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Guangzhou City University of Technology (GCUT, formerly known as "Guangzhou College of South China University of Technology") is a multidisciplinary university with over 22,000 students focusing on undergraduate education in engineering, economics, management, humanities and arts. Founded in 2005 with the approval of the Ministry of Education of China, GCUT ranks #7 in China's Private Universities by CUAA.net. 

 Located in Guangzhou, the epicenter of South China's economy and trade, GCUT has a spacious campus covers an area of 283 acres with beautiful lakes, lush hills and agreeable weather, and is well reputed as “one of the most beautiful campuses in Guangzhou”.

There are now 16 academic schools and 43 undergraduate programs. GCUT sets the aim to be a top application-oriented university in China with high educational quality and distinctive features. Following the trends of the time, the industrial development and the national initiatives of building "New Engineering Education" and "New Art Education", GCUT actively promotes the integration among the discipline chain, the program chain and the industrial chain, and continuously optimizes the programmatic layout.

GCUT is student-centered and holds the mission of cultivating application-oriented student. GCUT focuses on comprehensive development of students in 4 dimensions: individual morality, knowledge foundation, practical skills and professional expertise. To fulfill our mission, GCUT has implemented practice modules in junior year, student personal development plan and student research plans (SRP) so that students can develop innovation and entrepreneurship abilities via research-based learning, inquiry-based learning and problem-based learning. Besides of the 4 integrated educational platforms - diversified learning platform, advanced practical platform, excellent service platform and personalized activity platform, GCUT is also actively exploring new models of cooperating with industries and enterprises to educate students.

  GCUT enjoys the reputation of the Six-Star Application-oriented University, China's Best Independent College in First-tier Cities, China's Top Independent College" and China's Most Competitive College in Job Market.

 GCUT values educational internationalization under the talent demand brought by the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In recent years, GCUT has established collaborations with universities from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Japan, etc. Every year hundreds of students participate in our various cross-cultural exchange programs and international cooperation programs to study abroad. There are international students from west Europe and South-east Asia studying at GCUT, creating a multi-cultural and diverse atmosphere. GCUT aims to cultivate professionals with solid knowledge basis, outstanding foreign language skills and international horizons in order to meet the needs of globalization.

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1）Essential condition

Applicants with foreign valid passport and friendly to P.R.China

2）For Current Degree students

A. Full-time undergraduate students of GDUT,under the age of 40.

B. Have been studied GDUT over 1 year, abide by Chinese law, regulations as well as university rules.

C. Good performance in both study and moralities, with a high attendance rate, obtaining an excellent grade in every required course.

D. Have not obtained any other scholarships in the same academic year in China.

3）For New Degree students

A. Applicants who intend to pursue degree in GDUT with specific study plan.

B. The applicants who intend to pursue bachelor degree in GDUT, must be under the age of 30, and high school diploma, official transcript, recommendation letters by principal of high school and teacher respectively are required; if the applicant obtain diploma above high school, required documents include transcript and two recommendation letters by professors or associate professor of graduate school.

C. The applicants who intend to pursue master degree in GDUT must be under the age of 35 with bachelor degree, official transcript and two recommendation letters by professors or associate professor of graduate school are requested.

D. The applicants who intend to pursue doctoral degree in GDUT must be under the age of 40 with master degree, official transcript and two recommendation letters are requested.

1:Passport page

2:Photo

3:Application Form

4:Graduation certificate and transcript of highest/present degree

5:English proficiency proof ≥IELTS 5.0

6：Chinese proficiency proof

≥HSK 3 for engineering
≥ HSK 4 for arts

7：CV

In order to promote the internalization of Guangdong higher education, and advance the education development of international students, the Guangdong Province Government set up the “Guangdong Government Outstanding International Student Scholarship”.