The school of Business of Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, was established in 1982, as an outgrowth of the Department of Business Management of the former Guangzhou Institute of Foreign Trade.Committed to a vision of growing into a high-level internationalized businessschool with distinctive features, the School of Business aims to develop top business talents with an international vision who are equipped with solid expertise, excellent intercultural communication skills and practical abilities.
The School of Business offers four master programmes including three academic master programmes, namely The Master of Business Management, The Master of Technology Economics and Management, and The Masterof Tourism Management, and one professional MBA programme. The School of Business also offers four undergraduate programmes: a Bachelor of Business Administration, a Bachelor of Marketing, a Bachelor of Human Resources Management and a Bachelor of Logistics Management. In 2012, the Business Administration discipline was listed as a provincial advantageous keydiscipline.In 2014, the School was selected as the international innovation andbusiness management talent training model innovation pilot area of Guangdong province. In 2015, MBA programme received AMBA accreditation, that made School of Business of GDUFS the 26th AMBA accredited school in China, and the 225th in the world. In 2016, “Business Ethicsand Social Responsibility” was rated as the national high-quality videopublic course. In the same year, the School launched EPAS accreditation, andreceived EFMD membership. In 2017, the School launched the AACSB accreditation process and received the membership.
The School of Business has 77 full-time teaching and administrative staff and 50 part-time professional teachers. The School has astrong faculty team, including 1 Pearl River Scholar, 3 Overseas YunshanScholars and 2 Yunshan Young Scholars. Our faculty team has 58 full-timeteachers with 23 professors and 20 associate professors, 62% of our facultyhave an overseas degree or overseas education experience .The School strives tobuild a faculty team with strong teaching and research capabilities and be ableto deliver professional courses in English.The School has several researchinstitutes which focus on enterprise internationalisation. From 2011 to 2016,the School published 507 papers and 32 monographs and participated in 3 keyNational Social Science Fund programmes, 24 national programmes, and 113provincial programmes. Moreover, 18 of consulting reports have been adopted bythe government.
The School attaches great importance to a full range of cooperation with international universities and institutions. To date, ithas established cooperative relationships with over 40 international famousuniversities overseas like Arizona State University, University of Queensland,University of Lancaster, Grenoble 365bet送彩金, and University of St.Thomas. Cooperation areas cover joint research, teacher exchange, studentexchange, double-degree programmes, overseas study trips and jointly hostingacademic conferences.
The School has always paid attention to developing students' entrepreneurial ability, application ability, critical thinking andcommunication skills. Students have received national awards at all levels of competitions. The student employment rate has been 100% for many years.Graduates are mainly engaged in the management of multinational companies,national companies, foreign companies, financial and insurance companies,management consulting companies and government departments.
