third Prize
Industry-Academia Integration:
The College actively promotes the integration of industry and education, and has established deep cooperation with more than 30 high-tech enterprises. Relying on the school's "technology + teacher training" advantages, it has made due contributions to serving Guangdong's economic construction, science and technology, and social development.
u Talent Cultivation Philosophy: Integration of Knowledge and Practice, Innovation-Driven
Guided by the talent cultivation philosophy of "Solid Foundation, Strong Practice, Emphasis on Innovation, and Integration with Industry," the College prioritizes both theoretical instruction and practical training. Leveraging its robust disciplinary base, advanced experimental platforms, close industry partnerships, and dynamic research environment, it cultivates students' scientific literacy, engineering competencies, innovative thinking, and problem-solving abilities for complex engineering challenges and real-world educational settings—ultimately delivering high-caliber innovators to advance optoelectronics in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and enhance basic education development.
The School of Electronics and Information Engineering was established in 1986 and has undergone several developmental stages, including the Department of Physics, the Department of Electronic Engineering, the Department of Electronic and Information Engineering, and its current form as the School of Electronics and Information Engineering. At the undergraduate level, the school offers six programs across eight tracks: Electronic Information Engineering, Communication Engineering, Network Engineering, Intelligent Science and Technology, Applied Electronic Technology Education, Electronic Information Engineering (Teacher Education), Applied Electronic Technology Education (Vocational Teacher Training), and Integrated Circuit Design and Integrated Systems. Among these, the Electronic Information Engineering program is recognized as a provincial first-class undergraduate program and a provincial characteristic program. The Communication Engineering and Network Engineering programs are both national first-class programs and provincial first-class programs, as well as pilot programs for comprehensive reform in Guangdong Province. The Applied Electronic Technology Education program is also a provincial characteristic program. In terms of graduate education, the school offers a professional master’s degree in Electronic Information, with three specialized fields: New Generation Electronic Information Technology (including quantum technology), Integrated Circuit Engineering, and Vocational and Technical Education (Electronics and Information).
Over the past five years, the school has undertaken over 100 national and provincial projects, securing more than 45 million RMB in funding. Faculty and students have published over 120 papers, with 150+ indexed in SCI/EI, including 60 in SCI Q2 or above and three ESI Highly Cited Papers. The school has earned five provincial-level science and technology awards, including one second prize and one third prize in the Guangdong Science and Technology Progress Awards, as well as the China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Individual Award. It hosts three provincial engineering centers.
The school boasts a well-structured faculty of 106 members, including 10 distinguished professors, 22 industry engineers, and 58 full-time teachers (5 professors and 30 associate professors). It is equipped with robust research platforms such as the Guangdong Key Laboratory of Intellectual Property Big Data, the National Industrial Internet Platform Training Base, the Guangdong Engineering Research Center for Domestic CNC Intelligent Connected Systems, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology’s Digital Twin Engineering Center Pilot. The school collaborates with leading enterprises like Desay SV, Guangzhou Construction Science Research Institute, the Greater Bay Area National Laboratory for Nanoscience and Technology, and the Pazhou Laboratory to establish innovation research institutes and provincial/university-level practice bases. These initiatives provide students with enterprise-grade development platforms, fostering talent cultivation and driving innovation in digital technology, Internet of Things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and integrated circuits.
The predecessor of the School of Mathematics and Systems Science was Department of Mathematics, one of the founding departments during the early development of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University. The undergraduate program in mathematics was launched in 1977. In 2016, the university underwent academic restructuring and formally established the School of Mathematics and Systems Science.
The School currently consists of three departments and one teaching division: the Department of Mathematics, the Department of Information and Computational Science, the Department of Statistics, and the Division of Advanced Mathematics Education. It offers three full-time undergraduate programs: Mathematics and Applied Mathematics (Teacher Education), Information and Computational Science, and Applied Statistics. Among these, the Mathematics and Applied Mathematics program has been recognized as a First-Class Undergraduate Program in Guangdong Province and has received Second-Level Accreditation for Teacher Education Majors from the Ministry of Education. The Information and Computational Science program has been designated as a Featured Undergraduate Program of Guangdong Province.
The School places a strong emphasis on talent cultivation across all programs. The Mathematics and Applied Mathematics program is dedicated to preparing high-quality teachers with solid mathematical foundations, strong instructional skills, and professional growth potential. The Information and Computational Science program trains professionals in scientific computing, business analytics, and IT applications. The Applied Statistics program equips students with practical skills in data analysis and statistical modeling, enabling them to effectively address real-world challenges in economic and social domains.
Upholding the mission of fostering virtue through education, the School places the highest priority on the quality of talent cultivation, considering it the cornerstone of its educational and institutional development. It actively promotes ideological and political education, innovation and entrepreneurship training, and participation in science and technology competitions to strengthen students’ comprehensive abilities. The School has established over 40 internship bases at both the provincial and university levels, along with three dedicated teaching and innovation laboratories. Over the past three years, students have earned more than 500 awards at the provincial level and above. Additionally, more than 70 graduates have been admitted to prestigious institutions such as Wuhan University, South China University of Technology, and Hong Kong Baptist University.
Since 2007, the School has offered graduate programs in systems theory, modeling, and applied mathematics. It currently offers a Master of Education in Mathematics Teaching, with 46 students enrolled. Graduates have received prestigious honors such as the “Tin Ka Ping Cup”, been awarded the National Graduate Scholarship, and pursued doctoral studies at leading institutions including Sun Yat-sen University and Shenzhen University.
The School currently has 74 faculty and staff members, including 64 full-time staff. Among them are 5 professors, 15 associate professors, and 41 faculty members with doctoral degrees. Thirteen faculty members serve as supervisors for graduate students. Notable faculty honors include a National Excellent Teacher, a member of the Chinese Mathematical Society’s Special Committee on Singular Perturbation, two recipients of the Guangdong Excellent Young Teacher Program, one university-level Distinguished Teacher, and four awardees of the university-level Young Talent Program.
Faculty development and discipline construction are central to the School’s mission. Faculty members have led over 20 national and 30 provincial-level research and teaching projects. One faculty member has received the Second Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Natural Science Award. More than 150 high-level papers have been published in reputable journals such as Science China, and twelve faculty members serve as reviewers for the American Mathematical Society. More than 20 faculty members have participated in academic visits and exchanges in countries and regions including the United States, Canada, Germany, Australia, Hong Kong, and Taiwan.
The School of Computer Science traces its origins to the Department of Mathematics and Physics, established in 1957, one of the three founding departments of Guangdong Minzu College (the predecessor of GPNU). Officially established as a school in 2007, it was concurrently approved as a Provincial Demonstration Software College. In 2022, it founded the Guangdong Provincial Intelligent Computing and Xinchuang Big Data Industry College, and Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) Metaverse Specialized, Sophisticated, Distinctive and Innovative Industry College. With a clear developmental focus, the School closely aligns with the needs of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area construction. It adheres to the distinctive characteristics of "industry-education integration and university-enterprise cooperation," dedicated to cultivating high-quality talents with innovative spirit, practical capabilities, and international vision. It serves as a core base in South China for training applied computer professionals and "dual-qualified" vocational education teachers.
The School demonstrates prominent disciplinary and program strength. It houses the provincial key discipline, "Control Science and Engineering," and the Pearl River Scholar Position discipline, "Pattern Recognition and Intelligent Systems." Leveraging these strengths, it offers an academic Master's program in Control Science and Engineering and a professional Master's program in Electronic Information (with a focus on Computer Technology), establishing a comprehensive undergraduate-postgraduate talent cultivation system. At the undergraduate level, it offers five programs: Computer Science and Technology, Software Engineering, Internet of Things Engineering, Data Science and Big Data Technology, and Artificial Intelligence. Among these, Computer Science and Technology and Software Engineering are provincial first-class undergraduate programs and applied talent training demonstration programs, both accredited by the Institute of Engineering Education Taiwan (IEET). Internet of Things Engineering is a provincial characteristic program, highlighting leading program development standards.
Research and innovation achievements are remarkable. Over the past five years, the School has undertaken 132 public and government-sponsored research projects (including 16 national-level projects) and 143 commercial research projects, obtained 115 authorized patents, and published over 370 academic papers, of which more than 180 are SCI-indexed. The School has established several key provincial laboratories and research platforms, including Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Cognitive IoT Information Processing, Guangdong Provincial Engineering Technology Research Center for Industry-Education Integrated Big Data, Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Multimodal Recognition and Intelligent Security Control, Guangzhou Key Laboratory, Sub-Laboratory of the Provincial Key Laboratory of Intellectual Property Rights. It maintains deep collaborative partnerships with leading industry enterprises such as GCI Science & Technology and South China Information, demonstrating robust research capabilities and societal service strength.
Faculty resources are highly qualified. The School currently employs 114 faculty staff, including 11 full professors and 22 associate professors. There are 24 doctoral and master's supervisors, with doctoral degree holders and candidates comprising more than 66% of the faculty. It hosts prestigious teams, including the National Vocational Education Teacher Teaching Innovation Team (Software Technology), the Provincial Teaching Innovation Team (Data Science and Big Data，Intelligent Computing and Security Processing Techniques for Multidimensional Signals), and a Provincial Education Department Scientific Research Innovation Team. Faculty members have received numerous prestigious awards and honors, including the China Excellent Patent Award, the Second Prize of the National Teaching Achievement Award (Vocational Education), the First Prize of the Guangdong Science and Technology Award, and the First Prize of the Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award.
Talent cultivation outcomes are remarkable. Over the past three years, students have won over 1,183 provincial-level or higher awards in competitions, including the "Challenge Cup," the Guangdong "Internet Plus" Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition, and the "Higher Education Press Cup" National Mathematical Modeling Contest, which includes 31 international awards and 304 national awards. Over the past five years, 232 graduates have successfully enrolled in master's programs, and 14 in doctoral programs. Graduates are highly sought-after, securing positions at renowned internet companies such as Tencent, Huawei, Alibaba, and ByteDance. The School also offers international classes in Computer Science and Technology, as well as Software Engineering, effectively enhancing students' international competitiveness.
Rooted at the forefront of national technical teacher education, the School of Computer Science at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University, with its profound disciplinary heritage, distinctive vocational education features, and close industry linkages, continuously supplies the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area's digital construction with compound innovative talents. It is resolutely committed to becoming a practitioner and leader in high-level, distinctive technical teacher education with Chinese characteristics.
Oriented toward China’s dual national strategies of IT Application Innovation and Cybersecurity, the School operates under the leadership of Academician Changxiang Shen of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE). We drive deep integration of industry-education and research-pedagogy, establishing a high-caliber talent cultivation zone for cybersecurity professionals through "high standards, pioneering mechanisms, and innovative models."
The school was officially established in 2020. It offers two undergraduate programs: Cybersecurity (Teacher Education/Non-Teacher Education) and Cryptography Science and Technology. It also sets up special classes such as the Innovation Experimental Class, the Outstanding Vocational Teacher Education Class, and the Micro-Major. Additionally, it provides two master's programs: Network and Information Security and Science and Technology Education. The college aims to cultivate students with multi-disciplinary cross-innovation capabilities. High-level outstanding engineers in network and information security who can solve practical engineering and technical problems, as well as primary and secondary school science education teachers, popular science education and management talents with digital literacy.
The college houses several research teams, including an innovation team recognized by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, a Foshan City scientific and technological innovation team, and key university-level teams. With a faculty of nearly 40 members, including 38 graduate supervisors (23 internal), the college boasts talent such as:
Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering
n National-level high-level experts
n National Outstanding Party Affairs Worker
n Guangdong May 1st Labor Medal recipient
n Pearl River Scholar (Young)
n Guangdong Outstanding Young Backbone Teacher
In recent years, the college has led or co-led over 40 national and provincial research projects, including sub-projects of the National Key R&D Program, National Natural Science Foundation projects, and provincial key-area and applied R&D initiatives. With research funding exceeding 50 million yuan, the college has achieved:
n 60+ papers published in top international conferences and high-impact academic journals, including over 30 in CAS SCI Q2 or higher journals
n 2 highly cited papers and 1 hot paper
n 3 monographs published
n 40+ authorized invention patents
n 30+ registered software copyrights
Notable awards include:
n First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award
n China Excellent Patent Award
n First Prize of Guangdong Provincial Teaching Achievement Award
The School of Data Science and Engineering is one of the first fully established schools at our university’s Heyuan Campus. In line with the guiding principle of “meeting the needs of Heyuan City with the capabilities of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University,” the school is committed to supporting the development of the city’s digital economy and actively integrating into its strategic initiatives related to the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area and the Shenzhen Metropolitan Area.
The school builds upon the university’s key provincial disciplines, such as Control Science and Engineering, and the Guangdong Provincial Industry-Education Integration Big Data Engineering Technology Research Center. It also draws on academic strengths from the School of Computer Science, the School of Mathematics and Systems Science, and other related science and engineering departments. The school aims to establish an integrated talent cultivation system spanning undergraduate to master’s levels, promote in-depth collaboration among industry, academia, research, and application, and provide high-quality talent, technological innovation, and intellectual support to accelerate the high-quality development of the digital economy in both Guangdong Province and Heyuan City.
The school is oriented toward industrial application needs and adheres to the fundamental principle of demand-driven innovation. It focuses on the development opportunities arising from the digital transformation, upgrading, and restructuring of local economic and social sectors in the era of the data economy, as well as the practical engineering and research challenges associated with complex data analysis, mining, and management. Supported by an innovation team recognized by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, the school is actively enhancing its faculty development. Currently, 64% of the full-time faculty members hold doctoral degrees.
In recent years, the school’s faculty have led or jointly undertaken numerous national and provincial-level research projects, including those supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), the Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Science and Technology Program, and the Ministry of Education’s Special Program for Engineering Talent Development. The school maintains close partnerships with leading enterprises such as Merit Data, Yada Electronics, Heyuan Telecom, and Feng-Link Technology, delivering multiple commissioned R&D projects for industry and public institutions. Faculty members have published over 30 high-quality papers in internationally and domestically renowned journals, including Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence, Remote Sensing, IEEE Journal of Selected Topics in Applied Earth Observations and Remote Sensing, IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Secure Computing, Chinese Journal of Computers, and Journal of Software. The school’s teaching and research achievements have been recognized with honors such as the First Prize of the Guangdong Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award and the Second Prize of the Guangdong Agricultural Technology Promotion Award.
The school currently hosts a provincial-level teaching team and offers one undergraduate program in Data Science and Big Data Technology, with an annual enrollment of approximately 100 students. The school emphasizes the development of an application-oriented curriculum and teaching system, aiming to cultivate high-quality talent capable of applying data-driven thinking to analyze and solve complex engineering problems in industry. It is also committed to improving its teaching support and assurance mechanisms to enhance the quality of applied talent cultivation. Over the past three years, students have earned 46 national and provincial awards in major competitions, including a First Prize in the Mathematical Contest in Modeling (MCM/ICM), a Second Prize in the China Collegiate Programming Contest (Group Programming Ladder Tournament), and a Second Prize in the IPv6 Technology Innovation Competition (Education Track) & the 7th Next Generation Internet Technology Innovation Contest. These achievements reflect the school’s solid outcomes in talent development. Looking ahead, the school will continue to fulfill its educational mission with a strong sense of responsibility and commitment. It will adhere to the core values of moral education, strengthen discipline development and scientific research, and actively promote industry-education integration and university-enterprise collaboration. The school is dedicated to cultivating innovative and practically skilled professionals in data science who can meet the evolving needs of regional economic development.
The School of Automotive Engineering was established in April 2014 based on related disciplines such as vehicle engineering. In January 2017, it was renamed the School of Automotive and Traffic Engineering. The school currently offers five undergraduate programs: Vehicle Engineering, Vehicle Engineering (Teacher Training), New Energy Vehicle Engineering, Automotive Service Engineering, and Transportation. Among them, the Vehicle Engineering program is recognized as a first-class undergraduate program in Guangdong Province and serves as a model program for applied talent training in the province. The predecessor of these programs was the automotive engineering specialization under the nationally recognized first-class undergraduate program in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation. This specialization began admitting undergraduate students in Automotive Engineering in September 2004. Subsequently, the school was approved to admit undergraduates in Vehicle Engineering (2008), Automotive Service Engineering (2011), Transportation (2016), and New Energy Vehicle Engineering (2020). The school also offers graduate education for Master of Education in Vocational and Technical Education (Manufacturing direction) and was approved to grant the Master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering (code 0855) in 2021.
The school features new energy vehicle technology and has vigorously developed related majors such as Intelligent Vehicles and Smart Transportation based on the automotive engineering discipline. The Vehicle Engineering and Vehicle Engineering (Teacher Training) programs focus on intelligent vehicles and intelligent driving, the New Energy Vehicle Engineering program specializes in new energy vehicle powertrains and three-electric systems technology, while the Transportation program concentrates on smart transportation development. Since 2014, the school has taken the lead in Guangdong Province by fully transforming its talent cultivation towards new energy vehicles and smart transportation, aligning closely with the development trends of the global and Chinese automotive industries, ranking among the forefront of Guangdong universities in this regard. Correspondingly, the school has comprehensively shifted its faculty development, research focus, research platform, and laboratory construction towards new energy vehicles and smart transportation. Gradually, it has formed a highly influential and advantageous cluster of automotive and transportation disciplines in Guangdong Province, centered on low-carbon, informatized, and intelligent new energy vehicles, intelligent connected vehicles, and smart transportation.
Faculty Team
The school currently has 65 faculty and staff members. Among the full-time teachers, 100% hold a master’s degree or above, with 89.13% holding a doctoral degree. The full-time faculty come from well-known universities such as Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg (Germany), University of Technology Belfort-Montbéliard (France), Sun Yat-sen University, South China University of Technology, Jilin University, Central South University, and Hunan University. The faculty structure in terms of titles and academic qualifications is strong, forming a young and energetic teaching and research team with well-organized hierarchical levels. Among them, there are 4 professors, 1 distinguished professor, 1 visiting professor, 20 associate professors, and 28 master’s supervisors. The team includes 2 recipients of the Guangdong Province Excellent Young Teachers Program, 6 participants in Guangdong Province’s “Thousand-Hundred-Ten Project” at the university level, 4 recipients of Guangdong University of Technology’s “Top Ten Exemplary Teachers of Moral Conduct,” 3 university-level outstanding backbone teachers, and 1 university-level “Young Talent” awardee each in teaching and research.
Teaching Achievements
In recent years, faculty members of the school have led and participated in nearly 20 provincial and departmental teaching and research reform projects, including “Reform and Practice of Automotive Engineering Teaching Model Based on Practical and Innovative Ability Cultivation” and the high-quality resource-sharing course “Automobile Testing and Diagnostic Technology.” The project “Exploration and Practice of the ‘3+2’ Dual-Qualified Teacher Talent Training Model for Vocational College Upgrading” won the First Prize of the 7th Guangdong Education Teaching Achievement Award (Higher Education). The project “Research and Practice on the ‘Three-Teacher’ Innovative Talent Training for Vocational Teachers in Mechanical Design, Manufacturing, and Automation” won the First Prize of the university-level teaching achievement award. Projects led by the school such as “Reform of Advanced Technical Skilled Talent Training Model Driven by Practice and Innovation Training in Automotive Fields” and “Research on New Methods for Practical Teaching in Automotive Majors” both won the university-level second prize for teaching achievements. The school has also led multiple horizontal teaching reform projects such as “Research and Practice on Capacity-Based Action-Oriented Teaching Faculty Training Team Construction,” with research funding exceeding 3 million RMB. The Vehicle Engineering program was approved as a Guangdong Provincial “Quality Engineering” Model Program for Applied Talent Training in 2015, with funding of 500,000 RMB. In 2017, the school’s “Automotive Engineering Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center” project was approved, with a construction fund of 1.5 million RMB. Additionally, the school has obtained more than 20 project approvals in areas including teaching team construction, comprehensive professional reform pilots, teaching reform research projects, quality course development, and undergraduate practical teaching base construction, effectively promoting teaching reform and steadily improving talent cultivation quality.
Research Overview
The school actively encourages faculty to engage in scientific research and has achieved fruitful results. Currently, it hosts several provincial and municipal research platforms, including the Guangdong Province New Energy Vehicle Power and Safety System Engineering Technology Research Center, the Guangzhou New Energy Vehicle Power System Thermal Safety Technology Key Laboratory, and the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education New Energy Vehicle Power Battery Safety Innovation Team. These platforms have fostered a research team with considerable influence in the application and development of new energy vehicle power systems among Guangdong universities. Over the past five years, the school has undertaken more than 120 research projects at various levels. These include leading 3 projects funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China, 1 major project under the Guangdong Provincial Science and Technology Program, 4 projects from the Guangdong Natural Science Foundation, more than 20 provincial and ministerial level projects, and 6 Guangdong quality engineering projects. The school also leads multiple municipal and departmental projects such as key laboratory construction in Guangzhou. The total research funding exceeds 20 million RMB. More than 150 academic papers have been published, with over 90 indexed by SCI and EI databases. The school has obtained or applied for over 100 national patents and published 12 textbooks as chief editor. Awards include one second prize and one third prize of the Provincial Science and Technology Progress Award, one first prize of the Provincial Excellent Teaching Achievement Award, two first prizes and one third prize of the Municipal Science and Technology Progress Award, and one second prize of the Guangdong Mechanical Engineering Society Science and Technology Award.
Teaching Resources
Relying on the "Guangdong Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Automotive Engineering" and the "Guangdong Provincial Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center for Intelligent Transportation," the school has established the Automotive and Traffic Engineering Experimental, Training, and Innovation Center, covering an area of over 3,000 square meters with equipment valued at more than 30 million RMB. The center consists of the New Energy System Testing and Development Laboratory, the Drive System Testing and Development Laboratory, the Vehicle Performance Testing and Control Laboratory, the Intelligent Connected Transportation Experiment Platform, and the Intelligent Vehicle Technology Laboratory. It has formed a comprehensive "five-in-one" educational platform centered on “New Energy Vehicles and Smart Transportation,” integrating experimentation, practical training, innovation, scientific research, and industry-education integration.The center has undertaken national-level faculty training projects such as the Ministry of Education’s program for core teachers of automotive application and maintenance technology in secondary vocational schools, as well as provincial-level faculty training for "dual-qualified" new energy vehicle teachers in Guangdong Province. It serves as an important training base for vocational teacher talent in automotive engineering in Guangdong, a productive training center for automotive service engineering, a major automotive skill certification center, and a key R&D base for power drive systems of new energy vehicles in the provinceThe school has established in-depth industry-university-research collaborations with leading enterprises such as XPeng Motors, BYD Co., Ltd., GAC R&D Center, GAC Honda, Guangzhou Penghui Energy Co., Ltd., Guangzhou MINO Equipment Co., Ltd., and Shenzhen BAK Power Battery Co., Ltd. It has also co-established industry-education integration “Elite Classes” with well-known automotive enterprises such as GAC Motor Trade Co., Ltd. and Guangdong Yongda Nanfang Investment Group Co., Ltd. Through the integration of industry and education and the combination of science and education, the school continuously enhances the quality of talent cultivation and scientific research, making it a highly influential and advantageous talent training and R&D base in Guangdong Province focused on low-carbon, informatized, and intelligent new energy vehicles and intelligent connected vehicles.
Talent Cultivation
The school closely follows the reform of modern higher education and the development of emerging engineering disciplines, focusing on the talent needs of the automotive industry in Guangdong Province and the Pan-Pearl River Delta region. It is committed to promoting undergraduate innovation and entrepreneurship, continuously improving the quality of talent cultivation, and nurturing high-level application-oriented technical talents and vocational teacher candidates with strong practical abilities and solid theoretical foundations. Since its establishment in April 2014, students of the school have received over 600,000 RMB in innovation and entrepreneurship funding. In the past five years, students have led 136 research and innovation projects, including 7 national-level and 29 provincial-level projects. They have won 77 competition awards, published 7 academic papers, and submitted or been granted 54 patents. Students have achieved outstanding results in various competitions, particularly in the “Challenge Cup” College Student Innovation Competition, the National Undergraduate Electronic Design Contest, the Freescale Cup Intelligent Car Competition, the Mechanical Innovation Design Competition, Entrepreneurship Competitions, and the Climbing Plan Program. From the 8th to the 12th Honda China Energy-Saving Vehicle Competition, the school’s electric vehicle team achieved a national best of 3rd place, while the gasoline vehicle team reached 5th place nationally; both ranked 1st in Guangdong Province.
Since its founding, the school has trained more than 2,000 undergraduate students, with an average employment rate of over 96%. Graduates are employed in research institutes, enterprises, and vocational institutions in the automotive and transportation sectors in cities such as Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Foshan, Dongguan, and Ningbo. Employers include renowned organizations such as GAC R&D Center, Honda R&D China Co., Ltd., Honda Motor Technology (China) Co., Ltd., GAC Toyota Motor Co., Ltd., Beidou (Guangzhou) Automotive Equipment Co., Ltd., Jiangling Motors Co., Ltd., XPeng Motors, Guangzhou Urban Planning and Design Institute of Transportation, GAC Motor Trade Co., Ltd., and public vocational institutions such as Guangzhou Senior Technical School of Transportation and Dongguan Automotive Technology School. Graduates are mainly engaged in vehicle and component R&D and project management, new energy vehicle development, automotive aftermarket operations and management, intelligent urban traffic control and management, intelligent transportation equipment integration and development, as well as teaching in automotive and transportation majors at vocational colleges.In the past three years, the postgraduate application rate of graduates has steadily increased, reaching 21.8%, 26%, and 27.3% respectively, with admission rates of 31%, 33%, and 34.4%. Students have pursued master’s degrees at prestigious international institutions such as Northwestern University in the United States, and top domestic universities including South China University of Technology, South China Normal University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Guangdong University of Technology, and Dalian University of Technology.
Academic Exchange
The school places great emphasis on academic exchange and collaboration, and has established extensive international cooperation and exchange programs with universities, research institutions, and enterprises in countries such as the United States, Germany, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, Japan, and Canada. In the past five years, over 30 faculty members have been sent abroad for academic visits and exchanges to countries including the United States, Germany, and Japan. A multi-level academic exchange platform and cooperation mechanism has been established with domestic and international universities, research institutions, and industries.
Since its establishment in 2004, School of International Education has gradually formed a multi-level education system for international students studying in China. Relying on the school's advantageous disciplines, taking undergraduate education as the major mission and a combination of graduate education and language education, all international education programs are taught in English. Over 4000 students from more than 50 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, America, and other continents have been trained in the School. Currently, the School offers two undergraduate programs including International Economics & Trade and Business Administration, as well as a Master's program in Education.
The School started recruiting Chinese students in Sino-Foreign Joint Programs in 2022 and currently offers eight programs including Accounting, Business Administration, TESOL, Computer Science & Technology, Software Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Finance and Animation. The joint programs pursue mutual-credit recognition and dual-degree awarded by GPNU and renowned universities in Australia, the United States, the United Kingdom, and New Zealand.
School of International Education has been committed to open education and cultivating versatile talents with excellent professional skills and broad international horizons. In the future, the School will continue to strengthen international cooperation and help more outstanding students to be global talents and achieve their dreams for a bright future!
The School of Basic Education is a fully located on the Heyuan Campus of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU). It began enrolling undergraduate students in Elementary Education in September 2023 and began recruiting full-time master's degree candidates in Elementary Education for the whole country in 2024.
The school has a young and energetic faculty with good teacher ethics and high level of research and teaching. 70% of the full-time faculty members are young teachers,, 4 master's degree tutors. Teaching conditions are excellent, the university invested 4.26 million yuan to build a number of laboratories of modern level, and built a University-Government-School (U-G-S) collaborative education platform with education bureaus across Heyuan City, key enterprises in high-tech zones, and high-quality experimental schools, which has intelligent teaching environment to meet the needs of talent cultivation.The school adheres to the strategy of “high starting point, smaller in scale but well-designed, research-oriented”, highlights localized research features, and stays true to the aspiration of cultivating talent for the CPC and the nation. The school focuses on the forefront of national basic education reform, dedicates itself to the field of basic education, and meets the training needs of primary and secondary school teachers in eastern, western and northern Guangdong. It strengthens faculty development, emphasizes “Five Educations in parallel” and establishing a systematic mechanism for “Three Comprehensives” in education. The school enhances the regional cooperation with Heyuan basic education sector, integrates digital technology with primary and secondary education concepts, and actively participates in the reform and development of basic education in the eastern, western and northern Guangdong. The school is committed to building a main base for cultivating basic education talent in the eastern, western and northern Guangdong and a "Cradle of Teachers" embodying the "Educators' Spirit" in the field of primary education, thereby serving the high-quality development of basic education in Heyuan City and empowering the comprehensive revitalization of rural areas in Guangdong Province.
The School of Literature and Communication traces its origins to the Department of Chinese Language and Literature, established in 1957 under Guangdong Minzu College. As one of the three original founding departments, it has laid a profoundacademic foundation since its inception. Following the restoration of the National College Entrance Examination in 1977, it commenced undergraduate enrollment; by 1982, it became among the first institutions authorized to award Bachelor’s degrees. Renamed the School of Literature in 2006, it formally evolved into the School of Literature and Communication in 2017, with the integration of programs in Radio and Television Directing as well as Network and New Media.
The School features a distinctive disciplinary framework, offering five undergraduate programs: Chinese Language and Literature (a National and Provincial First-Class Undergraduate Program, encompassing both pedagogical and non-pedagogical tracks), Journalism, Network and New Media, Radio and Television Directing, and Drama, Film and Television Literature. At the postgraduate level, it holds academic master’s degree authorization in the first-level discipline of Journalism, alongside professional master’s programs in Education(Chinese), Journalism and Communication, thereby forging a seamless talent cultivation pathway spanning undergraduate to postgraduate levels.
Endowed with a distinguished faculty corps, the School comprises 79 full-time teaching staff, including 19 full professors, 30 associate professors, and 55 individuals holding Ph.D. degrees or postdoctoral research experience. It is home to leading scholars honored as Provincial Teaching Masters, Outstanding Teachers of Southern Guangdong, and Pearl River Young Scholars. The Classical Chinese Literature teaching team, led by Professor Xiang Yurong, has been recognized as a Provincial Outstanding Teaching Team. The discipline of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, headed by Professor She Aichun, stands as a Provincial Key Discipline with Distinctive Features and hosts a Pearl River Scholar position. Its pedagogical excellence is further evidenced by 5 Provincial Top-Quality Courses, 1 ProvincialFirst-Class Undergraduate Course, 1 National Top-Quality Video Open Course, and 13 University-level Top-Quality Courses.
Endowed with a distinguished faculty corps, the School comprises 79 full-time teaching staff, including 19 full professors, 30 associate professors, and 55 individuals holding Ph.D. degrees or postdoctoral research experience. It is home to leading scholars honored as Provincial Teaching Masters, Outstanding Teachers of Southern Guangdong, and Pearl River Young Scholars. The Classical Chinese Literature teaching team, led by Professor Xiang Yurong, has been recognized as a Provincial Outstanding Teaching Team. The discipline of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, headed by Professor She Aichun, stands as a Provincial Key Discipline with Distinctive Features and hosts a Pearl River Scholar position. Its pedagogical excellence is further evidenced by 5 Provincial Top-Quality Courses, 1 ProvincialFirst-Class Undergraduate Course, 1 National Top-Quality Video Open Course, and 13 University-level Top-Quality Courses.
Endowed with a distinguished faculty corps, the School comprises 79 full-time teaching staff, including 19 full professors, 30 associate professors, and 55 individuals holding Ph.D. degrees or postdoctoral research experience. It is home to leading scholars honored as Provincial Teaching Masters, Outstanding Teachers of Southern Guangdong, and Pearl River Young Scholars. The Classical Chinese Literature teaching team, led by Professor Xiang Yurong, has been recognized as a Provincial Outstanding Teaching Team. The discipline of Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, headed by Professor She Aichun, stands as a Provincial Key Discipline with Distinctive Features and hosts a Pearl River Scholar position. Its pedagogical excellence is further evidenced by 5 Provincial Top-Quality Courses, 1 ProvincialFirst-Class Undergraduate Course, 1 National Top-Quality Video Open Course, and 13 University-level Top-Quality Courses.
The School of Ethnology at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University offers an undergraduate program in History (Normal Education) and a master’s program in Ethnology. The discipline was founded by Mr. Cen Jiawu in the 1950s, with the master’s program having developed for 18 years, it obtained the authorization for a second-level discipline master’s program in 2006, was upgraded to a first-level discipline in 2011, was selected as a Provincial Key Discipline with Distinctive Features in 2016, and was approved as a discipline for doctoral program preparation in Guangdong Province in 2021. Currently, it is the only master’s program in Ethnology among universities affiliated with Guangdong Province.
The discipline encompasses three research directions: Marxist Theories and Policies on Ethnic Groups, Chinese Ethnology, and Anthropology and World Ethnology, forming an interdisciplinary supporting system integrating Ethnology and History. The 35 faculty members all hold doctoral degrees, including 7 professors and 10 associate professors. It boasts a number of high-level scholars such as “New Century Talents” of the Ministry of Education. The school has undertaken over 50 national and provincial-level projects, and its research outcomes have won multiple provincial and ministerial-level social science awards. It has trained 228 master’s graduates, many of whom have pursued further studies at 985 Project universities.
The school currently hosts 5 provincial-level platforms, including the Research Base for the Community of the Chinese Nation under the National Ethnic Affairs Commission, and the Guangdong Research Institute for the Community of the Chinese Nation. It has jointly established demonstration bases for postgraduate education with Jinan University and Qinghai Minzu University. The “Forum on Forging the Sense of Community for the Chinese Nation” has been held with 80 lectures delivered by renowned scholars.
The School is dedicated to constructing the independent knowledge system of Chinese ethnology, responding to the propositions of the times through academic innovation, inheriting local academic traditions, and forging a new paradigm for the discipline of ethnology with the characteristics of Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University.
1. Historical Evolution: The School of Education Science at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University has been operating since 2001, and was integrated with the Vocational Education Teachers College in 2022.
2. Development Orientation: Based on the two first-level disciplines of education and psychology, and relying on the first-class undergraduate majors in Guangdong Province such as Preschool Education (Teacher Education), Educational Technology (Teacher Education), Applied Psychology (Teacher Education) and Digital Media Technology, it strives to become a first-class research-oriented School of Educational Science.
3. Discipline Settings: The Discipline of Education is a key discipline within Guangdong Province’s “Surpass, Strengthen and Upgrade” Specialized University Enhancement Program, as well as a doctoral degree authorization unit in Guangdong Province. It offers a master's program in the Discipline of Education, which includes sub-disciplines such as Education Theory, Curriculum and Instruction, Vocational and Technical Education, Educational Technology, Higher Education, and Teacher Education. Additionally, it provides a master’s degree authorization point for Education, with four directions: Educational Administration, Modern Educational Technology, Preschool Education, and Mental Health Education. Furthermore, it has a master's degree authorization point for Applied Psychology.
4. Talent Cultivation Concept: Rooted in the Greater Bay Area, based in Guangdong Province, and oriented towards the entire country, our mission is to cultivate high-quality, applied outstanding teachers. Guided by the principles of “student-centered, teacher ethics first, ability priority, lifelong learning”, it is committed to nurturing educators who are all-round in morality, intelligence, physical fitness, aesthetics, and labor, and who can meet the demands of educational reform and development.
5. Internationalization of Education: Since 2018, the college has jointly recruited full-time master's degree students in education from foreign countries with the School of International Education. More than 200 graduate students from Africa, Southeast Asia and other regions have been enrolled and educated at our institution.
The School of Foreign Languages at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University originated from the Department of Foreign Languages at Guangdong Institute for Nationalities, established in 1986. It became a formal school in 2007 and is now one of the university’s largest academic units. The School has 149 faculty and staff members, including 30 with senior titles and 19 master’s supervisors. Over half of the faculty have overseas study or research experience, with degrees from top universities such as Tsinghua University, Peking University, Columbia University, and the University of Edinburgh.
The School is home to several academic departments and divisions, including the Department of English Education, Department of Business English, Department of Japanese, the Department of College English, and the Division of Graduate Programs. It offers three undergraduate programs: English (Teacher Education), Business English, and Japanese. At the postgraduate level, the School focuses on Master’s degree in English Teaching, with research emphases in Foreign Literature, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, and Translation Studies. It also houses research platforms: the Center for Translation Studies, the Center for Applied Linguistics, the Center for Foreign Literature and Culture Studies, and the Center for Foreign Language Teacher Development.
With a strategic focus on building high-level disciplines distinguished by strengths in teacher education, the School aims to become a leader in vocational and basic education in China’s Pearl River Delta. Emphasizing balanced development of teacher training and non-teacher training programs, the School has established a robust talent cultivation system characterized by “moral-professional integration, university-enterprise cooperation, and education-training integration”. Notably, the English Education program was designated a “First-class Undergraduate Program” in Guangdong Province in 2021 and recognized as a provincial model for applied education. The Business English program is a university-level featured specialty.
The School is equipped with 11 multifunctional labs, including but not limited to Multifunctional Intelligence Lab, Language and Cognition Lab (an eye-tracking research lab), VR Language Training Lab and 56 off-campus teaching practice bases. It has been awarded two national and two provincial teaching achievement awards, as well as eight university-level awards. In addition, the School has received recognition for ten first-class ideological and political education courses. In the past five years, more than 200 students have received national-level awards in various competitions, such as the “FLTRP CUP · National English Writing Contest,” the “Understanding Contemporary China” Translation Contest, and the “Challenge Cup” National College Student Academic and Technological Contest.
In recent years, the School has made notable achievements in research, education reform, and social service. Faculty members have led over ten projects funded by the National Social Science Fund of China and the Ministry of Education, and published nearly 100 high-quality academic papers in leading journals such as System, Discourse Studies, and other SSCI, A&HCI, and CSSCI-indexed publications. The School has been approved for more than 70 provincial-level education reform projects. Its targeted support initiatives for underdeveloped areas in eastern, western, and northern Guangdong have achieved significant results. The establishment of the School of Modern Language Services has enhanced industry-education integration, with collaborative project funding exceeding 10 million RMB. The School also maintains strong international partnerships with institutions in the UK, the US, New Zealand, and Japan.
After years of dedicated development, the School of Foreign Languages has emerged as a major base for cultivating high-quality foreign language professionals in the Greater Bay Area and across South China. It currently serves as the Vice Chair of the College English Teaching Administry Committee for Undergraduate Universities in Guangdong Province, the Vice Chair of International Committee for the Global Communication of Chinese Culture , and holds key leadership positions in multiple academic organizations, including the China Association for Comparative Studies of English and Chinese, the Translators Association of Guangdong Province, the Guangdong Association of Foreign Language Education and Evaluation, the Guangdong Foreign Language Society, and the Guangzhou Foreign Languages Association.
The School of Law and Intellectual Property was established in 2017 and currently offers two undergraduate programs: Law and Intellectual Property. The school is actively developing master's programs in Intellectual Property and in Law. The school has a total of 65 faculty and staff members, including 56 full-time teachers, 44 of whom hold doctoral degrees, accounting for 80% of the full-time faculty. There are 6 professors and 18 associate professors, with senior-level titles accounting for 45% of the full-time faculty. 38 “dual-qualified” teachers, which refer to professional teachers who are capable of both theoretical and practical teaching (e.g., teachers holding legal practice qualifications and serve as part-time lawyers at law firms on a long-term basis), account for 70% of full-time faculty. The School is equipped with state-of-the-art facilities such as a moot courtroom and a legal clinic, and has 15 off-campus internship bases and 4 industry-academia-research collaboration partners, providing a solid foundation for the cultivation of high-quality, application-oriented legal professionals.
The School has achieved abundant teaching and research outcomes. In recent years, it has undertaken over 20 teaching research projects at the university level or above and over 60 research projects at the provincial or ministerial level or above, including 2 National Social Science Fund of China (NSSFC) projects and 8 Ministry of Education Humanities and Social Sciences projects. It has drafted over 30 local legislative regulations and laws for prefecture-level cities in Guangdong Province and has led or participated in over 20 rural governance projects in Zhuhai, Zhongshan, and other areas.
The School adheres to the principle of cultivating virtue and legal literacy, continuously improving the quality of talent cultivation. It currently has 1,380 full-time students. Students actively participate in extracurricular academic competitions and activities, winning over 10 national-level awards and more than 30 provincial-level awards in recent years, including two national-level awards in the “Challenge Cup” competition and one second prize in the National Intellectual Property Survey and Research Competition for College Students.
Rooted in Guangzhou, the core of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the School of Finance and Economics (SFE) at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU) boasts over 60 years of profound heritage. Upholding the university motto of “Virtue, Erudition, Truth, and Innovation," and anchored in the Greater Bay Area, SFE is committed to its mission of "cultivating outstanding finance and economics talents for the digital era."
The School has established an interdisciplinary system integrating "Economics + Management + Information Technology," forming distinctive educational features characterized by "Undergraduate-Master Integration, Industry-Education Collaboration, and Digital Empowerment." It is dedicated to nurturing next-generation finance and economics professionals and excellent finance and business education teachers who are "proficient in economics, adept in management, versed in commercial law, and knowledgeable in technology."
SFE brings together nearly 120 high-caliber faculty members, including close to 50 professors/associate professors, nearly 60 PhD holders, and over 40 master's/doctoral supervisors. Additionally, it engages more than 200 industry experts. The School offers several provincial first-class undergraduate majors, including Accounting (a National First-Class Undergraduate Major), Finance, Financial Management, and Accounting Education (certified by the Ministry of Education's Teacher Education Accreditation). It confers the Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) and the Master of Education (in Finance and Business) degrees.
SFE collaborates with renowned universities in the United States and Australia to offer dual bachelor's degree ("3+1") and integrated bachelor's-master's ("3+1+X") programs in Accounting and Finance. It also runs full-time undergraduate programs for international students in International Economics and Trade and Finance.
Over the past five years, the School has undertaken over 200 national-level research projects (including National Social Science Fund and National Natural Science Fund projects) and provincial/ministerial-level projects, along with more than 200 industry-sponsored projects, with total research funding exceeding RMB 20 million. Faculty have published over 400 high-impact papers in leading journals such as Economic Research Journal, Management World, Journal of Financial Research, Accounting Research, and internationally renowned publications, authored more than 30 monographs, and won over 50 provincial-level research awards. The School also delivers extensive social training programs (over 200 initiatives).
SFE has established several provincial-level platforms for science-industry-education integration, including the Digital-Intelligent Finance, Taxation, and Auditing Industry-Academia Integration Platform, the Provincial Economics and Management Experimental Teaching Demonstration Center, and the Provincial Postgraduate Joint Training Base. It houses specialized facilities such as the Digital Economy Innovation Lab, the Financial Shared Services Training Lab, and the Financial Innovation Virtual Simulation Lab. The School maintains over 100 off-campus practice bases co-built with leading enterprises.
Actively aligning with China's national digital economy strategy, SFE is forging a new "Digital Intelligence + Finance & Economics" disciplinary and professional system. It recruits and develops digitally adept faculty, innovates practical training scenarios, and strengthens its distinctive features combining "Finance & Economics + Big Data/AI/Commercial Law." The School is steadfastly committed to building a first-class finance and economics school in China.
The Management College at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University (GPNU) traces its origins to the Department of Politics at the Guangdong Institute for Ethnic Studies, established in 1977. It was renamed the Department of Management in 1993 and formally upgraded to the Management College in 2007. In 2017, it was reorganized through the integration of the former College of Political Science and Law’s Department of Public Administration, becoming a key hub for applied talent cultivation and academic research at GPNU.
Management College currently offers nine undergraduate programs: Business Administration, Tourism Management and Service Education, Human Resource Management, Marketing, Logistics Management, Logistics Management (Teacher Education Track), Public Administration, Supply Chain Management, and E-Commerce (Teacher Education Track). These programs span emerging business disciplines and core areas of public administration, aligned with the demands of the digital economy and regional development strategies.
Committed to cultivating practice-oriented mid- and senior-level management professionals and qualified vocational education instructors, the Management College adheres to the educational philosophy of “broad and solid knowledge foundation, competency-based development, and career-oriented skill training”. Leveraging its strategic location in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, the college focuses on interdisciplinary education that integrates management and technology.
As of April 2025, the Management College comprises 87 faculty staffs, including 71 full-time education personnel. In recent years, it has undertaken over 100 research projects at the national and provincial levels. In 2024 alone, the college secured two National Social Science Fund projects, ten industry-academia collaboration projects funded by the Ministry of Education, and 25 provincial-level teaching reform initiatives. It hosts seven research centers focusing on areas such as digital transformation, human resource development, cultural tourism and wellness, rural revitalization, and public governance. The college is equipped with two specialized laboratories (Logistics Virtual Reality simulation and Management Science) and four practice-based training labs in tourism management, business skills development, digital - intelligent supply chain, and hotel room service - some supported by central government funding.
Management College emphasizes the integration of academic learning with practical experience. It has partnered with over 50 well-known enterprises - including JD Logistics and L’oreal Baiku - to build internship and employment bases, promoting a “pre-internship-internship-employment” training model. More than 90% of graduates obtain both academic degrees and professional certifications, making them highly competitive in the job market. Students consistently excel in national-level competitions such as the “Challenge Cup”, logistics simulation contests, procurement practice challenges, and human resource competitions.
Internationalization is a core strategic priority. Management College has established an International Education and Exchange Center to advance global academic collaboration. It collaborates with the University of Newcastle (Australia), Emporia State University (USA), the University of Huddersfield (UK), the University of Northampton (UK), and Massey University (New Zealand) to offer dual-degree programs with mutual credit recognition. Dedicated international tracks in Business Administration and Supply Chain Management have been launched, alongside the development of bilingual and fully English-taught curricula.
The college actively contributes to regional development initiatives such as the “Bai-Qian-Wan Project”. Faculty and student teams engage in fieldwork focused on tourism planning, rural revitalization, community surveys, and e-commerce initiatives to support local agriculture. These efforts have been recognized as provincial-level model cases.
Anchored in its three strategic pillars—industry-education integration, digital-intelligent transformation, and international collaboration - the Management College continues to refine its academic programs and contribute high-quality, innovative management talent to the Greater Bay Area and beyond.
The School of Digital Creativity is an innovative design school that built upon Environmental Design, the first-class provincial-level program at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University. With a distinctive focus on smart living and a development direction rooted in digital creativity, the school integrates digital technology, intelligent construction, and sustainable design into a unified framework. The school is dedicated to building a “Five Elements” model for talent development, encompassing “teachers-students-AI-design-culture”. It focuses on nurturing students’ moral character as well as their ten core abilities: creativity, ability to use tools, learning ability, problem analysis, logical thinking, self-motivation, communication skills, planning ability, execution capability, and organizational management skills.
The School adopts advanced teaching methods. In response to the needs of academic and industrial development, the school actively embraces cutting-edge digital technologies such as AR, VR, cloud computing, big data, and artificial intelligence. Through a “Digital Plus” pedagogical approach, it has established platforms for teaching, innovation, and project-based practice. These platforms support the cultivation of interdisciplinary talents with strong digital thinking and practical skills, and prepare students to meet the growing demand for professionals in digital design, smart living, intelligent construction, and smart operations and management. The School aims to become an innovative, application-oriented, and forward-thinking institution of digital creativity, which supports industrial transformation and the intelligent, sustainable design of future lifestyles, while combining international vision with local relevance.
Regarding social practice, under the guidance of national and Guangdong provincial strategies for rural revitalization and new urbanization, our School actively responds to the strategies of rural revitalization and cultural digitalization. Our team is committed to social service and strives to meet the demands of the new era, including digital empowerment, intelligent manufacturing, and cultural innovation in rural development.
The School of Digital Creativity currently has 18 faculty and staff members, including 7 with associate senior or higher professional titles, 5 postgraduate supervisors, 5 PhD holders, 3 PhD candidates, and 3 dual-qualified teachers. Some faculty members have received national and provincial Teaching Achievement Award. The team have obtained 10 authorized patents in total, and contributed to the formulation of professional standards in the field.
It has seven departments and offers seven majors: Fine Arts, Craft Arts, Visual Communication Design, Environmental Design, Product Design, Fashion Design, and Animation. The current enrollment comprises 2,338 full‑time undergraduates and 51 postgraduate students. The College hosts several prestigious programs: one national-level undergraduate development project, one of the first national comprehensive reform pilots, three top‑tier provincial programs, two provincial reform pilot majors, and a provincial specialty pilot in Craft & Decorative Design, initially recognized at the national level. Six courses have been designated as provincial first-class undergraduate courses.
The faculty team includes 91 members: 11 professors, 17 associate professors, and 21 doctorate holders. In recent years, the College secured research funding totaling RMB 8.87 million through national and provincial grants. Faculty research achievements include two National Social Science Fund projects, four National Art Fund grants, three Education Ministry Humanities & Social Science Fund grants, and two National Ethnic Affairs Commission grants. Scholarly output comprises 33 monographs and 226 academic papers. Many professors hold leadership roles in provincial or national associations, and faculty works have been showcased in 32 China National Art Exhibitions.
Student development is strongly competition-driven. Over the past three years, students have earned a total of 1,215 awards: 247 national, 264 provincial, and 704 school-level honors. Highlights include: 18 national and 75 provincial awards in the National University Advertising Art Competition; a Silver Medal at the 7th China International “Internet+” National Finals for the “Chinese Lacquer Art Fashion Brand” project; a Third Prize in the 18th “Challenge Cup” for “Opera Unlocks Guochao…”; and a First Prize in the 14th Advertising Art Competition for “Fresh·Pure·Sparkling.” The College also oversees 9 national, 12 provincial, and 67 university-level innovation and entrepreneurship projects.
Graduate outcomes are notable: education-track alumni predominantly enter cultural and arts education, taking positions at schools such as Shunde Hujinchao Vocational Technical School and Haizhu School of Arts & Crafts; non‑education-track graduates mainly join cultural creative industries, including employment with Huawei, NetEase, and Guangdong Guangqing Cultural Development Co., Ltd. Numerous graduates pursue further studies at institutions like Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts, South China Normal University, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, and University of the Arts London. Some alumni have founded enterprises such as Guangzhou Chunzhen Animation Technology & Culture, Shenzhen Lingzhi Construction Services, and Dongguan Lingyi Cultural Media.
The College’s facilities include a 6,000 m² Fuhui Art Building, a 1,000 m² independent gallery, 18 specialized studios, and an 800 m² Intangible Cultural Heritage Master Workshop. Research platforms include a provincial humanities and social science key base, Cantonese embroidery heritage base, intangible cultural heritage science outreach base, an ethnic unity educational base, and a national backbone teacher training project. All are furnished with modern, advanced equipment.
Looking ahead, the College will uphold Party leadership and Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, continuing its dedication to educating talents for the Party and country. By leveraging strategic platforms—such as the MIIT “Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative Industry College” initiative and IT application innovation— the College aims to build an innovation ecosystem in close collaboration with leading enterprises and SMEs, to train high‑quality, application‑focused, interdisciplinary, and innovative professionals for the future.
The School of Physical Education and Health at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University was established in December 2020. Its predecessor dates back to 1957, when the Physical Education Teaching and Research Office was set up (which later evolved through stages such as the Physical Education Teaching Department and the Department of Physical Education). The School currently has 65 full-time faculty members, including 12 with senior professional titles, 14 with doctoral degrees, and 6 national-level athletes (Master Athletes). It consists of academic and research units such as the Department of Physical Education, the Department of Public Physical Education, and the Experimental Training and Innovation Center, and is equipped with specialized laboratories for sports anatomy, exercise physiology, sports health and rehabilitation, and sports biomechanics.
The School upholds the spirit of physical education at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University — "Patriotism and Honor for the University, Fitness for the Soul, Hard Work, and Pursuit of Excellence" — and has made significant achievements in academic development and talent cultivation. Since 2022, the School has admitted undergraduate students majoring in Physical Education, and starting in 2025, it will enroll graduate students in the discipline of Subject Teaching (Physical Education), thus forming an integrated undergraduate–postgraduate talent cultivation system. Over the past three years, the School has undertaken 6 research projects funded by the Ministry of Education and provincial-level philosophy and social sciences programs, as well as 37 educational reform and scientific research projects at the prefectural level or above, and has published nearly 100 academic papers, with cumulative research funding reaching 800,000 yuan. In terms of teaching reform, the School has continuously improved its talent cultivation programs, advanced refined management, organized academic competitions and social practice activities, and comprehensively enhanced students' professional skills and overall competencies. Public physical education follows the philosophy of "Teaching Mastery, Diligent Practice, and Frequent Competition," integrating more than ten on-campus events such as the university sports meet, the sports culture festival, and the "Big Three Ball Games" league. This has fostered a campus sports culture atmosphere of "civilized spirit and robust physique," with students' physical fitness test excellence rate consistently maintaining a high level for many years. In off-campus competitions, students majoring in physical education have also demonstrated strong abilities and potential, winning over 100 national, provincial, and municipal awards in the past three years. Notably, in their debut appearance at the Provincial University Games, they achieved a third prize overall. Among them, the men's and women's volleyball teams won 2nd and 5th places respectively, and several other events also achieved expected results.
Looking ahead, the School will uphold the university motto of "Virtue and Knowledge, Practicality and Innovation," focus on cultivating high-quality physical education teachers and innovative talents, deepen projects to enhance physical literacy and health, serve the national strategies of building a strong education system and a strong sports nation, and contribute to the cultivation of well-rounded socialist builders and successors.
Introduction to the School of Music
The School of Music at Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University was established in 2007 and was approved as a provincial-level characteristic specialty and first-class undergraduate program construction site in 2021. The major in musicology is designated as a provincial-level characteristic specialty, and the school has been recognized as a provincial-level performance unit under the “Elegant Art on Campus” program. Currently, the school offers two art-related undergraduate majors: Music Education (Normal Education) and Dance Studies (Normal Education), along with graduate programs in Vocational Education (Culture and Arts) and Subject Teaching (Music). Internally, it consists of the Department of Music Education, the Department of Dance, the Experimental Training and Innovation Center, and the Guangdong National Art Troupe.
There are currently 1244 full-time undergraduate students and 48 postgraduate students enrolled, with a planned enrollment capacity of 1,600 students. The school employs 81 full-time faculty members, including 7 professors or senior-level professionals, 14 associate professors, 2 dual-qualified instructors, 27 PhD holders, and 21 master’s supervisors. Additionally, three foreign teachers are employed annually.
The school has established five teaching teams focusing on piano, vocal music, instrumental music, dance, and theory, as well as six artistic troupes, including the choir, symphony orchestra, traditional Chinese orchestra, dance troupe, “Elegant Art on Campus” art group, and the Guangdong National Art Troupe.
With continuous growth in scale and academic development, the school has achieved outstanding results in discipline construction and talent cultivation. Guided by the educational philosophy of “standing firmly on the podium, performing brilliantly on the stage, putting students first, and pursuing excellence in quality,” the school aims to cultivate versatile, broadly skilled, high-quality, and diversified practical talents. Through connotative development, it strengthens its undergraduate teaching foundation and deepens postgraduate training plans. By constructing an integrated curriculum system encompassing humanities, ideology and politics, and artistic education, the school fosters a strong academic atmosphere and instills in students a sense of “original aspiration,” “mission,” and “responsibility,” nurturing them into outstanding art professionals.
The school strives to comprehensively enhance its ability to serve regional development and national strategies, contributing further to realizing the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation as envisioned in the Chinese Dream.
Over many years of educational practice, the school has cultivated a tradition of “hard work, unity, pragmatism, rigorous pursuit of truth, and dedication to teaching.” It has established a distinctive and multidisciplinary-integrated musicology specialty. Going forward, the school will consolidate and elevate its strengths in disciplines, refine its unique features, improve postgraduate teaching quality, and accelerate efforts to build itself into a high-level provincial first-class institution with distinct characteristics.
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