Guangzhou City Polytechnic is a model higher vocational college in Guangdong Province, approved by the People's Government of Guangdong Province in March 2005 and filed by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, and organized by Guangzhou Municipal People's Government. The history of the college can be traced back to as early as 1962 and has trained more than 300,000 talents in the past 60 years for society. In December 2009, the college passed the talent training evaluation of the Ministry of Education with excellent grades. In April 2020, it was identified as a model higher vocational college in Guangdong Province by the Guangdong Provincial Department of Education, and in August 2022, identified as a provincial High-level construction college. The faculty of the college is well-structured and highly qualified. Currently, there are 746 faculty members, including 528 full-time teachers, among which 152 with senior titles and 426 with double qualities. Focusing on serving Guangzhou's urban construction and urban service, the college has set up the School of Urban Construction Engineering, the School of Information Engineering, the School of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, the School of International Business, the School of Food Science and Food Health, the School of Public Management (Community Management) (jointly with the School of Community Drug Control), the School of Art and Design (jointly with the School of Film Technology), the School of Tourism, the Guan Shanyue School of Chinese Painting (jointly with the Xu Hongfei Sculpture Institute) , the School of Ancient Chinese Literature Study (jointly with Intangible Cultural Heritage Inheritance school), the School of Marxist, the School of Continuing Education, the School of Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education, Basic Course Teaching Department, International Cooperation and Exchange Center (Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan Affairs Center), Higher Vocational Education Research Institute (jointly with Guangzhou Community Education Service and Guidance Center),etc. The college has 2 national key majors, 2 key majors supported by the central government, 2 key majors of provincial higher vocational education, 4 key majors of provincial model schools, 4 provincial second-class brand majors, and 7 provincial high-level construction professional groups.

广州城市职业学院是2005年3月经广东省人民政府批准、中华人民共和国教育部备案，由广州市人民政府举办的广东省示范性高职院校。学校办学历史最早可以追溯至1962年，近60年来为社会各界培养了30多万人才，受到社会的广泛好评。2009年12月，学校以优异的成绩通过教育部人才培养工作评估。2020年4月被广东省教育厅确定为广东省示范性高等职业院校。2022年8月被广东省教育厅确定为省域高水平建设院校。学校拥有一支结构合理的专兼结合高素质教师队伍。现有教职工746人，其中专任教师528人，具有高级职称的152人，双师素质教师426人。学校围绕服务广州城市建设与城市服务两大板块开设有城市建设工程学院、信息工程学院、机电工程学院、国际商务学院、食品科学与美食养生学院、公共管理（社区管理）学院（与社区禁毒学院合署）、艺术设计学院（与电影技术学院合署）、旅游学院、关山月中国画学院（与许鸿飞雕塑学院合署）、国学院（与非遗传承学院合署）、马克思主义学院、继续教育学院、创新创业教育学院、基础课教学部等教学单位，以及国际合作交流中心（港澳台事务中心）、高职教育研究所（与社区教育研究中心、广州市社区教育服务指导中心合署）等科研教辅机构。建有国家骨干专业2个、中央财政重点支持专业2个、省高职教育重点专业2个、省示范校重点专业4个、省二类品牌专业4个、省高水平建设专业群7个。