Guangdong engineering professional technology institute (formerly the amateur university of science and technology of guangdong province, the adult university of science and technology), is the guangdong province association for science and technology belongs to a public full-time higher vocational schools. The school has a long history, during the course of more than 50 years of running a school, a few names, several vicissitudes of life, has come a tortuous road and dynamic development. In October 1958, the council of guangdong province (guangdong province association for science and technology) founded the province's first amateur university of science and technology - amateur university of science and technology of guangdong province. "Cultural revolution" started in 1966, the school is closed, the time for 12 years. In August 1978, the guangdong provincial people's government restore amateur university of science and technology of guangdong province. In June 1982, guangdong provincial people's government approved again amateur in the southern province of guangdong university of science and technology on the basis of the set "amateur university of guangdong province". In 1984 and agreed to "amateur university of guangdong province" names "amateur university of science and technology of guangdong province". In February 1989, with the approval of higher education bureau of guangdong province in the school changed its name to "adult university of science and technology of guangdong province", the people's government of guangdong province in 1993 to determine the school of the CPC organizational system. In 1994 the state education commission agreed to guangdong province changed its name to guangdong province adult amateur university of science and technology university of science and technology and for the record. In September 2000, approved by the provincial education department school recruit corporation is college students. In March 2005, approved by the people's government of guangdong province in the restructuring of the ordinary university, school of engineering in guangdong vocational and technical college.