Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (GDUPT)
Profile of GDUPT 学校简介
Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (GDUPT) is a publicly funded undergraduate institution jointly established by the People's Government of Guangdong Province, Sinopec Group, (SINOPEC), China National Petroleum Corporation (CNPC), and China National Offshore Oil Corporation Limited (CNOOC). It is the only university in South China with a specialized focus on petroleum and chemical engineering. GDUPT is designated as a pilot university for the Ministry of Education's "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" and has entered the construction of high-level science and engineering universities in Guangdong Province. Additionally, GDUPT was authorized to offer master's degree.
广东石油化工学院是广东省人民政府与中国石油化工集团公司、中国石油天然气集团公司、中国海洋石油集团有限公司共建的公办普通本科高校，华南地区唯一一所石油化工特色高校，教育部“卓越工程师教育培养计划”试点高校，广东省高水平理工科大学建设高校，硕士学位授予单位。
GDUPT is located in Maoming City, Guangdong Province, which is not only a picturesque coastal city but also the largest petrochemical production base and fruit production base in southern China. GDUPT spans an area of 1.3596 million square meters (approximately 2040 hectares) and comprises three campuses: Guandu, Xicheng, and Guanghua.
Established in 1954, the university follows the motto of "Virtue, Knowledge, Truth, and Innovation" and upholds the educational philosophy of being "Born for Oil, Dedicated to Oil". Over the years, GDUPT has nurtured a large number of managerial elites, technical experts, and applied talents throughout the country, working in the petrochemical industry, government services at all levels, research institutions, and the education industry. Their contributions have been instrumental in advancing the petroleum and petrochemical industry, as well as promoting local economic and social development. The university holds a significant position in the cultivation of talent for the petroleum and petrochemical sector.
学校位于广东省茂名市，一个风景如画的滨海城市，是华南地区最大的石化生产基地和水果生产基地。学校占地面积135.96万平方米（约2040公顷），拥有官渡、西城和光华三个校区。
学校1954年创校，秉承“崇德、博学、求实、创新”校训，坚持“因油而生、为油奉献”办学理念，弘扬“艰苦奋斗、求实献身”学校精神和“听党召唤、为国奉献；艰苦创业、忠诚担当”的广油“西迁精神”，培养了大批管理精英、技术骨干及各类应用型人才，遍布全国各地石油化工行业企业和各级政府机关、科研院所、教育行业，为石油石化行业以及地方经济社会发展做出了重要贡献，是石油石化行业人才培养的重要基地。
Talent Cultivation 人才培养
GDUPT enrolls students from 27 provinces (municipalities, regions) across China. It has established collaborative programs with 67 universities since 2005, including Tsinghua University, Taiyuan University of Technology, South China University of Technology, Guangdong University of Technology, China University of Petroleum, and the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom, to jointly cultivate doctoral and master's level graduate students.
GDUPT boasts 4 national-level first-class courses (Petroleum Refining Engineering, Chemical Engineering Instrumentation and Automation, Petrochemical Technology, and Principles of Chemical Engineering), 27 provincial-level first-class undergraduate courses, 3 national-level engineering practice education centers, 2 province-level collaborative education platforms (Collaborative Education Platform for Applied Talents in Petrochemical Engineering; Collaborative Education Center for Cultivating Outstanding Innovation and Entrepreneurship Abilities), 3 province-level demonstration industry colleges, 10 province-level excellent teaching teams, 9 province-level talent development model innovation experimental zones (demonstration bases), 10 province-level university experimental teaching demonstration centers, 14 province-level off-campus practical teaching bases for college students, 2 provincial-level science and industry-education integration practice teaching bases, 7 provincial-level demonstrative teacher education practice bases.
人才培养
面向全国27个省（市、区）招生，从2005年起与清华大学、太原理工大学、华南理工大学、广东工业大学、中国石油大学和英国林肯大学等67所高校联合培养博士、硕士研究生。
拥有4门国家级一流课程（石油炼制工程、化工仪表及自动化、石油化工工艺学、化工原理），省一流本科课程27门。拥有3个国家级工程实践教育中心，2个省级协同育人平台（石油化工类应用型人才培养协同育人平台、突出创新创业能力培养的协同育人中心），3个省级（示范性）产业学院，10个省级优秀教学团队，9个省级人才培养模式创新实验区（示范基地），10个省高校实验教学示范中心，14个省级大学生校外实践教学基地，2个省级科产教融合实践教学基地，7个省级示范性教师教育实践基地。
Teaching Staff师资队伍
GDUPT currently employs a total of 519 faculty members with professor and associate professor titles, and 1181 personnel with doctoral or master's degrees. In recent years, it has independently trained 1 academician of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences and Engineering, 1 talent from the national "Millions of Talents Project", 2 recipients of special government allowances from the State Council, and 2 Pearl River Scholars. It possesses a group of high-level talents including "dual-employed academicians," participants in the Chinese Academy of Sciences "Hundred Talents Program," chief experts of the "863 Program," talents from the national "Millions of Talents Project," recipients of special government allowances from the State Council, New Century Excellent Talents by the Ministry of Education, Furong Scholars, Chutian Scholars, Longjiang Scholars, Pearl River Scholars, etc.; 7 provincial-level candidates of the Guangdong Province "Thousands of Hundred of Tens of Talent Project"; 50 critically needed and high-level talents of the Guangdong Province Special Support Talent Plan and Sailing Plan, 3 teaching masters of undergraduate colleges in Guangdong Province, and 6 outstanding young teachers (training plan) of Guangdong Province.
师资队伍
具有正、副高职称人员519人，博士、硕士学位人员1181人。近年来，自主培养了1名俄罗斯自然科学院、工程院院士，1名国家“百千万人才工程”人才，2名国务院特殊津贴专家获得者、2名珠江学者。拥有“双聘院士”、中国科学院“百人计划”“863计划”首席专家、国家“百千万人才工程”、国务院政府特殊津贴专家、教育部新世纪优秀人才、芙蓉学者、楚天学者、龙江学者、珠江学者等一批高层次人才；广东省高校“千百十工程”省级培养对象7人；广东省特支人才、扬帆计划紧缺人才及高层次人才等50人，广东省本科高校教学名师3人，广东省优秀青年教师（培养计划）6人。
Academic Disciplines学科专业
The university has offered 9 major academic disciplines, including engineering sciences, management, economics, education, literature, law, history, and art. There are a total of 60 majors within our undergraduate programs, among which 45 fall under the science and engineering categories, accounting for 75% of the total. Three disciplines have entered the world's top 1% of ESI global rankings (Essential Science Indicators): Engineering Science, Chemistry, Environment Ecology; 4 disciplines have been selected as World-class Discipline ranking for soft science: Communication Engineering (in 2021 and 2022), Computer Science and Engineering (in 2022 and 2023), Chemical Engineering (in 2023), and Environmental Science and Engineering (in 2023). GDUPT also boasts 3 province-level advantageous key disciplines, namely Chemical Engineering and Technology, Control Science and Engineering, and Environmental Science and Engineering. There are 4 province-level distinctive key disciplines: Control Theory and Control Engineering, Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, and Food Science and Engineering. Besides, GDUPT has 3 disciplines with designated positions for "Pearl River Scholars."
GDUPT has three disciplines authorized to confer master's degree: Electronics and Information, Materials and Chemical Engineering, and Resources and Environment.
Moreover, GDUPT offers 3 nationally renowned disciplines: Chemical Engineering and Technology, Environmental Engineering, and Electronic Information Engineering. Additionally, 10 undergraduate programs have received international engineering education program accreditation, including Chemical Engineering and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Computer Science and Technology, Process Equipment and Control Engineering, Electronic Information Engineering, Energy and Power Engineering, Bioengineering; Mechanical Design Manufacturing and Automation, Polymer Materials and Engineering, and Electrical Engineering and Automation. GDUPT also has 1 nationally recognized distinctive undergraduate program in Chemical Engineering and Technology, and 1 national comprehensive reform pilot program in Electrical Engineering and Automation. Furthermore, GDUPT has 2 undergraduate programs designated as national-level pilot disciplines under the Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program: Chemical Engineering and Technology, and Electrical Engineering and Automation; 14 first-class programs at the provincial level, and 2 distinctive ones in strategic emerging industries: Energy and Power Engineering, and Polymer Materials and Engineering.
学科专业
开办有工学、理学、管理学、经济学、教育学、文学、法学、历史学、艺术学九大学科门类。本科专业60个，其中理工科专业45个，占比75%。工程科学、化学、环境/生态学3个学科跻身ESI全球排名前1%。“通信工程”（2021年、2022年）、“计算机科学与工程”（2022年、2023年）、“化学工程”（2023年）、“环境科学与工程”（2023年）4个学科入选软科世界一流学科。3个省级优势重点学科（化学工程与技术、控制科学与工程、环境科学与工程），4个省级特色重点学科（控制理论与控制工程、化学工艺、环境工程、食品科学与工程），3个“珠江学者”设岗学科。
3个硕士学位授权点：电子信息、材料与化工、资源与环境。
3个国家级一流本科专业（化学工程与工艺、环境工程、电子信息工程），10个专业通过国际工程教育专业认证（化学工程与工艺、环境工程、计算机科学与技术、过程装备与控制工程、电子信息工程、能源与动力工程、生物工程、机械设计制造及其自动化、高分子材料与工程、电气工程及其自动化），1个国家级特色专业（化学工程与工艺），1个国家级专业综合改革试点项目（电气工程及其自动化），2个卓越工程师教育培养计划国家级试点专业（化学工程与工艺、电气工程及其自动化），14个省级一流本科专业，2个省级战略新兴产业特色专业（能源与动力工程、高分子材料与工程）。
Scientific Research 科学研究
GDUPT boasts 1 academician workstation, 2 provincial key laboratories, 1 province-level collaborative innovation and development center, 13 provincial engineering technology research centers, 2 provincial industry technology service platforms, 2 provincial key laboratories in universities, namely the Guangdong University Petrochemical Pollution Control Key Laboratory and the Inferior Oil Processing Key Laboratory, 6 provincial centers for university engineering technology development, 1 provincial university science and technology park, 1 provincial international cooperation and innovation platform involving Hong Kong, Macau, and Taiwan, and 2 provincial historical and cultural research bases. GDUPT has jointly established the International Institute for Industrial Safety Big Data with the University of Lincoln in the UK. It has also co-established three new R&D institutions with enterprises: "GDUPT-Meilian New Materials Research Institute," "GDUPT-Fengneng High-Tech Research Institute," and "GDUPT-Huafeng Research Institute."
In recent years, it has undertaken 2 key projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, 1 key project (43 million yuan) of the national "14th Five-Year Plan" on intelligent robots, 1 international (regional) cooperation and exchange project of the NSFC, 1 key support project of the joint fund, as well as over 1000 other projects including general and youth projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, special research projects for ideological and political courses in universities by the National Social Science Fund, humanities and social science projects by the Ministry of Education, and key special projects of the provincial key R&D plan. The school has received over 90 awards including the first prize for scientific and technological progress of Guangdong Province, the first prize for scientific and technological progress and the first prize for technological invention in the petroleum and chemical automation industry in China, and the third prize of the Wu Wenjun Artificial Intelligence Science and Technology Award. It has obtained more than 1200 patent authorizations.
科学研究
1个院士工作站，2个省重点实验室，1个省级协同创新发展中心，13个省工程技术研究中心，2个省产业技术服务平台，2个省高校重点实验室（广东高校石油化工污染控制重点实验室、劣质油加工重点实验室），6个省高校工程技术开发中心，1个省级大学科技园、1个省级国际暨港澳台合作创新平台，2个省级历史文化研究基地。与英国林肯大学共建国际工业安全大数据研究院。与企业共建“广油——美联新材料研究院” “广油——丰能高新技术研究院” “广油——华丰研究院”等3个新型研发机构。
近年来，承担国家自然科学基金重点项目2项、“十四五”国家重点研发计划“智能机器人”重点专项1项（4300万元）、（NSFC）国际(地区)合作与交流项目1项、联合基金重点支持项目1项，以及国家自然科学基金面上项目、青年项目和国家社科基金高校思政课研究专项、教育部人文社科项目、省重点领域研发计划重点专项等项目1000余项。获广东省科技进步一等奖、中国石油和化工自动化行业科技进步一等奖和技术发明一等奖，吴文俊人工智能科学技术奖三等奖等奖励90多项。获专利授权1200多件。
University-industry-research Collaboration产学研合作
GDUPT has established close relationships for industry-academy-research collaboration with major and super-large enterprises such as Sinopec Maoming Branch, Sinopec Guangzhou Branch, Zhongke (Guangdong) Refinery & Petrochemical Co., Ltd., Sinopec Zhanjiang Dongxing Petrochemical Company, China Petroleum & Chemical Sales Co., Ltd. South China Branch, Shengu Group Co., Ltd.,, and ZTE Corporation, etc.
产学研合作
与中石化茂名分公司、中石化广州分公司、中科（广东）炼化有限公司、中石化湛江东兴石化公司、中国石化销售有限公司华南分公司（简称销售华南分公司）、沈鼓集团、中兴通讯股份有限公司等特大型企业、大型企业建立了紧密的产学研合作关系。
Foreign Cooperation
GDUPT has established exchanges and cooperation with nearly 50 universities or government agencies in the United States, Britain, Australia, Ukraine, Malaysia, Poland, Nigeria, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, covering academic exchanges, teacher-student visits and scientific research cooperation.
In 2013, GDUPT obtained the qualification to recruit foreign students, and GDUPT is open for language trainees, undergraduate degree students and master degree students from all over the world. Undergraduate majors include petroleum engineering, chemical engineering and technology (petrochemical direction), international economy and trade, Chinese language and literature, etc. Master majors include electronic information, materials and chemical engineering, resources and environment, etc.
对外合作
与美国、英国、澳大利亚、乌克兰、马来西亚、波兰、尼日利亚等国及港澳台地区近50所高校或政府机构建立了交流合作关系，合作内容包括学术交流、师生互访及科研合作等项目。2013年，获得招收留学生资格，2014年，成建制培养尼日利亚石油技术发展基金会公派留学生。面向世界各地招收石油工程、化学工程与工艺（石油化工方向）、国际经济与贸易等部分专业学历留学生及汉语与中国文化进修生。
Development Prospects
Seizing the opportunities presented by the rapid development of both national higher education and the petrochemical industry, and leveraging the crucial platform of collaboration between Guangdong Provincial Government and the three major central enterprises in the petroleum and petrochemical industry, GDUPT is vigorously carrying out four key strategies: innovation-driven development, coordinated development, intrinsic development, and distinctive development. It is committed to charting a unique path for development, with the ultimate goal of constructing a high-level science and engineering university that stands out prominently with a clear focus on the petrochemical field.
发展远景
紧抓国家高等教育和石油化工产业快速发展的机遇，充分依托广东省人民政府与三大石油石化央企共建学校这一重要平台，大力实施“创新发展、协调发展、内涵发展、特色发展”四大战略，走差异化发展路径，努力建设石化特色鲜明、优势突出的高水平理工科大学。
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Guangdong University of Petrochemical Technology (GDUPT)
Address: Room 416, 4th Floor of the Administrative Building
139# Guandu Erlu, Maonan District, Maoming City, Guangdong Province, China
Email: intl.study@gdupt.edu.cn
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