Guizhou University is a multidisciplinary provincial key university. It is the only university in the province prioritized to develop itself according to the criteria of the “Project 211” and one of the high-level universities in western China directly supported by the Ministry of Education of China. Its predecessor was Guizhou Institute of Higher Learning, which was set up in 1902. In 2004, the original Guizhou University of Technology and Guizhou University fulfilled the new merger under the name of Guizhou University.

Guizhou University covers a total area of 3328.5 hectors, comprising of 9 campuses in different areas in Guiyang City, the Capital of Guizhou Provinces, with two main campuses being located in Huaxi, a famous natural scenic spot.

There are 24 colleges under the university administration. The university offers bachelor degrees in 101 areas, master degrees in 80 areas, doctorate in 4 areas, as well as 5 master diploma programs. The subjects involve nine branches of learning: philosophy, economics, laws, liberal arts, history, sciences, engineering, agriculture, veterinary medicine and administration.

Recently, the student population has reached 41,965, among which 39,566 are full time undergraduate students and 2,399 graduate students.

Guizhou University always places importance to develop international cooperation and exchanges. So far, the University has established cooperative and exchange relations with more than 20 academic institutions in such countries and regions as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, Australia, France, Japan, Korea, Singapore, the Philippines, Sweden, Thailand, Indonesia, Vietnam, Hong Kong and Macao, etc. To maintain and develop these relations, Guizhou University receives visitors from these institutions and other areas.

The University has engaged foreign teachers and experts for teaching, lecture tours and academic exchange meetings. It has also enrolled oversea students from different countries to study Chinese and other courses in degree and non-degree academic programs. Through sending teachers and researchers overseas to study and research collaboratively with the foreign counterparts, degree study, or attending international academic workshop, Guizhou University has been better known worldwide. Therefore the progress of internationalization has been accelerated.