In December 2025, the School received approval for a doctoral program in Computational Law and Data Security, completing a full educational pathway from bachelor’s through Ph.D.

This year, the National Security Research Center at Guangdong University of Technology was also approved, while began formal operations.

This year, the School also welcomed its first enrollment of Juris Master students.

In 2021, the School was renamed the School of Law. The following year, its Law program was recognized as a National First-class Undergraduate Program.

In 2024, the School received accreditation for Juris Master (JM) degrees—both for law and non-law graduates—launching its JM program. The same year also brought a first: a key project from the National Social Science Fund, plus the First Prize at the Guangdong Provincial Awards for Outstanding Achievements in Philosophy and Social Sciences.

The School started its partnership with the University of Technology Sydney to launch a joint Law program (GDUT-UTS Law Sino-Australia Class).

As part of the university’s high-level development push, the School moved to the Longdong Campus, equipped with better facilities and a more coherent academic structure.

It also launched a Master of Social Work (MSW) program and expanded its international partnerships—notably a “3+1” LL.M. program with the School of Law at St. Thomas University in the United States.

In 2011, the School was renamed the School of Political Science and Law. In the same year, a master’s degree program in Community Service Management was established, marking the School’s entry into graduate education.

Around this time, the School was also designated as both a national and provincial training base for professionals in social work, steadily strengthening its ability to translate academic expertise into community service.

The period brought significant advances in teaching and learning. Faculty members were honored with the First Prize of the Guangdong Provincial Higher Education Teaching Achievement Award and the Guangdong Provincial Distinguished Teacher Award.

An undergraduate program in Public Administration was also introduced, broadening the School’s undergraduate offerings. Living up to its professional mission, the social work team traveled to the Wenchuan earthquake zone to provide assistance, receiving commendation from provincial leaders.

In 2004, the School of Humanities and Law was founded, and the undergraduate programs in Law and Social Work were officially launched with their first intake of students, setting the stage for the School’s academic growth.

In 1995, the Department of Social Sciences was established to deliver the university-wide public political theory courses, marking the beginning of the humanities and social sciences education in the university.