Guangzhou University (GU; simplified Chinese: 广州大学; traditional Chinese: 廣州大學; pinyin: Guǎngzhōu dàxué 广州大学) is a state university in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong province, China. Guangzhou University was re-established on July 2000 by the Chinese Ministry of Education. It was a merger of five tertiary institutions previously known as Guangzhou Normal University, South China Institute of Construction, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou Junior Teachers' College, and Guangzhou Institute of Education. Located in the vicinity of the Guangzhou Sculpture Park(广州雕塑公园) and Luhu Park(麓湖公园), Guangzhou University has easy transport access. The University has a floor area of 486,000 square meters, with an additional area of 436,000 square meters in its five campuses situated in Guangyuan , Guihuagang, Luhu, Qiyi Lu and Longdong. The 2.1 billion USdollar new campus, as large as 1,975 mu (1.32 km²), is available to all students in Guangzhou University. The university library has 1,960,000 items. While the undergraduate programs remain the dominant focus of its operation, GU also runs postgraduate programs. It is also developing its vocational and technical higher education programmes.