Prioritizing educational development, Songshan Lake has built a full‑fledged vertical education chain spanning preschool to higher education, alongside a horizontal education chain integrating academic and vocational education. It offers diverse, high‑quality educational options for children of talented professionalsworking in the park and supports talent cultivation for the long‑term growth of the Science City.
Higher Education
Home to six high‑level universities, Songshan Lake boasts a distinctive higher‑education cluster:
Great Bay University (Songshan Lake Campus): A new‑type research university focusing on science, engineering and frontier interdisciplinary fieldsto support scientific and technological innovation and industrial upgrading in the Greater Bay Area.
City University of Hong Kong (Dongguan): An international high‑level university that brings in premium Hong Kong's premium educational resourcesto foster innovative and interdisciplinary talents.
Dongguan University of Technology: A high‑level local science and engineering universitywith close alignment with local industrial demands.
Guangdong Medical University: A key provincial‑level university featuring medicine, underpinning the development of the biomedicine industry.
Dongguan Polytechnic: A leading vocational‑education institute cultivating high‑caliber technical and skilled personnel.
Guangdong University of Science & Technology: An application‑oriented undergraduate university serving local industrial development.
Basic Education and Supporting Facilities
The park runs around 51schools of various types with approximately 145,000 teachers and students on campus, covering the full spectrum of preschool education, compulsory education and senior‑high‑school‑level education. It is home to renowned brand‑name schools including Dongguan SSL Central Primary School, Dongguan SSL Experimental Primary School,SSL Experimental Middle School and Dongguan Middle School-SSL School, with a steady expansion of high‑quality school places.The park deepens science‑education integration, promotes collaboration among universities, research institutions and primary and secondary schools, and regularly carries out science popularization and science‑innovation practice activities. It builds an international‑oriented education ecosystem to meet educational needs for children of talented professionals.