The Guangdong Technion-Israel Institute of Technology (GTIIT) is a Sino-foreign cooperative educational institution established by Shantou University (STU) and The Technion - Israel Institute of Technology . The university is located at the city of Shantou, Guangdong province in China. GTIIT , modeled on the Technion, a leading university in Israel and throughout the world, was approved as a formal establishment by Ministry of Education on December 5, 2016. The vision of GTIIT is to become a world-class international university through excellence, innovation and cutting-edge research in the fields of science and technology. GTIIT aims to become a leading technological institute in China with a mission to promote innovation and entrepreneurship transfer globally.