Guangdong Provincial Government Scholarship for International Students in Guangdong — International College

About the university

Dongguan University of Technology (DGUT), abbreviated as "DGUT", is a full-time general institution of higher education approved by the Ministry of Education and established by the Dongguan Municipal People's Government. Its competent authority is the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, and it operates under a management system of "co-construction by the province and city, with the city as the main body." It has been selected for the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program, the Guangdong Provincial High-Level Polytechnic University, and the Key Discipline Construction Universities under the Guangdong Provincial High-Level University Construction Plan. The university was approved for preparation by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government in January 1990, authorized for early enrollment by the National Education Commission in July 1991, officially established in April 1992, and upgraded to a bachelor's degree-granting institution with the approval of the Ministry of Education in April 2002. In June 2010, it was selected as one of the first batch of universities to implement the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program." In September 2015, it was selected as one of the first batch of high-level polytechnic universities in Guangdong Province. In May 2018, it became a new master's degree-granting unit. In July 2019, the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, Guangdong Provincial Department of Science and Technology, and Dongguan Municipal Government signed a co-construction agreement to support the university in building a new model of high-level polytechnic university demonstration. In May 2021, it became a new doctoral degree-granting project construction unit in Guangdong Province. In August 2021, it was selected as a key discipline construction university under the Guangdong Provincial High-Level University Construction Plan; in November, it was designated as a pilot university for deepening the reform of education evaluation in the new era in Guangdong Province. As of March 2025, the university has two campuses: Songshan Lake and Guancheng, covering a total area of 2,192 mu; its library holds 2.052 million books; it has 20 secondary colleges offering 62 undergraduate programs; it has 4 first-level discipline master's degree programs and 11 professional master's degree programs; it has 1,920 faculty and staff, 20,356 full-time students, and approximately 20,000 continuing education students. In 1932, "Dongguan County Simple Normal School" was founded in Taiping Town, located at the former site of "Lianxi Academy," with funding from the Mingluntang Shaitan Management Bureau. The school had simple facilities, and teachers and students faced difficulties. In 1937, the War of Resistance Against Japan broke out, and Japanese planes bombed Humen, forcing the school to relocate to "Zhang's Grand Ancestral Hall" in Huangcun. In 1938, when Guancheng fell, the school moved successively to Dongkeng, Makeng, Masi, and other places. After the victory of the War of Resistance, the school moved back to its original site. In 1948, the school moved to "Peng's Ancestral Hall" on Pengwu Street in Guancheng. In September 1951, the school was renamed "Dongguan Normal School." In September 1952, the school moved to the former site of Mingsheng Middle School (now No. 31 Xinfeng Road). In June 2004, students and some teachers from the former Dongguan Normal School were merged into Dongguan University of Technology, establishing the "Normal Teaching Department." In 1985, the Dongguan Municipal Party Committee and Government began to deliberate on the establishment of Dongguan University of Technology and invited Sun Yat-sen University and other institutions to conduct a city-wide survey to study and investigate the feasibility, necessity, and urgency of founding Dongguan University of Technology. On June 11, 1986, the Preparatory Committee for Dongguan University of Technology was established, with then-Mayor of Dongguan, Zheng Jintao, serving as director. On June 9, 1987, the Dongguan Municipal People's Government issued the "Notice on the Establishment of the Preparatory Committee for Dongguan University of Technology"; on July 3, the groundbreaking ceremony for Dongguan University of Technology was held. On May 21, 1988 (or May 1 by some accounts), construction of Dongguan University of Technology began. In July 1991, the Provincial People's Government issued the "Reply on Issues Related to Dongguan University of Technology," agreeing to proceed based on the specific needs of Dongguan's economic and social development for specialized talents. In January 1990, with the approval of the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, the preparation for Dongguan University of Technology began. On January 14–15, 1992, the Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Bureau and the Dongguan Municipal People's Government jointly hosted the feasibility study meeting for the establishment of Dongguan University of Technology; on April 2, with the approval of the former State Education Commission of the People's Republic of China, Dongguan University of Technology was officially established. In March 2002, with the approval of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, the institution was upgraded to a full-time undergraduate general institution of higher education; on December 11, construction of the Songshan Lake Campus of Dongguan University of Technology officially began. On October 10–11, 2003, the Songshan Lake Campus was officially inaugurated. In June 2004, with the approval of the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China, Dongguan University of Technology City College was established as an independent college. On May 29, 2006, the Guangdong Provincial Academic Degrees Committee approved Dongguan University of Technology as a bachelor's degree-granting unit. In May 2008, it passed the undergraduate teaching level evaluation by the Ministry of Education of the People's Republic of China. In June 2010, the university was approved as one of the first batch of universities to implement the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program"; on August 26, it was approved as a new master's degree-granting unit under construction in Guangdong Province. In May 2015, the Dongguan University of Technology Guangdong-Taiwan Industrial Science and Technology College was inaugurated. On September 14, the university was designated as a key supported high-level polytechnic university construction unit in Guangdong Province. In February 2017, the Dongguan University of Technology CNAM Joint Institute was approved; on March 11, Dongguan University of Technology signed an agreement with 360 Enterprise Security Group to establish the 360 Cyberspace Security Industry College and the 360 Cyberspace Security Innovation Research Institute. In 2016, the university established the International College of Dongguan University of Technology. In May 2018, the university was designated as a new master's degree-granting unit; in November, its university science park was selected as a "National University Science Park Cultivation Unit." On October 16, 2020, the university was successfully selected as one of the first batch of national intellectual property pilot universities. On January 8, 2021, the Dongguan University of Technology International Microelectronics College, Dongguan University of Technology Life and Health Technology College, Dongguan University of Technology Interdisciplinary Research Center, and Dongguan University of Technology Songshan Lake New Development Research Institute were inaugurated; in May, the university was approved as a provincial doctoral degree-granting project construction unit; in August, it was selected as a key discipline construction university under the Guangdong Provincial High-Level University Construction Plan. In July 2019, the university became a new model high-level polytechnic university demonstration school. On September 28, 2022, the Dongguan University of Technology Integrity Culture Knowledge and Action Education Museum was inaugurated. On December 20, the Dongguan University of Technology Deli College, jointly established by Dongguan University of Technology and Deli Watch Group, held its launch ceremony in both Dongguan, Guangdong and Hong Kong. On May 31, 2023, Guangdong Medical University and Dongguan University of Technology officially "joined forces" to co-establish the Medical-Engineering Integration Joint Innovation College and the Songshan Lake Medical-Engineering Integration Innovation Center, and launched the first three joint bachelor's degree programs in Guangdong: "Pharmacy + Applied Chemistry," "Pharmacy + Materials Science and Engineering," and "Electronic Information Engineering + Intelligent Medical Engineering." On the morning of July 28, the topping-out ceremony for the first building of the High-Level Polytechnic University International Cooperation Innovation Zone project was held. On November 29, it was elected as the president unit of the Dongguan Industry-Education Integration Promotion Association.