Sun Yat-sen University
Sun Yat-sen University, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda, also known as Zhongshan University, is a major Chinese public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and named after Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary and the founding father of the Republic of China.
With an educational tradition spanning nearly 100 years, the University has always been a preeminent research, academic and cultural centre and the premier location for talent development in Southern China, and has developed into a modern comprehensive university that enjoys a reputation as a top-tier university nationally and a renowned university internationally. It is a Chinese Ministry of Education Class A Double First Class University.
The school's main campus, commonly referred to as the South Campus, is located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, inheriting the campus from the former Lingnan University. With its five campuses in the three cities of Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen, and ten affiliated hospitals, the University is striving to become a world-class university and global centre of learning.
In ARWU World University Rankings 2018, Sun Yat-sen University ranks Top 6 among all universities in Greater China, and Top 121 among all universities in the world. Consistently ranked among the top-tier universities in mainland 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 second fastest supercomputer Tianhe-2, which is valued at 2.4 billion yuan. The university also has the largest affiliated hospital system in mainland China. The university's Zhuhai Campus owns the largest teaching building in Asia measured by acreage.
Two of the university's business education institutions, Sun Yat-sen Business School and Lingnan College are accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA. Only 3 business schools in mainland China hold this triple accreditation.
History
In the beginning all the Sun Yat-sen Universities were adopted a statism educational model and based on Sun Yat-sen's political philosophy, 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.Sun Yat-sen University
In 1924, Sun Yat-sen founded the National Canton University and inscribed in his own handwriting the school motto of "Study Extensively, Enquire Accurately, Reflect Carefully, Discriminate Clearly, Practise Earnestly." After the death of Sun Yat-sen, the national government that was set up during the first cooperation between the Communists and Nationalists formally decreed to change its name to Sun Yat-sen University on July 17, 1926, in memory of Sun Yat-sen. In 1926, there were five National Sun Yat-sen Universities: National First Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, National Second Sun Yat-sen University in Wuhan, National Third Sun Yat-sen University in Zhejiang, National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University in Nanjing University in Zhengzhou. In the 1930s, there were seven schools in the university: the Schools of Arts, Sciences, Law, Engineering, Agricultural Studies, Medicine and Education. In 1935, Tsinghua University, Peking University and Sun Yat-sen University set up the first graduate schools in China and began to enroll graduate students. In the 1950s, colleges, schools and departments were readjusted nationwide, and Sun Yat-sen University became a national top-tier comprehensive university with the liberal arts and sciences as its backbone disciplines.Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
One of the predecessors of the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science was the Pok Tsai Medical School, which, founded in 1866, was the earliest institution of learning of western medicine in China, where Sun Yat-sen once studied and engaged in revolutionary activities. The Pok Tsai Medical School evolved into the College of Medicine of Lingnan University in 1936. The Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital in Guangzhou was founded in 1908. In 1925, the Kung Yee institutions were taken over by the government and became the Medical Department of the National First Sun Yat-sen University. In 1953, the Colleges of Medicine in Sun Yat-sen University and Lingnan University merged to form the College of Medicine of South China, which was joined by the Guangdong Guanghua College of Medicine in 1954. The university was renamed Guangzhou College of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science successively, and finally Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science in 1985, which has developed steadfastly into a comprehensive medical university with multi-schools and multiple levels, has reached national advanced level and achieved remarkable successes in scientific research in medical genetics, ophthalmology, tumor study, parasite study, the kidney disease of internal medicine, organ transplant, infectious liver disease, biological medical project and molecular medical science. In 2001, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science merged with Sun Yat-sen University and became Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science.Lingnan University
Lingnan University was a private university established by Andrew Happer, MD and a group of American missionaries in Guangzhou in 1888. At its founding it was named Canton Christian College.The Hackett Medical College for Women and its affiliated hospital known as David Gregg Hospital for Women and Children, located in Guangzhou, China, were parts of a medical center that was founded by female medical missionary Mary H. Fulton. Fulton was sent by the Foreign Missions Board of the Presbyterian Church, with the support of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York, of which David Gregg was pastor The College was dedicated in 1902 and offered a four-year medical curriculum. At the end of 1932, the medical center was registered and put under the control of the Chinese government. Furthermore, it affiliated with Guangzhou Hospital and Lingnan University to form the Sun Yat-Sen Medical College in 1936.
Lingnan University was incorporated into Chung Shan University in 1953. Members of the university moved to Hong Kong and founded the Lingnan School in Wan Chai in 1967, which was relocated to Tuen Mun in the mid-1990s and renamed Lingnan University in 1999.
In 1988, Lingnan College was reestablished within Sun Yat-sen University and is now one of the top schools of economics and management in China.
Rankings
The university is ranked as one of the top universities in China by all the most influential and widely observed international university rankings, for example, #7 nationwide in Times Higher Education World University Rankings 2015, #6 nationwide in the Academic Ranking of World Universities 2015, and #8 nationwide in U.S. News Global University Ranking 2015. Out of all universities worldwide in 2019, the university is ranked 151-200 by ARWU, 250-200 by Times Higher Education, and 202 by CWUR.Academics
Statistics (2018)
Schools and Departments (2018)
The university's Schools & Departments are as follows:Guangzhou Campuses
- Academy of Entrepreneurship
- Department of Psychology
- Department of Social Science Education
- Faculty of English Education
- Guanghua School of Stomatology, Hospital of Stomatology, Sun Yat-sen University
- Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities
- * Liberal Arts College
- * University General Education Unit
- International Business School
- * Department of Applied Economics
- * Department of Business Administration
- Liberal Arts College
- Lingnan College
- * Department of Economics
- * Department of Finance
- * Department of Insurance and Risk Management
- * Department of International Business
- * Department of Logistics Engineering and Management
- School of Advanced Computing
- School of Asian-Pacific Studies
- * Department of International Politics
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering
- * Department of Polymer and Material Science
- * Department of Chemical Engineering
- * Department of Chemistry
- * Department of Applied Chemistry
- School of Chinese as a Second Language
- School of Communication and Design
- * Department of Public Communication
- * Department of Journalism
- * Department of Creative Media Design
- School of Continuing Education
- School of Earth Science and Geological Engineering
- School of Education
- School of Engineering
- School of Environmental Science and Engineering
- School of Foreign Languages
- School of Geography and Planning
- School of Government
- * Department of Political Sciences
- * Department of Public Management
- School of Humanities
- * Department of Chinese
- * Department of History
- * Department of Philosophy
- School of Information Management
- School of Information Science and Technology
- School of Intellectual Property
- School of International Studies
- School of Law
- School of Life Sciences
- School of Marine Sciences
- School of Mathematics & Computational Science
- School of Mobile Information Engineering
- School of Nursing
- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Physics
- School of Physics and Astronomy
- School of Public Health
- School of Sociology and Anthropology
- * Department of Anthropology
- * Department of Sociology and Social Work
- School of Software
- School of Tourism Management
- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology
- Sun Yat-sen Business School
- SYSU-CMU Joint Institute of Engineering
- University General Education Unit
- YAT-SEN School
- Zhongshan School of Medicine
Shenzhen Campus
- School of Public Health
- School of Pharmaceutical Science
- School of Medical Engineering
- School of Materials
- School of Aeronautics and Astronautics
- School of Intelligent Systems Engineering
- School of Electronics and Communication Engineering
International institutes
- Joint Institute of Engineering, developed together with Carnegie Mellon University
- Medical Research Center for Clinical and Translational Research, partnered with Johns Hopkins University
- Lehn Institute of Functional Materials, developed together with the Laboratory of Supramolecular Chemistry at ISIS of University of Strasbourg, INT of Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and ETH Zurich
- The Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering & Technology, developed together with Grenoble Institute of Technology, Ecole des mines de Nantes, Chimie ParisTech, École nationale supérieure de chimie de Montpellier, Institut national des sciences et techniques nucléaires
- SYSU-Alberta Joint Lab for Biodiversity Conservation, established together with University of Alberta, Canada
- The Chinese University of Hong Kong - Sun Yat-sen University Centre for Historical Anthropology
- Center on Philanthropy at Sun Yat-sen university, partnered with Indiana University
Business Education
Sun Yat-sen Business School (SYSBS)
Sun Yat-sen Business School is one of the only 3 business schools in mainland China and one of 58 business schools in the world being triple accredited by EQUIS, AACSB and AMBA.The school has established collaborative academic exchanges and programs with over 80 international institutions, such as University of California, Los Angeles, University of Oxford, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Queen's University, IE Business School, City University of Hong Kong and so on. It has also built strategic partnerships with leading multinational companies, such as IBM, DHL, Coca-Cola, Allianz Group and so on, and with a myriad of local partners such as ICBC, Bank of China.
- In 2012, Forbes China ranked the schools's MBA program #7 in China.
- In 2012, Financial Times ranked the school's EMBA programs #11 worldwide.
- In 2013, Financial Times ranked the school's Master in Management Program #44 worldwide.
Lingnan (University) College
Its programs include Lingnan-MIT International MBA program with MIT Sloan School of Management, the China Executive MBA program with Carlson School of Management of the University of Minnesota, the China-France MBA program with Jean Moulin University Lyon 3 and EMLYON Business School, and the International DBA program with EMLYON Business School.
Lingnan-MIT IMBA
The Lingnan IMBA is the first English-taught MBA program in China, which is in cooperation with the Sloan School of Management at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The IMBA program adopts MIT Sloan’s MBA curricula, textbooks, cases, and other teaching materials. During the first semester, Lingnan students have the opportunity to apply to MIT Sloan’s MSMS program. Through this two-year, dual-degree program, students can earn an international MBA from Lingnan and a master's degree in management studies from MIT Sloan.- In 2008, Manager ranked Lingnan-MBA #5 in “Best MBA Programs in China” rankings.
- In 2012, Forbes China ranked the schools's MBA program #8 in China.
Dual Degrees
Affiliated hospitals
The university has the largest affiliated hospital system in China, including Sun Yat-sen University First Hospital, Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Third Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Fourth Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Fifth Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Sixth Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center, Sun Yat-sen University Stomatologic Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Ophthalmologic Center, Sun Yat-sen University Seventh Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University Eighth Hospital. All eight general hospitals, the Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center and Sun Yat-sen University Ophthalmology Center are 3A class hospitals.The First Affiliated Hospital, SYSU
The First Affiliated Hospital, Sun Yat-sen University was established in 1910, initially called the Affiliated Hospital of Guangdong Public Institution of Medicine. As a 3A hospital, the Hospital is the largest and the most comprehensive one among all affiliated hospitals of SYSU, as well as one of the largest hospitals in the country.- Sun Yat-sen University First Hospital is ranked #2 in "Top 10 General Hospital in China" rankings.
Sun Yat-Sen Memorial Hospital, SYSU
Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center
is a level III and class A hospital. It was awarded as “key subject of China” in 2001. In 1980, SYSUCC was designated as World Health Organization Collaborating Center for research on cancer. Since 2003, SYSUCC became a sister institution of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center. In 2004, SYSUCC has set up a joint laboratory with Karolinska Institutet of Sweden for research in immunotherapy, molecular virology and oncological epidemiology.- Sun Yat-sen University Cancer Center is ranked #1 in "Top 10 Cancer Hospitals in China" rankings.
Sun Yat-sen University Ophthalmologic Center
- Sun Yat-sen University Ophthalmologic Center is ranked #1 in "Best Ophthalmologic Hospitals in China" rankings.
Sun Yat-sen University Libraries
The Hilles Collection
In June 2005, Harvard College Library of Harvard University donated 158,000 volumes in Hilles Library to Sun Yat-sen University. Developed over a century, the collection is composed of titles in the humanities and social sciences, primarily in English, but also in Western foreign languages.Confucius Institutes
Sun Yat-sen University has established five Confucius Institutes since 2006:- The Confucius Institute at Ateneo de Manila University
- The Confucius Institute in Indianapolis, established together with Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis
- The Confucius Institute at Autonomous University of Yucatan
- The Confucius Institute in Lyon, established together with Lumière University Lyon 2 and Jean Moulin University Lyon 3
- The Confucius Institute at University of Cape Town.
Research
Essential Science Indicators (ESI)
According to statistics of the Essential Science Indicators database from January 2003 to February 2013, the total number of citations of papers in 15 disciplines of Sun Yat-sen University entered global top 1%. Following Peking University, Sun Yat-sen University ranked 2nd in universities in China, tied with Fudan University, Shanghai Jiao Tong University and Zhejiang University. The 15 disciplines include Chemistry, Clinical Medicine, Physics, Biology and Biochemistry, Materials Science, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Engineering, Plant and Animal Science, Environment/Ecology, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Mathematics, Microbiology, Agricultural Sciences, and Social Sciences, General.Nature Publishing Index (NPI)
Nature Publishing Index shows both Research Articles and Reviews, published in Nature and/or Nature research journals. The rankings are based on the number of papers that were published during the last 12 months. In time range of 01.07.2013-06.30.2014, Sun Yat-sen University is ranked #5 among Chinese Universities.Postdoctoral Research Stations
Sun Yat-sen University has 39 postdoctoral research stations.Journals
Sun Yat-sen University publishes altogether 25 scholarly journals, including- Acta Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Sunyatseni
- Journey of Sun Yat-sen University Social Science Edition
- Journey of Sun Yat-sen University
- Diagnostic Imaging & Interventional Radiology
- Modern Clinical Nursing
- New Medicine
- Chinese Journal of Nervous and Mental Diseases
- Chinese Journal of Cancer
- Eye Science
Campuses
Guangzhou South Campus
The south campus of Sun Yat-sen universities is one of the 10 most beautiful campuses in China. It is located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, and covers a total area of 1.17 square kilometers. It mainly hosts disciplines in sciences and humanities.Add: No. 135, Xingang Road West, Guangzhou 510275, P. R. China
Guangzhou North Campus
The North Campus is located in Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, and covers an area of 0.39 square kilometers. It is a campus mainly for disciplines in medical sciences.Add: No. 74, Zhongshan 2nd Road, Guangzhou 510085, P. R. China
Guangzhou East Campus
The East Campus is located at the north end of the Guangzhou Higher Education Mega Center in Xiaoguwei, Panyu, and covers an area of 1.13 square kilometers. The Guangzhou University City is a major development made by the People’s Government of Guangdong Province in an effort to implement the strategy of building Guangdong through science and education. The first batch of students started school there in September 2004.Add: Xiaoguwei Island, Panyu District, Guangzhou 510006, P. R. China
Zhuhai Campus
The Zhuhai Campus is located at Tang Jia Wan, Zhuhai City, and covers an area of 3.48 square kilometers. Freshmen and sophomores of some disciplines in liberal arts, natural sciences, and medical sciences are currently living and studying on campus with students from the School of Network Education and Continuing Education.Add: Tang Jia Wan, Zhuhai 519082, P. R. China
Shenzhen Campus
The Shenzhen Campus is located at Guangming New District in Shenzhen City, and covers an area of 3.217 square kilometers, it's under construction from 2016 and proposed to open at September 2018.Add: Guangming New District, Shenzhen 518107, P. R. China
Alumni
- Sonia Chan, 2nd Secretary for Administration and Justice of Macau.
- Li Fanghua, physicist.
- Shiu-Ying Hu, botanist.
- Huang Huahua, former Governor of Guangdong
- Muzi Mei, blogger.
- Xing Ming, founder and president of Tianya Club.
- Xu Ningsheng, 21st President of Fudan University
- Xu Ze, politician.
- Ye Shuhua, astronomer.
- Xu Yinchuan, former world xiangqi champion.
- Shou-Wu Zhang, Chinese-American mathematician
- Yingying Zhang, researcher on photosynthesis and crop productivity
- Guotai Zhou, major general of the People's Liberation Army