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Guangdong University of Foreign Studies

Guangzhou
China

+86 20 3620 7878

www.gdufs.edu.cn

Best in History

Best moot court performance of the law school throught out the recorded history (2021-2024)

About the Law School

Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is a public university with emphasis in foreign languages and cultures, overseas economy and trade, and international strategies in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. The university offers 61 bachelor-degree specialties and teaches 18 foreign languages. In 2014, it boasted 20189 undergraduate students and 2818 postgraduate and doctoral students, and over 12000 students of continuing education and overseas students. The school has a state-level key discipline and seven province-level key disciplines. The state-level key discipline of Foreign Language and Literature is given priority in the third-phase development of Guangdong province's Project 211 (the provincial government's plan to build up 11 key universities, which is an extended version of the Chinese government's Project 211– in the 21st century, the government is to build up 100 top universities and 100 key disciplines). The school has established ties with international organizations and academic agencies. As South China's first university that signed a cooperation memorandum with the United Nations, it is one of the world's 21 universities qualified to supply interpreters and translators to the international organization. It is also the only university of foreign languages in China that is included in Campus Asia.