东莞理工学院国际学院于2016年5月成立。2016年9月18日，东莞理工学院国际学院举行揭牌仪式暨首批外国留学生开学典礼，标志着东莞理工学院成为东莞首家招收外国留学生的本土高校。

The International College of Dongguan University of Technology was established in May 2016. On September 18, 2016, the International College of Dongguan University of technology held the unveiling ceremony and the opening ceremony for the first group of foreign students, marking that Dongguan University of technology is the first local university in Dongguan to recruit foreign students.

       国际学院作为学校国际化教育教学改革试点，主要职能包括：负责学校外国留学生（语言生）教育工作；建立外国语言中心；拓展非学历国际教育合作项目；承接学校其他国际化改革及合作任务。

       As a pilot of international education and teaching reform, the main functions of International College include: being responsible for the education of foreign students ( language courses students), establishing foreign language centers, expanding international education cooperation projects of non-degree courses, undertakeing other intra·mural international reform and cooperation tasks.

国际学院下设综合办公室、留学生办公室、项目管理办公室、外国语言中心和国际汉语教学教研室。

International College establishes several offices to facilitate and organize daily errands: the comprehensive office, foreign students office, project management office, foreign language center and international Chinese teaching and research office.

国际学院目前已招收培养来自美国、日本、韩国、马来西亚、印度、斯洛伐克、玻利维亚等40个国家的外国留学生达400余人次；连续四年与荷兰斯坦德大学合作开展学分互认辅修课程项目。开设各类英语培训班包括雅思系列培训班、公益考研班、教工口语班等。此外，学院依托教育部留学基金管理委员会（CSC）国际学术互认课程（ISEC）项目办公室，自2019年起开设国际学术互认课程项目，项目运转情况良好。

       International College has thus far enrolled and trained more than 400 foreign students from 40 countries, including the United States, Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Slovakia and Bolivia etc. We have continually cooperated with the Netherlands  NHL Stenden University of Applied Sciences on the credit mutual recognition minor program in the past four years. International college thrives to deliver assorted language courses including English oral class for staff, post-graduate entrance examination English class (Free of charge), series of  IELTS course etc. Additionally, since 2019, international college begins to operate the International Scholarly Exchange Curriculum (ISEC) course in accordance with the teaching and learning requirements outlined by the China Scholarship Council (CSC).