Sun Yet-sen University Guide

Sun Yat-sen University is a public university located in Guangdong, the most economically developed province inChina. It is prestigious with fine traditions in teaching and learning. In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the great leader of China in the 20th century, founded this university personally, and inscribed in his own handwriting the school motto of "Study extensively; Enquire accurately; Reflect carefully; Discriminate clearly; Practise earnestly." The school was originally named Guangdong University, and later renamed Sun Yat-sen University in 1926. In the 1930s, there were seven schools in the University, which were the Schools of Arts, Sciences, Law, Engineering, Agricultural Studies, Medicine and Education.

In 1935, the University set up the Graduate School and began to enroll graduate students. In the 1950s, the colleges, schools and departments were readjusted nationwide, and Sun Yat-sen University became a comprehensive university with the liberal arts and sciences as its backbone disciplines. Since the founding of the new China, Sun Yat-sen University has always been one of national key universities, and is also among the first batch of institutes to award Doctorate and Master degrees and to establish post-doctoral research flowing stations in China. Approved by the State Council, the university was the first to set up graduate school in the South China area in the early 1990s, thus offering a complete range of degrees from the bachelor, master to doctorate.

Present-day Sun Yat-sen University is the result of multiple mergers as well as splits and restructurings that have involved more than a dozen academic institutions over time. The most recent merger happened in 2001, when Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science merged with Sun Yat-sen University and became Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science.
Consistently ranked among the top 10 universities in China, Sun Yat-sen University provides undergraduate and graduate instruction in the humanities, social sciences, natural sciences, technology, medical science, pharmacology and managerial science.
The university's assets include the world's fastest supercomputerTianhe-2, which is valued at 2.4 billion yuan(US$390 million). The university also has the largest affiliated hospital system in China.

• Liang Garden
• Foshan Ancestral Temple
• Seven Star Crags
• Zhaoqing
• Zengcheng
• The Temple of Six Banyan Tree
• the Chen Family Temple
• Dr. Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
• Shamian Island
• Yuexiu Park
• Beijing Road Pedestrian Shopping Street
• Gaodi Street Shopping Center
• The Pearl River
• Baiyun Mountain
• Guangzhou Museum
• Guangzhou Ocean World
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• Pearl River
• Canton Tower
• Lotus Mountain
• Lotus Hill Park