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.

廣州城市職業學院是2005年3月經廣東省人民政府批準、中華人民共和國教育部備案，由廣州市人民政府舉辦的廣東省示范性高職院校。學校辦學歷史最早可以追溯至1962年，近60年來為社會各界培養了30多萬人才，受到社會的廣泛好評。2009年12月，學校以優異的成績通過教育部人才培養工作評估。2020年4月被廣東省教育廳確定為廣東省示范性高等職業院校。2022年8月被廣東省教育廳確定為省域高水平建設院校。學校擁有一支結構合理的專兼結合高素質教師隊伍?，F有教職工746人，其中專任教師528人，具有高級職稱的152人，雙師素質教師426人。學校圍繞服務廣州城市建設與城市服務兩大板塊開設有城市建設工程學院、信息工程學院、機電工程學院、國際商務學院、食品科學與美食養生學院、公共管理（社區管理）學院（與社區禁毒學院合署）、藝術設計學院（與電影技術學院合署）、旅游學院、關山月中國畫學院（與許鴻飛雕塑學院合署）、國學院（與非遺傳承學院合署）、馬克思主義學院、繼續教育學院、創新創業教育學院、基礎課教學部等教學單位，以及國際合作交流中心（港澳臺事務中心）、高職教育研究所（與社區教育研究中心、廣州市社區教育服務指導中心合署）等科研教輔機構。建有國家骨干專業2個、中央財政重點支持專業2個、省高職教育重點專業2個、省示范校重點專業4個、省二類品牌專業4個、省高水平建設專業群7個。