Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center

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Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center (HEMC), Guangzhou University Town or Guangzhou University City ({{lang-zh|s=广州大学城}}) is an area featured by higher education institutions, located on Xiaoguwei Island ({{lang-zh|s=小谷围岛}}) in Panyu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It was opened in 2004. With an area of approximately 17.9 km² and 3.53 millions square meters of indoor space, the complex is capable of accommodating 350 to 400 thousand people.{{Cite web |url=http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_35/node_155/node_525/node_528/2006/04/14/11450016082043.shtml |title=Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-date=2018-09-25 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180925180737/http://www.lifeofguangzhou.com/node_10/node_35/node_155/node_525/node_528/2006/04/14/11450016082043.shtml |url-status=dead }} At the time of construction, it was known as the New University Campus of Guangzhou Region. It is a university park located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. It is located on Xiaoguwei Island, Panyu District, with an area of 17.9 square kilometers. Construction started in January 2003, and it was officially put into use at the end of August 2004 and welcomed the first ten universities. Since 2014, three universities have successively settled in the 25.3 square kilometer "South Bank of Guangzhou International Innovation City" (that is, the "University City Phase II" in the initial planning period) located in the south bank area of Xiaoguwai Island.

Components

In phase I of the project, ten local higher education institutions set up new campuses on the Xiaoguwei island with a total capacity of 120,000 students. All except Guangzhou University maintain their old campuses within the city.

Besides ten universities, Guangdong Science Center ({{lang-zh|c=广东科学中心}}), a major science center in China, is located in the Higher Education Mega Center on the west end of Xiaoguwei island.

In the phase II, two more universities set up campuses in Xinzao town which is located across the river on a separate site. The twelve institutions are:{{Cite web |url=http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2008-04/09/content_1963662_3.htm |title=Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center |access-date=2008-12-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120515220801/http://www.sznews.com/news/content/2008-04/09/content_1963662_3.htm |archive-date=2012-05-15 |url-status=dead }}

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Phase ! University ! Chinese ! Est. ! Type !Location
rowspan="10" \|Phase I \|Sun Yat-sen University \|中山大学 \|1924 \| National \| rowspan="10" \|Xiaoguwei Island
South China University of Technology \|华南理工大学 \|1952 \| National
South China Normal University \|华南师范大学 \|1933 \| Provincial
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies \|广东外语外贸大学 \|1995 \| National
Guangdong University of Technology \|广东工业大学 \|1995 \| Provincial
Guangzhou University \|广州大学 \| 2000 \| Provincial
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine \|广州中医葯大学 \|1956 \| National
Guangdong Pharmaceutical University \|广东药学院 \|1958 \| Provincial
Xinghai Conservatory of Music \|星海音乐学院 \|1932 \| Provincial
Guangzhou Academy of Fine Arts \|广州美术学院 \|1953 \| Provincial
rowspan="3" \|Phase II \|Jinan University \|暨南大学 \|1906 \|National \| rowspan="3" \|Xinzao town
Guangzhou Medical University \|广州医科大学 \|1958 \|Provincial
South China University of Technology International Campus \|华南理工大学广州国际校区 \|1952 \|National

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Phase

! University

! Chinese

! Est.

! Type

!Location

rowspan="10" |Phase I

|Sun Yat-sen University

|中山大学

|1924

| National