1970 In March, Guangdong Institute of Education Administration moved from Guangzhou to Zhaoqing and was renamed Zhaoqing Normal School. After that, it experienced the development stages of Zhaoqing Normal School, Zhaoqing May 7th Normal College, Zhaoqing Normal College and Xijiang University.

In March 2000, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Xijiang University merged with Zhaoqing College of Education to form Zhaoqing College at the undergraduate level. 202 1 10, the school became a master's degree awarding unit with the approval of the State Council Academic Degree Office.

As of May 2022, the school has two campuses: the main campus and the Xinghu campus. There are 20 teaching institutions and 70 undergraduate majors; There are three professional master's degree authorization points (master of education, master of electronic information, master of art).