Is Guangzhou Nanfang University a first-tier university or a second-tier university?

At present, according to the Ministry of Education’s information disclosure regulations, there is no clear concept of the first batch and the second batch. Guangzhou Nanfang College is a comprehensive college with majors in e-commerce, computer science and technology, etc. It has been established for 16 years.

School Introduction

Guangzhou Southern College (formerly Sun Yat-sen University Southern College) is a comprehensive application-oriented general undergraduate higher education institution approved by the Ministry of Education. It is a pilot institution for the comprehensive reform of the higher education system in Guangdong Province, one of the first batch of pilot universities for ordinary undergraduate transformation in Guangdong Province, a construction unit for master's degree awarding projects in Guangdong Province, and a supporting unit for National Social Science Fund projects and National Natural Science Foundation projects.

The predecessor is Sun Yat-sen University Southern College, which was jointly established by Sun Yat-sen University and Guangdong Zhujiang Investment Co., Ltd. in 2006 with the approval of the Ministry of Education. In 2016, it was selected as a pilot university for general undergraduate transformation in Guangdong Province. On December 28, 2020, the Ministry of Education issued a letter approving the transfer of Sun Yat-sen University Southern College to Guangzhou Southern College, and at the same time canceling the organizational structure of Sun Yat-sen University Southern College.

Teaching Staff

As of March 2021, the school has 850 full-time teachers, including 17 doctoral supervisors, 2 New Century Excellent Talents of the Ministry of Education, and Guangdong Province Special Support Plan There are 1 famous teaching teacher, 2 provincial famous teaching teachers, and 4 outstanding teachers in southern Guangdong; 170 teachers with doctorate degrees; 259 teachers with associate senior professional titles or above; 300 "dual teachers and dual abilities" teachers; There are 314 part-time teachers, including three distinguished scholars, Xia Shuzhang, Huang Tianji, and Chen Pingyuan, as academic consultants, seven scholars including Ren Jiantao and Wang Zhemin as lecture professors, and nearly 200 managers and technical elites as industry mentors; provincial industrial colleges 1 and 4 provincial teaching teams.

2021 National Liberal Arts Recruitment Score

Anhui 528; Guangxi 424; Guizhou 480; Henan 494; Heilongjiang 395; Jilin 336; Jiangxi 510; Shanxi 424; Shaanxi 423; Sichuan 474 ; Yunnan 503.

Teaching Construction

The school has 2 national-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, 2 provincial-level first-class undergraduate major construction sites, and China Engineering Education Certification ( IEET) major, 1 provincial comprehensive reform pilot major, 4 provincial specialty majors, 1 provincial key major and provincial strategic emerging specialty major, 1 provincial applied talent training demonstration major, provincial excellence There are 1 talent training program major, 7 provincial practical teaching bases for college students, 6 provincial talent training model innovation experimental areas, 3 provincial experimental teaching demonstration centers, 3 provincial first-class courses, and provincial ideological and political course demonstration projects. There are 5 courses, 5 provincial quality resource courses and 3 provincial online open courses.

Scientific Research Achievements

In the past three years, the school has undertaken 1 National Social Science Fund project, 54 provincial and ministerial scientific research projects (including 3 humanities and social science research projects of the Ministry of Education), There are 43 horizontal projects with a total project funding of 17.5387 million yuan; teachers have published 350 high-level papers that have been included in core journals at home and abroad such as CSSCI, SSCI, SCI, EI, TSSCI, etc.; provided 8 advisory reports to the government, Two of them were approved by the main leaders of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee and Provincial Government.

Academic Resources

The school library has 1.9749 million printed Chinese and foreign books, 1.6 million electronic books, and nearly 1,000 printed Chinese and foreign newspapers and periodicals; China National Knowledge Infrastructure and Super Star Learning It also provides databases and platforms such as Tong, Liantu CD-ROM, Bokan electronic journal, Guoyan.com, MET National English Speaking Learning, New Knowledge Academic Discovery System, etc., and also realizes full sharing of electronic resources with the Sun Yat-sen University Library.

Guangzhou Southern College’s top majors list

Guangzhou Southern College’s provincial specialty majors: accounting, human resources management.

Faculty of Guangzhou Nanfang College

Teacher Construction

The school vigorously implements the strategy of "strengthening the college with talents". The teachers are mainly from Sun Yat-sen University teachers, domestic "985", "211" colleges and universities have master's and doctoral students, as well as outstanding teaching talents from the United States, the United Kingdom, France, Sweden, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, Hong Kong and other places. At the same time, they are recruiting people with overseas study experience and practical experience in related industries and enterprises nationwide. Senior management personnel and professional and technical backbones serve as teachers, and a high-quality teaching staff with an international perspective and reasonable structure has been established. As of September 2021, the school has 879 teachers, including 12 doctoral supervisors, 2 New Century Excellent Talents from the Ministry of Education, 1 Guangdong Provincial Special Support Plan Teaching Teacher, 1 Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Distinguished Teaching Teacher, and Nanyue Excellent There are 4 teachers, 2 winners of the Guangdong Provincial Outstanding Teaching Achievement Award, 1 training target of the Guangdong Provincial College Outstanding Young Teacher Training Program, 23 domestic visiting scholars of young and middle-aged teachers, and school-level training targets of the "Thousands and Hundreds of Talents Training Project" 5 people, 1 is an outstanding educator in private education in Guangdong Province, and 1 is an outstanding teacher in private education in Guangdong Province. The school specially hired three well-known scholars, including Xia Shuzhang, Huang Tianji, and Chen Pingyuan, as academic consultants, and hired nine influential scholars (professors), including Ba Shusong, Ren Jiantao, Zhang Jun, Zhong Mei, Tan Jinsong, Wang Zhemin, and Chen Shuheng. Chair Professor. At the same time, the school continues to improve and innovate the talent introduction mechanism. From 2016 to 2017, it introduced 46 Taiwanese Ph.D.s and established a first-class and distinctive undergraduate teaching team and scientific research team.