Guangxi University was established in October 1928. Dr.Ma Junwu, a celebrated scientist and educator, is the first president. Many eminent professors such as Li Siguang, Wang Li, Liu Xianzhou, Chen Yingke, Li Da, Chen Wangdao,Zhang Tiesheng, Zhang Zhirang and Chen Huanyong have been invited to teach in the university.

The university is in Nanning, the capital city of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region. Located in charming subtropical scenery, the campus covers an area of 307 hectares with a building area of 1,202,600 square meters. The university has a library collection of over2.52 million volumes, a store of equipment worth 292 million Yuan, 2 national key disciplines, 5 key disciplines of the 211 project, 2 key laboratories of the ministerial level, 2 key experimental centers of the provincial level, 16 provincial key disciplines, 1 demonstration base for teaching and research of modern agriculture technique, 1 national key laboratory base of ministerial and provincial level, 61 research institutes or centers and 67 university and college laboratories. Now it has 20 colleges and one department : College of Public Management, College of Commerce, College of Laws, College of Culture and Mass Communication, College of Foreign Languages, College of Physics Science, College of Math and Information Science, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, College of Food and Light Industries, College of Resources and Environment, College of Mechanical Engineering, College of Electric Engineering, College of Computer Science and Information Engineering, College of Civil Engineering, College of Agriculture, College of Forestry, College of Animal Science and Technology, College of Continuing Education, College of Adult Education, Sino-Canadian International College and Department of Physical Education. It is now playing a very important role in the regional economy and social development. 

The university has a staff of 3,722, of whom 1,824 are full-time teachers, 53 are supervisors of doctoral students, 261 are professors and 535 associate professors; 5 members from the university are honored as national experts of outstanding contribution, 1 is honored as outstanding technician of national level. More than 160 prominent scholars and scientists from home and abroad have been invited as honorary professors or visiting scholars. Among them the most famous are Dr.Yang Zhenning, a Nobel Prize winner, and Pan Jiazheng, academician and vice-president of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.

Guangxi University offers70 undergraduate programs, 80 graduate programs (including M.B.A. program and M.E program) and 6 doctoral programs. The present enrollment of 24,205 students include 181 doctoral candidates, 4,145 master's degrees candidates, 19,879 undergraduates. In addition, there are 20,361 students for vocation training . 

1928 年，广西大学在广西梧州市创办，首任校长是我国著名教育家、科学家马君武博士。 1939 年被确认为国立大学。 1952 年，毛泽东主席亲笔题写了校名。 1953 年，广西大学在全国高校院系调整中被停办，师资、设备和图书资料分别被调整到中南和华南的 19 所大学。 1958 年，经国务院批准，广西大学恢复重建。 1997 年，原广西大学与原广西农学院合并，组建新的广西大学。 1999 年，广西大学成为国家“211 工程”项目建设学校； 2004 年，广西大学被批准为国家教育部和广西壮族自治区共建高校。 2005 年，广西大学在国家教育部本科教学工作水平评估中获得优秀。

广西大学现设有 27 个学院， 1 个体育教学部，学科涵盖了哲、经、法、文、理、工、农、管、教等九大学科门类。 有 93 个本科专业， 18 个一级学科硕士点， 188 个二级学科硕士点， 1 个一级学科博士点， 10 个二级学科博士点， 3 个博士后科研流动站 。现有在校全日制本科学生 21551 人，硕士研究生 6001 人，博士研究生 308 人，留学生 545 人，成人教育学生 25803 人。另还设有 1 个独立学院—行健文理学院，有 30 个专业，学生 7247 人。 

The International Exchange Department is in charge of foreign students affairs at the university. Under the department are the Foreign Student Office and the Chinese Language and Culture Center (CLCC). The CLCC offers language and culture programs to meet the needs of the foreign students with different interests, such as the Chinese preparatory program for undergraduate and Master’s candidates and the advanced Chinese language and culture programs for those who wish to further polish their Chinese skills. There are dormitories specifically offered to foreign students to guarantee a safe, beautiful and quiet learning and living environment. Students may choose to rent single room or double room which is shared by two, equipped with private bathroom. The rent is relatively inexpensive.

The courses of Chinese Language and Chinese Culture offered by the CLCC are classified into two categories: compulsory and elective. The compulsory courses for Chinese Language include reading and writing, reading comprehension, composition writing, listening comprehension, speaking and examination preparation for HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test). The compulsory courses for Chinese Culture include Chinese culture, Chinese magazine and newspaper, and China survey. Elective courses include Computer, Chinese cooking, Chinese economy, Taiji, and Chinese calligraphy and painting. 

Address:  International Office
               13, Xiuling Road,Guangxi University
               Nanning,Guangxi 530005
               P.R.CHINA

Tel:   86-771-3235228 (3238191)
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