International Students from GDUT in the Singing Competition

Student Association of GDUT

The Students' Association of GDUT is a university-level organization for the students. It is under the immediate guidance of the Youth League Committee of GDUT. It serves as a bridge that links the university and the students. The purpose of the Students' Association is to serve the students wholeheartedly. It organizes varied and colorful cultural activities on campus so as to unite students and lead them to become talented people through study and practice. Meanwhile, it offers to many brilliant minds not only opportunities to improve themselves and to achieve all-round development but also a stage to display their abilities. The Students' Association of GDUT exercises control over 16 branches in the schools, departments and student divisions of the University. Both the Students' Association and the branches coordinate their functions, unite closely, and cooperate harmoniously and well. The Students' Association of GDUT has the following divisions: Secretariat (Secretarial Management Team, Finance Team, Editorial Team, and Information Team), Sports, Female Students, Promotional Activities and Publicity, Study, Student Life, Cultural Recreation, External Affairs, Science and Technology, and Social Practice.


Campus Culture - Where Our Spirits Belong to

Science and Technology
Guangdong University of Technology has long been committed to inspire students with the spirits of innovation and the ability to put theories into practices, for which various levels and channels of education systems have been set up. As for the spirits of innovation, it aims at preparing students with the respect for science and technology, the pursuit of knowledge and skills, the diligence of school work, vigorous innovation, and sufficient confidence to coming challenges. While as for the ability to put theories into practices, it helps to enable students' with new ideas to innovate and confidence to start up one's own business.

University Basketball League Matches

Science and Technology Festival
The annual Science and Technology Festival consists of various competitions ranging from Software Design, Flash Design, Webpage Design, to other subjects as Electron Experiment Design, Dynamic Construction, etc.. Along with these competitions, lots of experts and famous academic scholars were invited to give lectures and hold seminars; there are also exhibitions on the hi-tech products and the achievements in scientific research by the University staffs. It all paves way for the studies of the students.

Challenging Cup National College Students Contest of Extracurricular Scientific Products and Challenging Cup University Students Star-UP Project Competition
These two top-notch contests have been the important arena to share their latest performance; and the longer it has been established, the more popular and welcomed it becomes among university students. Students of GDUT have won many national and provincial awards in these two contests in the past few years.

Special Funds for Students' Extracurricular Science and Technology Activities
Since 2002, 300,000 RMB per year has been funded by the University to support the application, registration and establishment of scientific research programs of students, which attracts more and more participants. In the past three years, up to 247 research programs have been submitted; after the panelist appraisal, 120 items have been launched, and 57 items have successfully passed the final appraisal.
In addition, students are encouraged to participate the Nation-wide Mathematics Model Building Contest, Provincial Physics Experiment Design Contest, Provincial "University-Cup" Software Design Contest, TCL Nation-wide University Students' Industrial Design Contest and so on, and most of them won the University fine awards. GDUT students' creativity and competence are self-evident in science and technology research, along with the commitment and efforts of the University.

Cultural Activities
The University provides various enriched cultural and recreational activities and extensive social practice to help the integration of humanities consciousness into the University system consisting mainly of science and technology studies and research.

Cultural and Art Festival

	Calligraphy Show in Cultural and Art Festival

It functions as the stage for all those who are highly competent in singing and dancing. It consists of not only the conventional contests like Fresher's Singing Contest, Fresher's Calligraphy Contest, Campus Singing Contest, Forensic Contest, but the newly-launched and warmly-welcomed ones like Dancing Contest, Comic Cross-talks and Short Sketch Performance Contest, Photographic Contest, Handcraft Art Making Contest. Meanwhile many other enjoyable and excellent activities have been put on campus, for instance the appreciation of Symphony, Traditional Music, Dramas, Classic Motion Pictures, the talks with well-known artists, the performance of Guangzhou Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Normal University Wanfang Youth Symphony Orchestra, Guangzhou Baiyun Philharmonic Orchestra, Zhuhai Woman Chamber Chinese Style Orchestra, Guangdong Ethnic Orchestra, Guangdong Drama Institute, Guangzhou Ballet Troupe, and the performance and visit of famous artists, including Lanying Guo, Yimou Zhang, Baotian Li, Sifen Liu, Fengyi Liang, Xiang Li, Haixin Jin, Jinglei Xu, which facilitated the integration of both hieratic art and domestic and popular art styles into the University education scheme.
Furthermore, the University Art Ensemble well accommodates the students' extensive aspiration after art and culture, and student artists have been strongly encouraged to embark on establishing all sorts of art clubs and groups ranging from dance, light music, chorus to Chinese literature.

Social Practice
It offers students with opportunities to receive education from out-of-school perspective with knowledge to enhance their abilities. The Social Practice and Youth Voluntary activities in summer vacation have characterized this part of the school. Each summer vacation, students leave school for countryside to make extensive contact with the people in terms of giving science and technology counsel and technical training, providing technical aid to enterprises and entertainment performances to the people, passing on information involving the current policy and environmental protection.

Tae Kwon Do Show in Cultural and Art Festival

Female Students Festival
Regarded as the initial and unique program among those of all universities in China, Female Students Festival, in which the slogan It Is Fantastic to Be the Female Students of GDUT features, has been covered in plenty of news reports. In the festival, male students will present roses - the most favorable cartoon toys or dolls to female ones. Besides, there are lectures on cosmetics, facial beauty, manners, appearances, hair style design, which help the young ladies to improve their looks, enhance their manners and wits; also seminars and talk shows with the famous people presented to discover and share the understanding on life, society, emotion, ideal, responsibilities.

Sports Activities
Sports activities launched and developed by the university aim at facilitating body-building and strengthening the mental and physical health of students. Students of the University have been of particular prominence in many sports events, among which the men's football team has many times won the first titles in the provincial level events; and, the men's volleyball team is far more fully reinforced, members of which such as the national team member Yufang Zhu and Jianlian Yi are among the best players in China. 

Campus Media
The University Bulletin and the University broadcasting station, affiliated to the Publicity Department of the University, are the stage to share public opinion on campus. Members of School Bulletin, Photographic Association and broadcasting station spread over all campuses.

League of Journalists of the University Bulletin
Nose for news, industry, justice are the best description of its staffs, who dedicate to passing on the latest news, knowledge and information to the fellow students. League of Journalists of the University Bulletin has been always keeping sharp eye on any new development of all aspects of student life, course work, and job hunting, and as well working as a bridge to link the students with the University.

Photojournalist Association of School Bulletin
Shutterbugs on campus walked together and organized this association. It turns out many good photographers and some now have been the members of Chinese Folk Customs Photographic Association, Guangzhou City Photographic Association, and Guangzhou City Youth Photographic Association; and some have their photos published in the newspaper like Yangcheng Evening Post, Guangzhou New Express, Nanfang Metropolitan Daily, and Guangzhou Youth Post ; some have been photojournalists.

	Tea Arts Show in Cultural and Art Festival

Broadcasting Station
To enrich campus life and improve campus culture and academic strength, our broadcasting station has developed a serial of after-school activities. The programs have received a lot of awards, including the third award of Elite Broadcasting Competition of Guangdong People's Broadcasting Station, the Award of 10 Best Radio Play of Guangzhou People Broadcasting Station, and the Award of Best Heading of Radio Program Contest of Foshan Broadcasting Station. 

Students' Societies
To encourage the development of students' personality and share the true friendship and genuine success, 33 individual students' societies have been set up. They are: Union of Students' Societies, The League of English, Association of PC Technology and the Internet, Radio Society, Future Manager Association, Society of Encouragement, Film Association, Social Dance Club, Calligraphy and Painting Society, Guitar Society, Wenhu Lantern Riddles Association, Ball Game Fans Association, Boxing, Judo and Taekwondo Association, Volleyball Association, and Red Cross Association, etc.

Student Union of the University
As the bridge between the University and students, it is a student organization for all the students of the University and is affiliated to the Youth League Committee of the University. Student Union of the University aims at wholeheartedly providing various services to students, developing as many culture-related activities as possible, encouraging students to participate in learning of interdisciplinary knowledge combined with well-rounded abilities. Branches of the Student Union of the University in each school and faculty coordinate with one another to realize its commitment.

	Music Show in Cultural and Art Festival

Union of Students' Societies
Union of Students' Societies, under the command of Communist Youth League of the University, administer over 30 students' societies and organizations of the University. It is in charge of the daily administration, approving various society application, supervising activities, reviewing the Best Red banner Society and Outstanding Society Leadership, organizing large-scale society events, facilitate the operation of societies, and collaborating with societies in different aspects. It owns a journal Society Union Post.

Association of PC Science and Technology and Networking
Association of PC Technology and Networking was jointly established in win-win cooperation between Computer Association of year 2000, Science and Technology Association, and Networking Association. As one of the biggest societies in the University, it was rewarded the title of Red Banner Society. It owns a team of competent administrative experts, computer-related-trouble-shooting technicians, and capable strategies suppliers. There are very often plenty of special activities held, electron product exhibition on show, exciting lectures on specialized knowledge, popular Game of Scramble for Supremacy in Star World, CS Contest, Class Webpage Design Contest of Guangzhou City, and training projects of various electronic technologies and applied software.

	Food Festival

Society of Encouragement
It's a comprehensive students' society with focuses on academic and practice activities. It initiates the idea of people foremost, in addition to the combination of individual strive and team work spirits, and that of trust in and respect for members' capabilities and belief. It advances various activities and has been awarded the title of Red Banner Society of 5 years in succession, its Start-up project Half Child Care Center was awarded the Outstanding Prize in the 1 st National University Students Challenging Cup in 1999, the only university in Guangdong Province awarded the title of Nation-wide University Unique Society in 2000, and the Fire Studio awarded the 3 rd Place, the Most Creative Prize of the Chi Kou Cup Start-up Project Contest. Its debate team has been the first one that participates in the University Debate Contest on behalf of a student society.

Psycho-interaction and Individual Development Association (PIIDA)
Psycho-interaction and Individual Development Association is under the direct command of the Youth League Committee of the University, the Students Affairs Office and the Counseling Center of the University. By way of holding seminars and lectures on mental health and pyschohygiene, hot line consulting service, regular counseling service, mailbox counseling service, professional training, showing movies on psycho health, and psycho masses party, PIIDA is committed to pass on to students the useful information and knowledge. It has established a magazine Trail of Mind and set up its own website.

The League of English
The League of English aims at improving the English studies of the students and has its bases in all the campuses. In pursuit of the long lasing tradition of its predecessor English Club, the League gives activities all through the year. The Hilltop Treasure Seeking Game, Aladdin English Drama Performance, and Ball of Great Romantic Night are of its annual events; and English Corner and Free Dispatching of English Posts are of its weekly events.

Food Festival

Red Cross Association
Red Cross Association consists of mainly students and partly teaching staff. It is a basic and simple body providing medical aid, and also in charge of the social welfare services. It adheres to the purpose of humanitarianism, universal love, and dedication; heals the wounded and rescue the dying, helps those in danger and relieves those in need, respects the old and helps the disabled, and takes pleasure in helping others. With the help of providing training of first-aid treatment to its members and information on blood donation, it spreads out not only the knowledge and skills to save oneself and the others in case of accidents or damages but also the care and love one should possess and return to the society.

Student Association of GDUT also organizes the following activities:
1. mechanics Construction Competition
2. robotic Football match
3. environmental Modeling Project
4. start-Up Project Competition
5. participate in the Youth Volunteer Service Team
6. social practice team
7. the activities of volunteers fixing computer for free
8. poems and ci reading contest
10. football match
11. flower arrangement contest

	Food Festival

Graduate Students Association of GDUT

The Graduate Students' Association of GDUT is a mass organization under the immediate guidance of both the Youth League Committee and the Graduate Office of GDUT. It represents the interests of all graduate students, serves the graduate students whole-heartedly, and actively creates opportunities for graduate students to display their talent. The Graduate Students' Association of GDUT, with an aim to serve the graduate students and to advocate academic innovations, and following the guiding principle of "unity, diligence, pursuit of truth and innovation", promotes and arranges various forms of activities with characteristics of its own around the central tasks of GDUT so as to produce a healthy, active and enterprising atmosphere on the campus and thus, to lead all the graduate students to become well-rounded in moral, intellectual and physical developments. The Graduate Students' Association of GDUT is composed of the following functional departments: Secretariat, Promotional Activities and Publicity, Cultural Recreation, Sports, Graduate Life, Editorial, Science and Technology, Network, and External Affairs.

The specific functions of the departments are as follows:

Secretariat
The Secretariat manages the coordination of all the other functional departments of the Graduate Students' Association, and the organization’s  daily routines. It is responsible for the management of the revenue and expenditure of the funds of the Graduate Students' Association; the organization of meetings; and sorting out, drafting and handing out work schedules, notices, summaries, files and other materials.

Promotional Activities and Publicity
The Department of Promotional Activities and Publicity gives publicity to the activities organized by the Graduate Students' Association so as to enhance the overall effect of the activities.

Cultural Recreation
The Department of Cultural Recreation organizes various kinds of  entertainment activities among graduate students so as to enrich their cultural life.

Sports
The Sports Department launches varied and colorful sports activities, arranges and trains the graduate athletic teams, and also conducts sports exchanges with other universities.

Graduate Life
The Department of Graduate Life is responsible for the work related to the life of graduate students. It is concerned with their living, research and psychological state. It provides logistic support and guarantee for the activities organized by the Graduate Students' Association, for example, sanitary inspection and appraisal through comparison.

Editorial
The Editorial Department is mainly responsible for editing the graduate newsletter.

	Sports Meeting

Science and Technology
The Department of Science and Technology is in charge of academic activities and scientific research among the graduate students. It keeps track of the latest academic trends and provides the information to the students, and thus produces an active atmosphere for academic activities and scientific research. It also arranges academic exchanges for the graduate students.

Network
The Network Department is mainly responsible for the construction, maintenance and management of the website of the Graduate Students' Association. It also lends active cooperation to the Department of Promotional Activities and Publicity in the online publicity of activities organized by the Graduate Students' Association.

External Affairs
The Department of External Affairs manages to establish and/ or strengthen links with work units both on and off the campus so as to promote exchange and cooperation with them. It also conducts necessary PR campaigns to collect sufficient funds for the activities organized by the Graduate Students' Association.