Confucius Institute at University of Guyana (CIUG), officially established on May 19th, 2014 at Turkeyen Campus UG, Georgetown Guyana, is a joint undertaking with UG, Dalian University of Foreign Languages (DUFL) and Hanban (Confucius Institute Headquarters). CIUG, as a window for the Guyanese people to know China, will provide Chinese teaching for different types and levels of schools, communities and educational exchange organizations between China and Guyana, and cooperate with the government and companies for training their officials and employees with tailor-made Chinese contents. Meanwhile, Chinese cultural activities will be shown for cultural exchanges between Guyana and China.

In brief the aim of CIUG is in the service of teaching Chinese language and understanding Chinese culture for the Guyanese people from all walks of life. It is the official Chinese language teaching and cultural center as well as Chinese related information center in Guyana.