Guangdong University of Science and Technology is a formal undergraduate university registered with the Ministry of Education. Guangdong Wangzhi University of Science and Technology is an upper-middle-level private university. Founded in 2003, it is a full-time general undergraduate college approved by the Ministry of Education with a focus on engineering and coordinated development of management, economics, literature, art and other disciplines. The school is located in Dongguan, "an important node city in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area". It has two campuses, Nancheng and Songgaoling Queshanhu, covering an area of ??more than 2,000 acres. The college was founded in 2003 as Dongguan Nanbo Vocational and Technical College; in September 2004, it was upgraded to Dongguan Nanbo Vocational and Technical College; in April 2011, it was upgraded to a general undergraduate college and renamed Guangdong University of Science and Technology.