The university is formerly known as Guizhou Institute of Education, which was founded in 1978. In March 2009, upon the approval by Ministry of Education, Guizhou Institute of Education was transformed into a full-time undergraduate university, and renamed Guizhou Education University. In 2013, the university was awarded the qualification of a bachelor's degree awarding unit. In 2016, the university was selected as the construction unit of the "13th Five-Year" Master's Degree awarding project of Guizhou Province. In 2017, it was approved as the construction unit of provincial "double first-class" construction projects. There are 18 schools and 50 undergraduate majors,offering 10 disciplines including economics, law, education, literature, science and engineering. The university has 13,861 full-time students and has formed a multi-level and multi-form talent training system including undergraduate education, postgraduate education, international students' education and continuing education. The faculty team has 1,096 employees in service. Since 2012, the university has undertaken 102 projects at the national level, among them, 50 were funded by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 52 were funded by the National Social Science Foundation of China, and 290 projects at the provincial and ministerial level. There are more than 150 crossing research projects, and we have won nearly 50 scientific research achievement awards at or above provincial and ministerial level. The university, upholding the philosophy of open education, has established friendly cooperation with more than 50 universities and educational institutions in the United States, Canada, Thailand, Taiwan and other countries and regions, joined the "International Education Union", "China-Thailand Higher Education Alliance" and China-indonesia Industry-University-Research Alliance. Through overseas internship and exchange of students, visiting training of teachers, education management of overseas students, recruitment of foreign experts and other ways to expand the scope and enrich channels, and constantly deepen international exchanges and cooperation. We have established counterpart relations with universities such as Central China Normal University, and signed cooperation agreement with Langchao Group LTD, education bureaus of various cities (prefectures)in Guizhou Province, People's Government of Wudang District, Guiyang as well as other enterprises, education firms and local governments for cooperation in education. The university is the first "Green University", the first batch of "Civilized Campus" and "Characteristic Culture University" in Guizhou Province, and has the only national "Chinese Education Base" in Guizhou Province. It also has a training center for Administrative Cadres of Education in Guizhou Province, a state-level training base for principals of primary and secondary schools in western China under the Ministry of Education, and a research Center for Chinese Rural Society (Guizhou) under the Ministry of Culture. The university actively serves the teacher education and regional economic and social development in Guizhou, and has trained more than 200,000 teachers and education management cadres for the basic education in Guizhou, making outstanding contributions to the economic and social development of Guizhou, especially the basic education.

学校前身系创建于1978年的贵州教育学院，2009年，经国家教育部批准，改制为全日制普通本科院校；2013年，获学士学位授予单位资格；2015年，顺利通过教育部本科教学工作合格评估；2016年，学校入选为贵州省“十三五”硕士学位授予立项建设单位；2017 年，获批省级“双一流”建设项目建设单位。 

学校现有 18个教学单位，50个本科专业，涵盖经济学、法学、教育学、文学、理学、工学等10个学科门类，在校全日制学生 13861人，形成了包括本科教育、研究生教育、留学生教育、继续教育等多层次、多形式的人才培养体系。学校有教职工1096人。2012 年以来，共获批102项国家级项目，其中国家自然科学基金项目50项，国家社会科学基金项目 52项；省部级科研项目 290余项；横向项目 150余项；获省部级以上科研成果奖近50项。

学校坚持开放办学,先后与美国、英国、加拿大、泰国和台湾地区等50余所国(境)外高校和教育机构建立了友好合作关系,加入了“国际教育联盟”、“中泰高等教育联盟”、“中印尼产学研联盟”，通过学生海外实习交流、教师访学培训、留学生教育管理、外籍专家聘请等方式拓展范围、丰富渠道，不断深化交流与合作；与华中师范大学等高校建立了对口帮扶关系；与浪潮集团、贵州省各市（州）教育局、贵阳市乌当区人民政府等企业、教育机构与地方政府等机构签署合作协议，开展合作教育。

学校为贵州省第一所“绿色大学”、首批“高校文明校园”和“特色文化学校”，拥有贵州省唯一的国家级“华文教育基地”，并设有贵州省教育行政干部培训中心、教育部西部地区中小学校长国家级培训基地和文化部“中国乡土社会研究中心（贵州）”等机构和平台。学校主动服务贵州教师教育、服务区域经济社会发展，为贵州基础教育培养了20万余名教师和教育管理干部，为贵州经济社会发展尤其是基础教育做出了突出的贡献。

贵州师范学院
Guizhou Education University