As the most time-honored and largest comprehensive university in Guangxi Autonomous Region, Guangxi University is co-constructed by the Ministry of Education and the Government of Guangxi in the list of “211 Project for Higher Education” Guangxi University has become a research-lead university with regional characteristics, which possesses 30 colleges, 97 undergraduate programs, 36 first-category disciplines and 171 second-category disciplines to grant Master's degrees, 8 first-category disciplines and 45 second category disciplines to grant Doctor's and 7 post-doctoral research stations . At present, the university has 23649 full-time undergraduates, 6669 full-time post-graduates, 667 overseas students coming from more than 30 countries and 20000 continuing educational students. Furthermore, the university not only serves as a highland for professional competences in various areas, but also boasts some of the innovation teams for the professional competences from Universities i n Guangxi Autonomous Region. As of March 2019, the five disciplines of GXU engineering, materials science, agricultural science, plant and animal science, and chemistry entered the top 1% of ESI disciplines worldwide.
