GCUT is student-centered and holds the mission of cultivating application-oriented student. GCUT focuses on comprehensive development of students in 4 dimensions: individual morality, knowledge foundation, practical skills and professional expertise. To fulfill our mission, GCUT has implemented practice modules in junior year, student personal development plan and student research plans (SRP) so that students can develop innovation and entrepreneurship abilities via research-based learning, inquiry-based learning and problem-based learning. Besides of the 4 integrated educational platforms - diversified learning platform, advanced practical platform, excellent service platform and personalized activity platform, GCUT is also actively exploring new models of cooperating with industries and enterprises to educate students.

  GCUT enjoys the reputation of the Six-Star Application-oriented University, China's Best Independent College in First-tier Cities, China's Top Independent College" and China's Most Competitive College in Job Market.

 GCUT values educational internationalization under the talent demand brought by the Belt and Road Initiative and Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. In recent years, GCUT has established collaborations with universities from USA, UK, Canada, Australia, the Netherlands, Spain, Czech Republic, Japan, etc. Every year hundreds of students participate in our various cross-cultural exchange programs and international cooperation programs to study abroad. There are international students from west Europe and South-east Asia studying at GCUT, creating a multi-cultural and diverse atmosphere. GCUT aims to cultivate professionals with solid knowledge basis, outstanding foreign language skills and international horizons in order to meet the needs of globalization.