South China Normal University

South China Normal University is a large, comprehensive public research university with more than 49,000 full-time students and four campuses in Guangzhou, Foshan, and Shanwei. Located in the Guangdong–Hong Kong–Macao Greater Bay Area, it works with local governments through joint research institutes and with companies through 39 industry-university-research bases. National and provincial research platforms, international joint laboratories, and shared computing and engineering facilities support collaborative R&D with external partners. Research is supported through competitive funding from the National Natural Science Foundation of China, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Education, and Guangdong programs; formal technology-transfer procedures support IP licensing and commercialization.