华南理工大学是直属教育部的全国重点大学，坐落在南方名城广州，占地面积约392万平方米。学校创办于1952年，是新中国“四大工学院”之一，1995年进入“211工程”行列，2001年进入“985工程”行列，2017年入选“双一流”建设A类高校，2022年入选新一轮“双一流”建设A类高校。

South China University of Technology (SCUT) is a national key university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in the famous southern city of Guangzhou, covering an area of approximately 3.92 million square meters. Founded in 1952, it is one of the "Four Major Institutes of Technology" in New China. It entered the "211 Project" in 1995, the "985 Project" in 2001, was selected as a Class A university in the "Double First-Class" construction in 2017, and was again selected as a Class A university in the new round of "Double First-Class" construction in 2022.

学校以工见长，理工医结合，管经文法艺等多学科协调发展，形成了“厚基础、强交叉、重实践”的人才培养特色。现有38个学院，99个本科专业，25个博士学位授权一级学科，42个硕士学位授权一级学科，26个博士后科研流动站。学校拥有3个国家重点实验室、5个国家工程（技术）研究中心、7个国家（地方联合）工程实验室等一批国家级科研平台。

The university excels in engineering, integrates science, engineering and medicine, and develops coordinately in multiple disciplines such as management, economics, literature, law and art, forming the talent training characteristics of "solid foundation, strong interdisciplinary and emphasis on practice". Currently, it has 38 colleges, 99 undergraduate majors, 25 first-level disciplines authorized for doctoral degrees, 42 first-level disciplines authorized for master's degrees, and 26 post-doctoral research stations. The university has a number of national-level scientific research platforms, including 3 national key laboratories, 5 national engineering (technology) research centers, and 7 national (local joint) engineering laboratories.

学校始终坚持立德树人根本任务，培养了一大批德才兼备的高素质人才，为国家和地方经济社会发展作出了重要贡献。学校注重国际交流与合作，已与30多个国家和地区的200多所高校及科研机构建立了长期稳定的合作关系，是国家留学基金管理委员会批准的“国家建设高水平大学公派研究生项目”签约院校。

The university always adheres to the fundamental task of fostering virtue through education, has cultivated a large number of high-quality talents with both ability and political integrity, and has made important contributions to the economic and social development of the country and local areas. The university attaches importance to international exchanges and cooperation, and has established long-term and stable cooperative relations with more than 200 universities and scientific research institutions in more than 30 countries and regions. It is a contracted university of the "National Construction of High-Level University Publicly-Sponsored Postgraduate Program" approved by the China Scholarship Council.