Brief introduction of Guangzhou University of Foreign Studies

1, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a key university in Guangdong Province with distinctive international characteristics, and it is an important base for international talent training and foreign language culture, foreign trade and international strategy research in South China. At present, there are full-time undergraduates 19985, doctoral students and master students 3 103, and adult undergraduates, advanced students and international students 1000.

2. Historical evolution; The school's predecessor was Guangzhou Foreign Studies Institute and Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade. Guangzhou Foreign Studies University was established in June 1964+0 1, and officially enrolled students in July 1965. It is one of the 36 universities directly under the former State Education Commission (now the Ministry of Education). Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade, founded in 1980 and 65438+February, is an institution directly under the former Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation (now the Ministry of Commerce) and one of the founding units of the national international economy and trade discipline. 1995 In May, Guangdong Provincial People's Government merged the two universities to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. On June 5438- 10, 2008, Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics was merged into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

3. Campus situation; The school is located in Guangzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in China and the economic center of South China. It has three campuses with a total area of 2,292 mu, of which the North Campus is located at the northern foot of Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, covering an area of 939 mu. The South Campus is located in Guangzhou University Town, covering an area of 1095 mu; Da Lang Campus is located in Da Lang, covering an area of 258 mu. Campus tree-lined, small bridges flowing water, birds and flowers, elegant environment.

4. Teaching staff; Since the establishment of the school, Liang, Gui Shichun and other famous teachers have gathered in the school to teach and study, which has accumulated rich spiritual and cultural wealth for the school. Faculty 1980, full-time teachers 1326, of which professors and associate professors account for 50.98%, and master's degree or above accounts for 92.95438+0%. Among the teachers, there are 1 member of the discipline evaluation group of the State Council Academic Degrees Committee, 16 member of the professional teaching steering committee of the Ministry of Education, 12 member enjoying the special government allowance of the State Council, 2 members selected as national cultural experts and "four groups" talent projects, 2 selected as the leading talents of philosophy and social sciences in the "Ten Thousand Talents Program" and selected as the "Ten Million Talents Project in the New Century". 13 was selected as the "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, 1 person was funded by the "High-end Foreign Experts" program of the State Administration of Foreign Experts Affairs and the "Thousand Talents Program Support Program" 1 person. There are 2 national teaching teams, national innovation team 1 each, provincial teaching teams 13, national famous teachers 1 each, 7 provincial famous teachers, 3 "Pearl River Scholars" distinguished professor, 3 "Pearl River Scholars" lecturers and 3 "Young Pearl River Scholars". Four people were selected for the Special Support Program of Guangdong Province, two outstanding young talents for theoretical propaganda in Guangdong Province, 44 national training targets 1 person in Guangdong Province, 23 outstanding young teachers selected for the provincial training program, and 229 "Yunshan Scholars" were employed (successively). In addition, the school has hired 80 visiting professors and 289 long-term and short-term foreign teachers.

5. Discipline development; The school has formed a discipline pattern of "two-wheel drive" between foreign language disciplines and non-foreign language disciplines, and coordinated and sustainable development of multiple disciplines and languages. There are 22 teaching units, 1 independent college (South China Business School). There are 72 undergraduate majors, which belong to eight disciplines: literature, economics, management, law, engineering, science, teaching and art, including two national-level professional comprehensive reform pilots, four provincial-level professional comprehensive reform pilots 14, eight national-level professional construction sites (including1kloc-0/major) and provincial-level professional construction sites/. * * * With 26 foreign languages, it is the school with the largest number of foreign languages in South China. The school was awarded 198 1 year master's degree and 1986 doctor's degree. It is an institution that obtained the right to confer master's and doctor's degrees earlier after the restoration of the postgraduate system in China. The school has 1 national key disciplines and 7 provincial key disciplines. At present, there are 1 postdoctoral research stations, 2 first-class doctoral programs, 2 two disciplines doctoral programs 12 first-class master programs 12, 47 two disciplines master programs, and professional master programs10/each. Our foreign language and literature discipline ranks among the top universities in China in several rounds of discipline evaluation organized by the Center for Degree and Postgraduate Education Development of the Ministry of Education. The construction of foreign language and literature innovation system for international language service and the construction of integrated innovation system for economic management discipline serving the major strategic needs of the 2 1 century Maritime Silk Road were selected as key discipline construction projects of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.

6. Personnel training; Carry out the school motto of "Learn from others and learn from China and the West", with the mission of cultivating high-quality citizens around the world, vigorously promote the deep integration of professional teaching and foreign language teaching, and cultivate international talents with international vision, familiarity with international rules, direct participation in international cooperation and competition, and social responsibility, such as "double high" (high ideological quality and professional level) and "two strong" (strong cross-cultural communication ability and strong practical innovation ability). Our school is one of the three cooperative universities of the United Nations University's extension project to train high-end translators in China. It is the founding unit of the World Translation Education Alliance (WITTA) and the permanent seat of its secretariat. He is a member of CIUTI and FIT, and the only foreign language school selected for the "Asian Campus" project advocated by the heads of China, Japan and South Korea. It has a foreign language non-common language undergraduate training base of the Ministry of Education-non-common language teaching and research center, an innovative experimental area of talent training mode of the Ministry of Education-an innovative experimental area of international business talent training mode, a national experimental teaching demonstration center-a simultaneous interpretation experimental teaching center, a collaborative education platform of Guangdong Province-a collaborative education base for multilingual senior translators, and international service outsourcing talents. In 20 17, the overall employment rate of undergraduates and postgraduates in our university was 99.54% and 99.77%, respectively, which continued to rank among the top universities in China. The school recruits students from more than 20 provinces, autonomous regions, municipalities directly under the Central Government and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and the enrollment batch is the first batch.

7. Scientific research; The school pays attention to the cultivation and construction of scientific research platform, and has formed a four-level scientific research platform system at the national, provincial, municipal and school levels. It has 1 Key Research Base of Humanities and Social Sciences in Universities of the Ministry of Education (Research Center of Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics), 1 Regional and National Research Base of the Ministry of Education (Canadian Research Center), 1 Strategic Research Base of the Ministry of Education (2 1 International Strategic Research Center of Maritime Silk Road and Regional Innovation in the 20th Century). Five national and regional research centers registered by the Ministry of Education (African Research Center, International Migration Research Center, Indonesian Research Center, Latin American Research Center, European Research Center), and five provincial key research bases of humanities and social sciences (Foreign Literature and Culture Research Center, International Economic and Trade Research Center, Translation Research Center, Guangdong Business Research Center, and Inner-Party Regulations Research Center), Two key laboratories of philosophy and social sciences in Guangdong universities (key laboratory of language engineering and computing, bilingual cognition and development laboratory), 1 Guangdong key research base of soft science, 1 Guangdong decision-making consulting research base (international service economy research center), 1 Guangdong local legislation research evaluation and consulting service base (regional integration rule of law research center); 4 key research bases of humanities and social sciences in Guangzhou (Guangzhou International Trade Center Key Research Base, Guangzhou Green Development Rule of Law Research Center, Guangzhou International City Innovation Communication Research Center, Guangzhou South China Wealth Management Center); More than 20 university-level research institutions have been established, including International Service Economic Research Institute, Greater Bay Area Research Institute of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, South China International Intellectual Property Research Institute, Guangdong Social Organization Research Center, Guangdong University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Research Center, and Guangdong University Socialist Core Values Communication Research Center. In addition, the school also has the Guangdong Institute of International Strategy, an important think tank of the provincial party committee and government, which actively provides consulting services for national strategies such as the Belt and Road Initiative. Two provincial-level collaborative innovation centers led by the school (Foreign Language Research and Language Service Collaborative Innovation Center and 2 1 Century Maritime Silk Road Collaborative Innovation Center) were selected as the national "20 1 1 Collaborative Innovation Center" in Guangdong Province. The school undertakes a series of major and key projects such as major projects of the National Social Science Fund, major research projects of the Ministry of Education, and innovative team projects. A number of high-quality research achievements have won the Outstanding Achievement Award of Scientific Research in Colleges and Universities and the Outstanding Achievement Award of Philosophy and Social Sciences in Guangdong Province. Publicly publish academic journals such as Modern Foreign Languages, International Economic and Trade Exploration, Journal of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, Strategic Decision Research, Asia-Pacific Translation and International Studies.

8. International cooperation; Schools should strengthen all-round cooperation and exchanges in foreign education. Up to now, it has cooperated with the United States, Britain, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Poland, Portugal, Finland, Iceland, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Japan, Russia, Malaysia, Indonesia, Thailand, Vietnam, Laos, South Korea, North Korea, Chile, Peru, Brazil, Cuba, Mexico, Colombia and Israel. At present, our school has set up five overseas Confucius Institutes and Confucius Classrooms: the Confucius Institute of Sapporo University, the Confucius Institute of Urals University, the Confucius Institute of Santa Maria Catholic University in Peru, the Confucius Institute of Cape Verde University and the Confucius Classroom of Ain chams in Egypt. In addition, the school also cooperated with Leeds University in the United Kingdom to hold a master's education program in English teaching, the University of Reading in the United Kingdom to hold a master's education program in English education, and the University of Coimbra in Portugal to hold a master's education program in Portuguese. In terms of internationalization of management, the school has implemented a study plan for overseas universities. Since it was launched five years ago, * * * has sent six batches of ***32 cadres to overseas universities for attachment.

9. Conditions for running a school; The school's teaching facilities are complete and advanced, ranking at the leading level of similar institutions in China. It has advanced campus network and management platform, 4 provincial key laboratories,/kloc-0 national experimental teaching demonstration centers and 8 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers and laboratories, with a total area of more than 52,000 square meters. The library covers a total area of 59,600 square meters, with a total collection of 2,962,400 paper literature resources, 2,400 Chinese and foreign paper periodicals 1759, 3,763,500 local mirror Chinese and foreign e-books, 67,844 Chinese and foreign electronic periodicals, 0,60 Chinese and foreign electronic databases 14 existing fixed ones.

10, development vision; Adhering to the educational philosophy of "whole-person education, pursuing Excellence" and the values of "Excellence, honesty, tolerance and self-confidence", the school has created a "pluralistic, agile and elegant" campus culture, and has taken the opportunity of the national "double-first-class" construction, the construction of high-level universities in Guangdong Province, the deepening of comprehensive reform of self-running schools and the "innovation and strengthening schools" project to adhere to the connotation development, accelerate reform and innovation, and vigorously promote education. Strive to realize the internationalization of students, talents, teaching, scientific research and management, and build the school into a high-level university with distinctive characteristics, excellent quality, social respect and satisfaction of the party, the country and the people. At the same time, the school puts forward the talent training characteristics of "strengthening foreign languages, emphasizing practice, multi-specification, compound, high-quality and internationalization", and strengthens the cultivation of students' cross-cultural communication ability, practical ability, innovation ability, employment and entrepreneurship ability and independent learning ability.