About the university
Guangxi University of Foreign Languages (GUFL) is located in Nanning, the capital of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, the permanent site of the China-ASEAN Exposition and the key city of the Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Zone. The University, formerly named Guangxi Dongfang Foreign Language College, was founded in June — and upgraded in April — to offer bachelor's programs.
The University adheres to its Mission Run the University to the Satisfaction of the People and its Motto Chinese-souled, International-minded. In the spirits of innovating and enterprising, the university has established its unique school ethos.
GUFL comprises 16 schools which include School of South-East Asian Languages & Cultures, School of European-American Languages & Cultures, School of Literature, School of International Education, School of International Economics & Trade, School of Business & Public Administration, School of Accounting, School of Arts, School of Education, School of Information Engineering, School of Marxism, School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship and so on. GUFL offers 36 undergraduate programs, including 12 foreign language majors such as Thai, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Indonesian and so on. It has more than — (Up to Sep —）full-time students.
GUFL has 2 campuses, Wuhe Campus and Konggang Campus, with a combined area of —.35 square-meters, teaching buildings of —.76 square-meters and dormitory buildings of —.92 square-meters. The library has a storage of —,200paper books.
GUFL attaches importance to the cultivating mode for applied talents. It has a provincial grade pilot study project for construction of major groups of newly-built high education institutions, 1 provincial grade characteristic specialty, 5 provincial grade key majors for non-government undergraduate education. Since —, the university has undertaken 99 provincial grade teaching reform projects with 9 prizes including 1 grand prize, 1 the first-class prize， 3 second-class prize and 4 third-class prizes. With commitment to the goal to cultivate applied professional talents with patriotic sentiments, international perspective, solid specialty foundation, strong practical innovative capabilities, virtue, wisdom, fitness and goodness, the university has emforced its unique mode.
GUFL pays attention to cultivate students' ability of innovation and entrepreneurship by founding the School of Innovation & Entrepreneurship, setting up the China-ASEAN Students Innovation & Entrepreneurship Park and China-ASEAN Free Trade Zone Double-track Education Base. The university won a National Innovation and Entrepreneurship Educator Team Construction Award in November, —. In December, —, GUFL was considered as National Private Universities Training Model Base for Innovation and Entrepreneurship Teacher by The Chinese Association for Non-Government Education. In —, the university received provincial grade grand prize of Guangxi Teaching Achievement Award in Higher Institution for the project Innovative-oriented and Entrepreneurial-oriented Personal Training Mode Research and Practice of the Management Major which Service for Guangxi Beibu Gulf Economic Construction.
GUFL reinforces the exchanges and cooperation with universities in Taiwan by establishing cooperative relationship with 8 universities in Taiwan, undertaking the Cooperation Forum of Industrial Upgrading and Guangxi-Taiwan Cooperation, the academic exchange meetings such as Guangxi-Taiwan Private Universities Summit Forum, Guangxi-Taiwan Cooperative Education Center which awards the Guangxi Higher Education Creating Excellence Plan Project, the Integrated Construction of Guangxi-Taiwan Cooperative Major Course, opening the Guangxi-Taiwan Characteristic Class, offering Personnel and Intellectual Support for Taiwan Companies which are in Guangxi. GUFL is one of the earlier universities which promotes Guangxi-Taiwan cooperation.
GUFL pays attention to the research on regional economics and social development. The pattern dominated by foreign languages majors, literature, economics, management, art, education, and engineering multidisciplinary coordinated development was initially formed. It builds Sino-Thai Cultural Research Center with Consulate General of Thailand in Nanning and building a Gui-Tai Production, Study, Research and Usage base with Taiwan Affairs Office of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region People's Government. There are Institute of Xi Jinping New Times Socialism Thought with Chinese Characteristics Studies, Institute of South-east Asian Studies, Institute of Gui-Tai Exchange & Cooperation Studies, Institute of Guangxi Private Education Science Studies. In recent years, GUFL undertook 3 national education science projects, 3 provincial-level projects, 196 bureau-level projects. GUFL has win 1 second award of Guangxi excellent achievements in social science.
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