Guizhou University

Guizhou University is a provincial public university located in suburban Guiyang, Guizhou, China. It is affiliated with the Province of Guizhou and is co-sponsored by the Ministry of Education and the province. The university is part of Project 211 and the Double First Class University Plan. Founded in 1902, it is the flagship institution of higher learning in Guizhou province. The university was a national key university in the “One Province, One School” project in the Midwest of China. With over 30,000 students, Guizhou University is one of the largest universities in Southwest China and is consistently ranked the best in the province. History The predecessor of the modern Guizhou University was known as the Guizhou Institute of Higher Learning, which was founded in 1902. The institute evolved into the Provincial Guizhou University, National Guizhou College of Agriculture and Engineering, and finally National Guizhou University. In 1997, the Guizhou Agricultural College, Guizhou Institute of Arts, and Guizhou Agricultural Cadre-Training School were merged into NGU to form Guizhou University.