South China Normal University

Originally known as Guangdong Provincial Xiangqin Normal College founded in 1933, South China Normal University (SCNU) has developed into a comprehensive teaching and research university with a wide range of disciplines covering philosophy, economics, law, education, literature, history, management, art, etc., thanks to the contribution and dedication of generations of SCNU’s faculty and students.

• SCNU began to enroll students from the whole country in the 1950s. There are currently 24,835 full-time undergraduates, 8,212 postgraduates, 909 doctoral candidates, 131 researchers at the postdoctoral research centers and 1,181 overseas students from over 20 countries and areas, forming a complete talent-training system of bachelor, master, doctoral and postdoctoral degrees.

SCNU has persistently adhered to the goal of developing into a teaching oriented research university. It has a good team of experts and scholars who are famous at home and abroad. Besides, SCNU boasts a number of strong research institutes and labs, including the National Center for International Research on Green Optoelectronics, the MOE Key Laboratory of Laser Life Science, the MOE Jointly Established Humanities and Social Sciences Key Research Base with the provincial department (Center for Applied Research in Psychology), the Key Research Base of the State General Administration of Sports.

The Chinese government has advocated a contemporary vocational education that will help nurture tens of millions of engineers, technical workers and "open the gates of success to young people," according to a statement from the meeting