Guangdong Institute of Arts and Sciences () is a

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institute located in Lianjiang, Guangdong Province,

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. The school is accredited as a full-time institution of higher learning by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and the

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. It is affiliated with the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education.

Campus

The Guangdong Institute of Arts and Sciences is located in the

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of Lianjiang, in Zhanjiang,

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, near the

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. The school's campus was designed to house 20,000 people, covers an area of 1,590 mu, and the campus' buildings cover over 400,000

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. The campus has a number of

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, libraries, administrative buildings, student

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, cafeterias, and art galleries. The campus also has numerous

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, badminton courts, volleyball courts, table tennis tables, and other athletic facilities. The school states that to add ecologic value to the campus, it has planted over 3,000 different types of plants.

Academics

The school offers a total of 66 majors, spread across 7 departments and 4 colleges. There are 726 academic instructors, of which, 530 work for the school full-time. According to the school, in recent years, over 98% of graduates have gained employment.

Student life

The school has 43

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Departments

*Institute of International Education *Automotive Institute *School of Architecture and Engineering *Department of Art and Media *Information Engineering *Department of Finance *Management department *Department of Humanities *Mechanical and Electrical Engineering *Department of Bioengineering *Ideological and political department *Continuing Education

Partner universities

*: Thompson Rivers University * :

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References

External links

Guangdong Institute of Arts and Sciences Home page
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