Sun Yat-sen University
Vice-ministerial level university · Guangdong
About
Sun Yat-sen University (Chinese: 中山大学; pinyin: Zhōngshān Dàxué; also SYSU) is a public university in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and co-funded by the Ministry of Education, SASTIND, and Guangdong Provincial People's Government. As one of the top universities in China, it is part of Project 211, Project 985, and the Double First-Class Construction. The university was founded in 1924 by and named after Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary who founded the Republic of China. The university's main campus, commonly referred to as the South Campus, is located in Haizhu, Guangzhou, inheriting the campus from the former Lingnan University (est. 1888).
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Key facts
- Type
- Vice-ministerial level university, Public university
- Founded
- 1924
- Students
- 65,638
- Also known as
- SYSBM, SYSU, Zhongshan University