Founded in September 1993, the English School Attached to Guangdong University of Foreign Studies is an independent, full-time boarding school directly administrated by Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, one of the key institutions of higher learning in Guangdong Province in South China. The School offers quality educational services in areas of Primary and Secondary Education with a specially developed English Program

The School remains committed to promoting each student’s life-long growth and preparing them for challenges of a modern world. It dedicates itself to providing a holistic education that integrates body and mind to allow students to develop their own individual talents and English language proficiency. Students are encouraged to take social responsibilities and perform community involvement program & service learning so that their overall competence will be developed thus providing a solid foundation for their future success.

After eighteen years of development with a reliable and remarkable teaching staff in addition to the superior teaching conditions and facilities, the school has made remarkable achievements with its excellent management and effective teaching practice. The School is among the first thirteen foreign language schools which are qualified to recommend students for guaranteed direct admissions to leading universities in China. It has gained titles like “Provincial Level School”, “Excellent Independent Schools in China” and “Top Ten Independent Schools in Guangdong Province”. It is a member school of the National Association of Foreign Language Teaching and Research of Foreign Languages Schools in China, the “Experimental School for the Guangzhou Senior High School Curriculum Development” and the “Experimental School for Psychological Health Education in Guangzhou”. Meanwhile, the School is recognized as “Recommender of Outstanding Candidates for Wuhan University”, as well as the base for educational research and teaching practice for “The National Pedagogical Research Centre”, “The Centre for Guangdong Foreign Language Teaching and Research”, and The Guangdong University of Foreign Studies. The School has been nominated as the venue for International Oral English Examinations, and it has been undertaking the key projects for the 9th, 10th, and 11th Five-Year Plan supported by the Ministry of Education in China.

The School has about 5,400 students organized in 136 classes ranging from the first year in primary school to the Senior Three in middle school. It employs a total staff of over 700, and holds the fixed assets of 300,000,000 yuan. Each year, many graduates are admitted to leading universities in China, including Qinghua University, Beijing University, Beijing University of Foreign Studies, Zhejiang University, Nankai University, Fudan University, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Xi’an Jiaotong University, Tongji University, Zhongshan University, Guangdong University of Foreign Studies, and South China University of Science and Technology. Many other students choose to enroll in prestigious universities abroad, such as Harvard University and Chicago University.