Introduction
Sun
Yat-sen University is located in Guangdong Province, the frontal of
reform and opening. At present the University has 4 campuses with a
total area of 6.17 square kilometers sitting respectively on both
sides of the Pearl River or facing the South China Sea. The
Guangzhou South Campus covers an area of 1.17 square kilometers, the
North Campus covers an area of 0.39 square kilometers, and the
Zhuhai Campus covers an area of 3.48 square kilometers. All campuses
have exuberance of green trees, abundance of lawns and beautiful
sceneries, and are ideal for molding the temperaments, studying and
doing research. The Guangzhou East Campus has an area of 1.13 square
kilometers and is now under construction.
Sun Yat-sen
University is a name-brand institution of higher education with fine
traditions in teaching and learning. In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, great
leader of 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; Practice 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 our country. 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.
The University has been inceasingly raising
the quality of undergraduate education and has become an important
base for training high-level talents. On the occasion of its 70th
anniversary, President Jiang Zemin wrote the inscription of "Develop
Dr. Sun Yat-sen's revolutionary spirit, manage the University better
and make greater contributions" which further points out the
direction for running schools. In September 2000, the Zhuhai Campus
of Sun Yat-sen University in Tang Jia Wan, Zhuhai city, was
completed, which expands the space and lays a solid foundation for
development in the new century. On October 26, 2001, Sun Yat-sen
University and the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science were
merged to form the new Sun Yat-sen University. The Ministry of
Education and the government of Guangdong Province signed an
agreement, both promising to invest 1.2 billion RMB in 3 years to
build the new Sun Yat-sen University into a first class university
with high academic standards.
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