The School of Marxism originates from the Department of Ideology and Politics of Guangzhou Normal College in 1958, and is funded by Guangdong Province as one of the key schools. The School now has one first-level discipline Master s program on Marxist theory, one sub-discipline Master s program on Marxist Philosophy, one Master of Education program Subject Pedagogy (Ideology and Politics), one undergraduate degree program on Ideological and Political Education.