Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
About Company
The Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) (Chinese: 广东外语外贸大学; lit. ‘Guangdong Foreign Languages and Foreign Trade University’) is a leading public university with emphasis in foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It has been selected as one of the national 2011 Program.[1] GDUFS is the Chinese partner institution of the United Nations University Outreach Programme for the training of high-end translators, the founding member of the Conférence Internationale Permanente d’Instituts Universitaires de Traducteurs et Interprètes (CIUTI) and the International Federation of Translators (FIT). It is also an important base for the training of international talents and the international dissemination of foreign languages and literature, global economic governance and Chinese culture.[2] The university is ranked 151-200 in linguistics and 251-300 in English Language and Literature by QS World University Rankings.[3][4] Together with Beijing Foreign Studies University and Shanghai International Studies University, it is considered one of the top 3 universities in Linguistics in China.[5] GDUFS is also one of the first universities to introduce a Cyber Security Major with a focus on Natural Language Processing (NLP) in China.
As of December 2022, the university has four campuses with a total area of 2,442 mu (including planning), 25 teaching units and one independent college (South China Business School), offering 68 undergraduate majors; 2,166 staff members, 1,380 full-time teachers; 20,421 full-time undergraduate students, 5,323 doctoral and master’s degree students and 850 foreign students.
