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中山大学 | |||||||||||
Former names | National Guangdong University | ||||||||||
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Motto | 博学、审问、慎思、明辨、笃行[1] | ||||||||||
Motto in English | Study Extensively, Inquire Accurately, Reflect Carefully, Discriminate Clearly, Practise Earnestly[2] | ||||||||||
Type | Public research university | ||||||||||
Established | 1924 | ||||||||||
Endowment | ¥2.20 billion (2019) [3] | ||||||||||
Budget | ¥17.51 billion (2019) [4] | ||||||||||
President | Gao Song | ||||||||||
Academic staff | 17,022 | ||||||||||
Undergraduates | 32,220 | ||||||||||
Postgraduates | 23,827 | ||||||||||
Address | 135 XinGangxi Road, Haizhu District, Guangzhou , , , 510275 , | ||||||||||
Campus | Urban, 9.15 km² | ||||||||||
Affiliations | Project 985 Project 211 APAIE The Peking Union Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao University Alliance | ||||||||||
Website | sysu.edu.cn | ||||||||||
Chinese name | |||||||||||
Simplified Chinese | 中山大学 | ||||||||||
Traditional Chinese | 中山大學 | ||||||||||
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Sun Yat-sen University (中山大学; SYSU) is a public research 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 Government. The university 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 and the founder of 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). The university has five campuses in the three cities of Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen, and ten affiliated hospitals.