Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

广东外语外贸大学
Other name	lit. Guangdong Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade University
Motto	明德尚行 学贯中西
Type	Public
Established	1995 (1995)
Location	Guangzhou , Guangdong , China
Affiliations	GHMUA
Website	english.gdufs.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	广东外语外贸大学
Traditional Chinese	廣東外語外貿大學
Literal meaning	Guangdong Foreign Language and Foreign Trade University
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Guǎngdōng Wàiyǔ Wàimào Dàxué Yue: Cantonese Jyutping gwong2 dung1 ngoi6 jyu5 ngoi6 mau6 daai6 hok6

Gate of North Campus

Teaching Building at South Campus

The Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS; 广东外语外贸大学; lit. 'Guangdong Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade University') is a provincial public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China.

History

The predecessor of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies was Guangzhou College of Foreign Languages, established in November 1964 and officially enrolled students in July 1965, and Guangzhou College of Foreign Trade, established in December 1980. Guangzhou College of Foreign Trade and Guangzhou College of Foreign Languages were transferred to the management of Guangdong Province by the Ministry of Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Cooperation and the National Education Committee in September 1994 and January 1995, respectively.

In May 1995, the People's Government of Guangdong Province merged the two colleges to form Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.

In October 2008, the People's Government of Guangdong Province incorporated Guangdong Vocational College of Finance and Economics, established in April 1996, into Guangdong University of Foreign Studies.