Guangdong Institute of Petrochemical Technology is a public undergraduate university established by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, sinopec group, China Petroleum and Natural Gas Group Company and China Offshore Oil Group Co., Ltd., the only petrochemical university with characteristics in South China, the pilot university of "Excellent Engineer Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, and a high-level university of science and engineering in Guangdong Province, with a master's degree awarding unit.

the school is located in Maoming, the largest petrochemical production base and fruit production base in the south of China, a beautiful coastal city, with an area of 1,359,611 square meters (about 2,141 mu) and divided into three campuses: Guandu, Xicheng and Guanghua. The school was founded in 1954, adhering to the motto of "respecting morality, being knowledgeable, being realistic and innovative", adhering to the school-running concept of "being born out of oil and contributing to oil", and carrying forward the school spirit of "working hard, being realistic and dedicating" and "listening to the call of the party and contributing to the country; The "westward moving spirit" of Guangyou, which is hard-working and loyal, has trained a large number of management elites, technical backbones and various applied talents, and spread all over the country in petrochemical enterprises, government agencies at all levels, scientific research institutes and education industries, making important contributions to the petrochemical industry and local economic and social development, and is an important base for talent training in the petrochemical industry.