Guangzhou is the capital city of Guangdong, China’s richest province. As one of China’s five national Central cities, Guangzhou is a bustling city, famous for international trade. Currently, it falls in 3rd place of China’s largest Cities following Shanghai and Beijing. It is a major port and transportation hub and has a high population of foreigners from Europe, Africa, America and other parts of Asia. It has many large markets with people traveling to selling a wide range of products from electronics and toys to teas.This makes Guangzhou a famous shopping destination and people travel from far and wide to take advantage of some of the unbelievable pricing of products both for resale and consumption.
Located in this vibrant city is Sun Yat-Sen University. This university was named after its founder, the revolutionaryfounding father of the Republic of China. Sun Yat-Sen University is commonly ranked among the top 10 in Mainland China. This university has numerous schools and departments and its Business School is one of the few in the world with triple accreditation by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA. It has a highly reputable MBA course available for international students and its EMBA program is ranked 11th in the world. Sun Yat-Sen boasts of many achievements including having the world’s fastest supercomputer, the largest teaching building in Asia and the largest hospital affiliation system in China. This excellent institution offers an accreditedMBBS course for foreign students and has a large body of international students numbering 3 347.
There are many other reputable universities and colleges located in the affluent city of Guangzhou, which readily enroll foreign students in a wide variety of courses. These include:
· Guangdong Pharmaceutical University
· Guangdong Polytechnic Normal University
· Guangdong University of Foreign Studies
· Guangdong University of Technology
· Guangzhou Medical University
· Guangzhou University
· Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine
· Guangzhou University of Fine Arts
· Jinan University
· South China Normal University
· South China University of Technology
· Southern Medical University