Guilin University of Electronic Technology

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The Guilin University of Electronic Technology (abbreviation: GUET; Chinese: 桂林电子科技大学; pinyin: Guìlín Diànzǐ Kējì Dàxué) is a Public University, located in Guilin, a world-famous scenic city known for its breathtaking landscapes, vibrant history and rich cultural heritage in Guangxi Province, China.

Guilin University of Electronic Technology

桂林电子科技大学
Motto	"崇德厚学，谨行致新"
Motto in English	"Upright virtue, profound learning, diligent practice and innovation"
Type	Public
Established	1960; 65 years ago (1960)
Students	more than 41,000 full-time students
Location	Guilin , Guangxi ,  People's Republic of China
Campus	Urban
Website	Guilin University of Electronic Technology

Mingde Building

Campus

The university is divided into four campuses:

• East Campus
• West Campus
• Huajiang Campus
• Beihai Campus

covering an area of 680 acres.

History

Since its foundation in 1960, Guilin University of Electronic Technology has gradually developed into a university with Electronic Information Technology as its main discipline while the other disciplines include Mechanical Engineering, Business Management, Literature, Law, and Education. The university has established the Guilin Electronics Nanning Research Institute in Nanning. The university library covers an area of over 45,000 square meters and houses over 2.4465 million print books, over 2.069 million e-books , 78 Chinese and foreign databases, and over 554,000 Chinese and foreign electronic journals . The university also boasts an advanced network information platform and a smart campus platform.  

The university offers 77 undergraduate majors , including 23 national first-class professional programs , 19 programs with engineering education certification (including one certified by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development), one national comprehensive reform pilot program, and five national specialty programs. The university offers 15 national first-class undergraduate courses, one national ideological and political demonstration course, and seven national quality courses, national bilingual teaching demonstration courses, national quality resource sharing courses, and national quality online open courses. The university has been awarded nine national planning textbooks for the 11th and 12th Five-Year Plans. The university has received eight national teaching achievement awards for higher education. The university has eight first-level doctoral degree programs and one professional doctoral degree program; four postdoctoral research stations; 21 first-level master's degree programs; and 12 professional master's degree programs. The university is a recommended university for postgraduate studies. Five of its disciplines, including engineering, materials science, computer science, chemistry, and environment and ecology, are ranked in the top 1% globally by ESI.^[ref]

The university currently has over 3,400 faculty members. Among these faculty, 963 hold senior professional and technical positions , 18 are national-level professionals , and 173 are provincial and ministerial-level professionals. The university boasts one "Huang Danian-style Faculty Team" designated by the Ministry of Education, one of the first pilot programs for virtual teaching and research rooms, three Huang Danian-style Faculty Teams designated by the Ministry of Education, five Guangxi Talent Hubs, and seven Guangxi Innovation Teams.

In November 2018, the university announced plans for the inspection of mobile phones, computers and external disk drives on its campus in order to "stop the spread of content inciting violence, terrorism, harmful political information, pornographic and other content that corrupts thought", but reconsidered these plans after they met with disapproval from a wide range of parties.^[1]

See also

• Guilin University of Technology