• 1941 Founded as National Teacher' College in Guiying, one of the eight National Teachers' Colleges in China.
• 1950 Renamed as Guiyang Teachers' College.
• 1985 Entitled as Guizhou Normal University.
• 1986 Approved to grant master’s degree by the State Council Academic Degree Committee.
• 1996 Honored as a provincial key university by People’s Government of Guizhou Province.
• 2004 Merged with Guizhou Vocational College of Technology.
• 2013 Approved to grant doctor’s degree by the State Council Academic Degree Committee.
• 2015 Honored as a high-level university co-constructed by Ministry of Education of P.R.China and the People’s Government of Guizhou Province.
• 2017 Selected as one of the First State-level Demonstration Universities for Deepening Innovation and Entrepreneurship Education Reform.