广东财经大学是广东省博士学位授权立项建设高校、广东省“冲一流、补短板、强特色”特色高校提升计划建设学校、广东省依法治校示范校、广东省大学生创新创业示范学校，学校建成了全国首批经管类国家级实验教学示范中心，入选全国首批卓越法律人才教育培养基地、国家大学生文化素质教育基地。

发展历程

1983年学校经国务院批准成立，校名为广东财经学院；1985年更名为广东商学院；2013年更名为广东财经大学。学校于建校伊始即开始招收本科生；1997年通过本科教学工作合格评估；2003年获硕士学位授权；2008年通过本科教学工作水平评估，获得“优秀”；2017年学校获批为广东省博士学位授权立项建设单位；2018年通过本科教学工作审核评估。学校现有广州和佛山两个校区，占地面积2275亩，全日制本科生、研究生达27000多人。

学科专业

学校以经济学、管理学、法学为主体，坚持商法融合，促进经济学、管理学、法学、文学、理学、工学、艺术学等多学科协同发展，已形成具有一定特色和优势的学科专业体系。

应用经济学、工商管理和法学3个一级学科是省级优势重点学科，理论经济学是省级特色重点学科。

学校有理论经济学、应用经济学、法学、马克思主义理论、统计学、管理科学与工程、工商管理、设计学等8个硕士学位授权一级学科点（覆盖40多个硕士学位授权二级学科点）和英语语言文学硕士学位授权二级学科点，拥有金融、税务、保险、资产评估、审计、法律、出版、电子信息、会计、工商管理、公共管理、旅游管理、艺术等13个硕士专业学位授权点。2017年学校获批成为广东省博士学位授予立项建设单位。

现有59个本科专业，其中税收学、金融学、国际经济与贸易、工商管理、市场营销、会计学、审计学、法学、电子商务等9个专业为国家级一流本科专业建设点；财政学、金融学、市场营销、会计学、法学等5个专业为国家级特色专业。

师资队伍

学校现有专任教师1600人，其中正高职称教师221人、副高职称教师443人，855人具有博士学位；有硕士生导师419人、博士生导师19人；拥有1支国家级教学团队、15支省级教学团队、7支省级科研团队、6个珠江学者设岗学科。

有“新世纪百千万人才工程”国家级培养对象、教育部新世纪优秀人才支持计划入选对象、享受国务院政府特殊津贴专家、珠江学者、“广东特支计划”青年拔尖人才等省部级以上人才近70人次，聘任“南岭学者”14人。有教育部高等学校教学指导委员会委员4人、省学位委员会委员1人、省学科评议组成员1人，广东省、广州市“十大中青年法学家”4人，广东省教学名师5人，南粤优秀教师16人。2013年获批设立博士后科研工作站。

人才培养

学校坚持“育人为本，全面发展；因材施教，学以致用”的人才培养理念，坚持并不断完善“以教师为主导、以学生为主体，理论教学与实践教学相结合、课内教育与课外教育相结合、实体课堂与虚拟课堂相结合、校内外教育资源相融合”的开放、协同、实用、有效的应用型人才培养模式，培养具有良好的思想道德、科学精神、人文素养、专业知识和国际视野，勇于开拓创新的应用型高级专门人才。

近几年来，学校人才培养建设取得显著成效：

经济与管理实验教学中心是全国首批2个经管类国家级实验教学示范中心之一，并入选首批国家级虚拟仿真实验教学中心。具有企业家精神和潜质的经济管理人才培养模式实验区为国家级人才培养模式创新实验区。学校入选全国首批卓越法律人才教育培养基地、国家大学生文化素质教育基地；我校与广州市税务局共建的经济学实践教育基地为国家大学生实践教学基地。经管类跨专业综合实验教学团队为国家级教学团队。“企业仿真综合运作”课程为国家级精品课程，“国际贸易”和“电子商务物流”2门课程为国家级双语教学示范课程。学校获批为教育部首批研究生课程建设试点单位。国际化应用型会计人才协同育人平台、广东财经大学税收学专业协同育人基地获批为广东省协同育人平台。

学校形成了财经类高校特色的创新创业教育模式。2015年和2019年，学校连续获评广东省大学生创新创业教育示范学校。2017年校学生创业园（财大创谷）获评广州市众创空间，截止2019年累计入驻项目创业团队和企业72家。近3年学校大学生创新创业“双百工程”学术科技创新类立项累积1298项，创业类立项391项。以“双百工程”建设为基础，培育的创新创业项目屡创佳绩。近3年”挑战杯”大学生课外学术作品竞赛国赛获一等奖2项，二等奖2项，三等奖2项；省赛获特等奖6项、一等奖3项、二等奖14项、三等奖9项。“挑战杯”大学生创业竞赛国赛获得银奖1项，铜奖4项；省赛获金奖7项、银奖14项、铜奖11项；学校获得集体荣誉2次“优创杯”和1次“优胜杯”。“互联网+”大学生创新创大赛省赛获银奖5项、铜奖7项。

毕业生总体就业率稳居全省高校前列，并保持较高的就业质量。历年来，用人单位对我校毕业生的总体满意度达99%，毕业生在社会上赢得良好口碑。

科学研究

学校坚持“求真、致用”的科学研究理念，不断提升科学研究水平。

拥有7个广东省普通高校人文社会科学重点研究基地—广东财经大学国民经济研究中心、广东财经大学法治与经济发展研究所、广东地方公共财政研究中心、粤港澳大湾区资本市场与审计治理研究院、粤港澳大湾区创新竞争力研究院、人权研究院、地方金融研究院；1个广东省协同创新平台—珠三角科技金融产业协同创新发展中心；1个广东省重点实验室—广东省财税大数据重点实验室；1个广东省普通高校哲学社会科学重点实验室—大数据与教育统计应用实验室；1个广东省重点智库—华南商业智库；1个广东省工程技术研究中心—广东省智能商务工程技术研究中心；2个广东省决策咨询研究基地—广东财经大学开放型经济创新研究中心、广东财经大学商贸物流与电子商务研究中心；2个广东省社会科学研究基地—广东财经大学华南商业史研究中心、广东乡村建设研究中心；2个广州市人文社会科学重点研究基地—广州现代物流与电子商务发展研究基地、广州都市文学与都市文化研究基地；1个广州市青年马克思主义理论人才培养研究重点基地—广东财经大学广州市青年马克思主义理论人才培养研究重点基地。

近5年，教师承担国家级项目106项，省部级项目350项，承担了国家社科基金重大招标项目和教育部哲学社会科学研究重大课题攻关项目3项。在《中国科学》《经济研究》《管理世界》等权威和核心期刊发表论文1346篇，被SCI、EI、ISTP三大检索收录374篇；出版各类著作205部；获省部级科学研究优秀成果奖33项，其中一等奖4项、二等奖12项。

《广东财经大学学报》为中文社会科学引文索引(CSSCI)来源期刊、全国中文核心期刊、中国人文社会科学AMI核心期刊、RCCSE中国核心学术期刊（A）、中国人文社会科学核心期刊、全国高校百强社科期刊、全国高校社科精品期刊、全国高校社科特色栏目期刊、广东省优秀期刊和人大“复印报刊资料”重要转载来源期刊。

社会服务

      学校坚持需求导向和“以服务求支持、以贡献求发展”的社会服务理念，紧密结合广东经济社会发展进程中的热点问题开展科学研究和咨询服务。

学校与政府和社会各界建立长期的合作关系，与国家税务总局广东省税务局共建校政协同创新平台“广东纳税服务研究中心”，与广东省税务学会、博智税通信息科技股份有限公司共建互联网+财税研究中心，与广东省旅游发展研究中心共建广东旅游产业集聚发展协同创新中心，与广东省人民政协理论研究会共建广东省人民政协理论研究会广东财经大学工作站，与广州市科技金融综合服务中心有限责任公司共建广州科技金融协同创新研究院，与清远市人大常委会共建清远市地方立法研究评估与咨询服务基地，与东莞市虎门镇共建广东财经大学东莞电子商务研究院等21个一体化平台；与国家税务总局广州市税务局共建全国首个校政合作的税务干部进修学院，培训税务干部4万多人次；与国家自然资源部南海局、清远市、广西贺州市、甘肃陇南市、数字广东、碧桂园、棕榈股份等100多个单位签订战略合作协议，持续开展校政行企交流合作。67位专家教授被聘为省市行政决策咨询专家、应急管理顾问和省市人大立法顾问、财经顾问等。

国（境）外交流与合作

学校坚持国际化发展战略，积极借助国（境）外优质教育资源共同建设“特色鲜明的大湾区一流财经大学”，联合培养具备全球胜任力的国际化高端人才。

着力构建教学与管理人员国际化培训平台：持续实施“专任教师海外访学工程”，创建了“广东财经大学国际化师资海外研修基地”西澳大学站、马凯特大学站和佩斯大学站，分批选派教师和管理干部赴国（境）外出席学术会议、开展合作研究、参加课程学习或业务培训。

着力构建科学研究国际化合作平台：立项建设9个国际暨港澳台科研合作创新平台类项目；持续主办“湾区经济发展国际论坛”和“中国-拉丁美洲国家税务国际论坛”等具有较大影响力的高水平研讨会。

着力构建应用型高端人才国际化培养平台：与北美洲、南美洲、大洋洲、欧洲、非洲、亚洲国家以及香港、澳门、台湾地区的70多家高等院校和教育机构建立了合作伙伴关系，共同实施50多个各类国际化教育项目，主要包括：与北亚利桑那大学、埃克塞特大学、西澳大学、科廷大学、悉尼科技大学合作开办了国际商务、财务管理、金融学、法学、会计学、税收学、新闻学、翻译、统计学、旅游管理等10个专业的中外学分互认、学位联授项目班；持续建设“广东财经大学海外实践教学平台”在德国、新西兰、意大利和阿根廷的4个基地，开展大学生暑期海外创新创业教育或美育拓展活动；与德国歌德学院合作成立了华南地区首家德语培训和德语考级权威机构“广东财经大学歌德语言中心”；成为中国教育部“中美青年创客交流中心”单位和“智能制造领域中外人文交流人才培养基地项目”筹建合作院校。

Guangdong University of Finance & Economics

Guangdong University of Finance & Economics (GDUFE) was founded in 1983 with the approval from China State Council. It received “Excellent” in the undergraduate education evaluation conducted by China ‘Ministry of Education in 2008. It’s a member of the Association of Belt & Road Universities, the University Alliance of Guangdong, Hong Kong and Macao, the Association of Universities of Finance and Economics for Belt & Road Education Internationalization of Industry–University Collaboration and the Association of China-Russia Economic Universities.

It consists of two campuses with a total land area of about 150 hectares. Guangzhou is a hub along the “Belt and Road” as well as a central city of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area, and the Guangzhou campus is within walking distance of the Canton Trade Fair Complex (Guangzhou International Convention Center), and the Foshan campus is located within the scenic Sanshui Forest Park.

The total enrollment of full-time undergraduate and postgraduate students is over 25400.

1. Disciplines and Programs

      GDUFE has developed a multi-disciplinary education system in economics, management, law, humanities, science, engineering and arts. Because of its strong expertise in economics, management and law, GDUFE is now listed as a leading educational provider of high-quality academic programs, scientific researches and social services in South China.

     GDUFE offers 57 bachelor programs, among which, Taxation, Finance, International Economics and Trade, Business Administration, Marketing, Accounting, Auditing, Law and E-commerce are listed as “First-class” key national undergraduate programs; Public Finance, Finance, Marketing and Accounting are categorized as outstanding programs of national level.

      Applied Economics, Business Administration and Law are listed as provincial advantageous key disciplines while Applied Economics is listed as provincial key discipline with features. Over 40 academic master programs and 13 professional master programs are offered by GDUFE. A postdoctoral research center was approved in 2013.

2. Faculty

     GDUFE boasts 1613 full-time faculty, among whom 684 are professors and associate professors, 840 are PHD holders; 369 are master program supervisors and 21 are postdoctoral co-supervisors; 1 national teaching team (Cross-disciplinary Comprehensive Experimental Teaching Team in Economics and Management ),  13  provincial teaching teams and 6 provincial scientific research teams.

     GDUFE has 22 “Pearl River” Scholars and “Nanling” Scholars, 13 Professors receive special national allowances, 4 are member of the Higher Education Committee of China's Ministry of Education, 1 is a member of the Provincial University Degree Committee, 4 Law professors are on the list of “ Ten Young Law Experts”, 5 Teachers  have been awarded the title of “ Provincial Best Teacher of the Year”, and 16 Teachers  have been awarded the title of “Outstanding Teachers in South China ”.

3. Talents Cultivation

      GDUFE’s educational philosophy is to foster students’ all-round development by student-centered education and develop students’ practical skills in accordance with their aptitudes. GDUFE is constantly perfecting the idea of “Teachers-led, students-oriented, theoretical studies combined with practical learning, in-class education combined with extra-curricular activities, actual classrooms combined with virtual classrooms, and on-campus resources combined with off-campus resources” with the aim to cultivate all-round highly trained young experts with sound morals, scientific spirits, humanistic qualities, professional knowledge and international visions.

       In recent years, GDUFE has made a number of achievements in  the training of high-achievers:

      The “Economic and Management Experimental Teaching Center” is one of the first two national teaching demonstration centers in China and is selected as the National virtual simulation experimental teaching center. The “Economic and Management Talents Cultivation Experimental Zone” which strives to educate students with entrepreneurial ambitions and potential is a national experimental zone for innovative educational methods. 

       GDUFE is also one of the first national educational centers for outstanding law students, as well as a center for university students’ cultural education. Besides these, there is a Practical Teaching center for Economics (jointly run with the Guangzhou Local Tax Bureau), which is functioning at a national level.

       GDUFE is the one of the first universities that is approved by the ministry of education to develop graduate courses. GDUFE is also a platform for international young experts specializing in applied accounting and taxation.

       An innovative and entrepreneurial education model centerd around finance and economics has been developed by   GDUFE. In this way the university has become a demonstration university for innovation and entrepreneurship education.

      GDUFE’s graduate employment rate is one of the highest among all universities in the province and the graduates’ quality has consistently been relatively high. In the past five years, employer satisfaction rate regarding GDUFE graduates has been 99%.

 4. Scientific Research

     Adhering to the idea of “ pursuing truth and applying the results” in scientific research, GDUFE is continuously upgrading its level of scientific research. The following are key areas of our endeavors:

      - GDUFE has five key research centers for Humanity and Social Sciences:  Research Center for National Economics; Research Center for Legal and Economic Development; Research Center for Public Finance in Guangdong Area; Research Institute for Capital Market and Auditing Governance in the Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area; Research Institute for Innovative Competitiveness in the Guangdong-Hongkong-Macao Greater Bay Area;

      - One Provincial Collaborative innovation Platform: i.e. Collaborative innovation Development Platform for Technology and Finance Industry in Pearl-River Delta;

      - One Key Laboratory for Philosophy and Social Sciences: Laboratory for Big Data and Educational Statistics Application;

     - One Provincial Key Think Tank: Think Tank for South China Business Development;

     - One Provincial Research Center for Engineering Technology: Guangdong Research Center for Intelligent Business Engineering Technology;

     - Two Provincial Research centers for Decision Consultancy: Research Center for Logistics and E-Commerce, Research Center for the Open Economy;

     -Two Provincial Research centers for Social Sciences: Research Center for Business History of South China, Research Center for Rural Area Construction;

     -Two Municipal Research centers for Humanities and Social Sciences: Guangzhou Research Base for Modern Logistics and E-commerce development, and Guangzhou Research Base for Metropolitan Literature and Culture.

      In the past five years, 96 national research projects, 353 provincial research projects, 3 national significant tending projects sponsored by The National Social Sciences Fund of China and  Key Projects of Philosophy and Social Sciences Research (Ministry of Education), were conducted by our university.

      1363 papers were published in core journals such as China Science, Economic Research, Management World, etc. 291 papers were indexed by SCI, EI, ISTP. 213 books were published. 31 works received the award of “provincial excellent scientific research” including 4 “first class” and 12 “second class”.

      “The Journal of Guangdong University of Finance & Economics” is a  resources journal of CSSCI, and listed as a national Chinese core journal, a national AMI core journal for humanities and social sciences, a national core journal for RCCSE, a core journal for China humanities and social science, and it is on the list of the Top 100 best journals in Chinese universities, etc.

5. Social Services

      Adhering to the service philosophy of “Gaining support by doing service and seeking development by contribution”, GDUFE conducts scientific research and offers consultancy service in response to the needs of economic and social development of Guangdong Province.

     67 professors are appointed as decision consultancy experts, provincial contingency management consultants, legislative legal consultants and finance consultants, etc.

     GDUFE has established long-term partnerships with the government and all sectors of society. Most important among these are:

     - “Research Center for Guangdong Tax Service ”, jointly built by the National Tax Bureau and Local Tax Bureau;

     - “Internet Plus Taxation Research Center”, jointly built by Guangdong Taxation Society and Bozhi Information Technology Company Ltd.;

     - The first “Tax Personnel Education College”,  jointly built by Guangzhou Tax Bureau; 

     -  “Guangzhou Collaborative Innovation Research Institute for Technology and Finance” , jointly built by Guangzhou Technology and Finance Comprehensive Service Center Ltd.;

     - “Guangdong Collaborative Research Center for Tourism Industry”, jointly built  by Guangdong Research Center for Tourism Development;

     - “Qingyuan City Legislative Research Evaluation and Consultancy Service Base ”, jointly built by Qingyuan People's Congress Standing Committee;

     -“Dongguang E-Commerce Research Institute ”was jointly built by Humen, Dongguan city.

     Besides these, a myriad of strategic partnership agreements have been signed with different city governments such as Qingyuan, Kaiping, Xinfeng, Hezhou and with different industries and enterprises.

6. International Exchanges and Cooperation

      GDUFE attaches great importance to the internationalization of education by proactively seeking international quality educational resources with the aim to build a “first-class university of Finance and Economics in the greater bay area with distinctive characteristics” and educate all-round young talents with global competence. The following activities were undertaken to achieve this:

      GDUFE has developed an international training platform for teaching and managerial personnel: GDUFE has established 2 overseas training bases at Pace  University, USA, and at the University of Western Australia (GDUFE has been sending cohorts of young teachers to study in these bases each semester since 2015.)

     GDUFE has developed 9 international (including Hongkong, Macao and Taiwan) innovative platforms for joint scientific research and has been hosting influential international forums such as the “International Forum on Economic Development in the Bay Area” and the “International Forum of China and Latin American Countries on Taxation”.

      GDUFE has developed an international education platform for highly trained young talents in the applied sciences, mainly by:

     - having established partnerships with more than 70 universities and educational agencies in USA, UK, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, France, Germany, Italy, Holland, Poland, Japan, etc., as well as in Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan

     - implementing over 50 programs of joint education at all levels

     -  implementing 10 articulation programs with University of Northern Arizona, University of Exeter, University of Western Australia, Curtin University , University of Technology, Sydney in International Business, Financial Management, Finance, Law, Accounting, Taxation, Journalism Translation, Statistics and Tourism Management

     - having established 4 overseas bases for practical teaching in Germany, New Zealand, Argentina and Italy (in every summer vacation since 2015, students have been sent for entrepreneurship or aesthetic education in these bases )

     - having established the “GDUFE Goethe Language Center” in collaboration with the Goethe Institute, which is the only authoritative base for German language study and examination in South China

     - having become a member of “Innovation Center for China-US Youth Exchange” and “Educational Project for Smart Manufacturing ”.