In accordance with discipline features and value orientation, SBA always gives top priority to development of the Level I Discipline of management science and engineering. However, driven by the market demand, SBA also builds much strength in another Level I Discipline - business administration. In many fields, SBA possesses competitive edge in China . Today SBA has established 7 departments for the two Level I Disciplines.

Decision science department
Department head: Dr.& Prof. Zhang Weiguo

Industrial engineering department
Department head: Dr. & Prof. Xu Xuejun

Innovation and entrepreneurship department
Department head:Dr. & Prof. Zhu Guilong

Management department
Department head: Dr. & Prof. Liu Shanshi

Accounting department
Department head: Dr. & Prof. Chen Haisheng

Financial management department
Department head: Dr. & Prof. Tan Tongying

Marketing department
Department head: Prof. Liu Zhichao

Research Organizations

As a research-oriented business school, SBA relies on scientific research to boost academic construction, education quality and social development. Under this principle, efforts have been made to optimize its research work from applied research to fundamental applied research, from assessing program and fund to evaluating academic achievement, from improving individual teacher's research competency to increasing the entire faculty's research power.

In 2005, SBA was authorized as an Innovation Base for New Form of Industrialization as part of the Philosophy and Social Science Innovation Platform under Phase II, Initiative 985, by the Ministry of Education. Taking this important opportunity for development, toward the goal of “renowned teacher, renowned school and renowned work”, SBA integrated and established 9 research organizations on the tremendous platform in order to make the base a superior instrument in China to benefit research, education and exchange.

Research Center of Chinese Corporate Strategic Management
Director: Dr. & Prof. Lan Hailin

Research Center of Technological Innovation Assessment (co-sponsored by Guangdong Economic and Trade Committee)
Director: Dr. & Prof. Zhu Guilong

Research Center of Industrial Engineering (co-sponsored by Guangzhou Municipal Government)
Director: Dr. & Prof. Xu Xuejun

Research Center for Industry Analysis and Decision-making
Director: Dr. & Prof. Yang Jianmei

Research Center for Logistics and Supply Chain Management
Director: Dr. & Prof. Wang Aihu

Research Center of Enterprise Informatization and Knowledge Management
Director: Academician , Prof. Wang Zhongtuo

Research Center of Contemporary Manufacturing Information System
Director: Dr. & Prof. Sun Yanming

Research and Consultancy Center for Small and Medium-sized Firms (co-sponsored by Guangdong Provincial Government)
Deputy Director: Dr. & Prof. Long Zhihe

Venture Capital Research Center of SCUT (co-sponsored by Guangdong Risk Investment Co. and Guangzhou Technology Risk Investment Co.)
Director: Prof. Cui Yi

South China Management Case Study Center
Director: Prof. Huang Peilun