Address: 21 Luntou Road, Guangzhou 510320, Guangdong, P.R. China
Founded in 1983 with the approval from
China State Council, it was formerly known as Guangdong College
of Finance and Economics, offering bachelor degrees.In 1985, it
was renamed Guangdong Business College. Since 2003, it has been
authorized to confer master’s degrees. In 2008, it received an
Excellent rating in the undergraduate education evaluation
conducted by China’s Ministry of Education. In 2013, it was
renamed Guangdong University of Finance & Economics, and was
authorized to confer doctor’s degrees in 2021.
Since its establishment, the university has adhered to the motto
of Virtue, Assiduity, Enterprise, Innovation, adhered to the
philosophy of Learning etiquette, Music, and Literature, and
being proficient in professional skills, and the management
strategy of Rule of law, Science, Democracy, and Sunshine,
highlighting the characteristics of integration of business and
law, practical entrepreneurship, and diverse collaboration. It
has cultivated a large number of applied and compound talents
with good ideological and moral values, scientific spirit,
humanistic literacy, professional knowledge, and international
perspectives for the country Innovative senior specialized
talents. After 40 years of development, GDUFE has become a
finance and economics institution with distinct disciplinary
characteristics, strong teaching staff, significant educational
achievement, high social influence and reputation. It is a
member unit of the New Liberal Arts Construction Guidance
Committee for undergraduate universities in Guangdong Province,
a demonstration university for governing schools in accordance
with the law in Guangdong Province, and a demonstration unit for
innovation and entrepreneurship education for college students
in Guangdong Province. Currently, GDUFE is making strides
towards the goal of building a first-class university of finance
and economics in the Greater Bay Area.
It consists of two campuses with a total land area of about 150
hectares. Guangzhou Campus is located in the core area of Pazhou
Economic Development Zone, and the Foshan campus is located
within the scenic Yundonghai Tourism Economic Zone, Foshan city.
GDUFE has abundant teaching resources, complete research
facilities, and a total value of 178.5 million yuan in teaching
and research equipment. The libraries have a collection of over
5.01 million books, 1.43 million electronic journals, and a
building area of 54000 square meters. Experimental and practical
teaching has achieved significant results. The National
Demonstration Center for Economic and Management Experimental
Teaching is one of the first two national-level experimental
teaching demonstration centers in the field of economics and
management in China, and has been selected as one of the first
national level virtual simulation experimental teaching centers.
Currently, there are 2 innovative experimental zones for
national talent cultivation models, 1 national college student
practical teaching base, 7 national first-class courses and
national bilingual teaching demonstration courses, 1 national
high-quality course, and 1 national education and teaching
achievement award. GDUFE has been selected as one of the first
batch of outstanding legal talent education and training bases
in China, as well as a national cultural literacy education base
for college students.