The university has a favorable condition for education and a fine environment for teaching. At present, the university is in possession of 1380 million RMB fixed assets, including the cost of 620 million RMB equipments and devices. The schoolhouses have a cover area of 1.75 square kilometers. South China Network Center of China Education and Research Network, as well as Network Center of Guangdong Education and Research Network have been established in the university.

 
    The university has complete teaching and experimental devices. 1 national teaching base of engineering mathematic course, 1 national cultural diathesis education base for university students, 10 fundamental teaching experiment centers, and a batch of modern experimental centers have been established. The University library, with a total area of 45,000 square meters, has a collection of 2,000,000 volumes. The University library has its automatic management system. The University library, which is steadily being developed into a digital library, offers important national databases, such as Ei Village, PQDD, and so on. The university has built up complete physical facilities for students, including international standard sports ground, gymnasium, student entertainment and sports center as well as plastic tennis court. The track & field teem, the football teem, the basketball teem, the volleyball teem, the swimming teem and the ping pong teem of the students have attended national and provincial competitions time after time and have achieved excellent grades. The annual arts festival of science & culture for the students and the students' social practices have successfully integrated with society and enterprises, which has become an important process for the improvement of students' integrated diathesis.

     The university has a batch of scientific research organizations and technology development bases with advanced standards. At present, there are 1 national key laboratory, 2 national engineering research centers, 3 key laboratories designated by the State Ministry of Education, 1 national first-grade architecture design and research institute, 1 national science park, 1 national teaching base of engineering mathematic course, 1 national cultural diathesis education base for university students and 5 key laboratories designed by Guangdong province. Besides, there are more than 10 engineering research and development centers designated by Guangdong province, Guangzhou city and SCUT. Relying on these centers, numerous key research bases have been formed, which are responsible for large numbers of research assignments designated by the State, the province and the city, and which have formed integrated key problem solving measures of multidiscipline and multi-field as well as a chain pattern of basic research, applied research and development research. The university pursues its scientific research by responding to requirement of the market and puts its scientific and technological achievements into the market through certain transformations. In 2003, the university has received 235 million RMB research expenditure allowances. The amount of patents applied by the university has ranked first among universities and colleges in China for years. The university is among the first universities in the country to be authorized as the pilot paten running organization of enterprises and institutions.