Sun Yat-sen University (Chinese: 中山大学; pinyin: Zhōngshān Dàxué, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a national public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and named after Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary and the founder of the Republic of China. Its main campus, commonly referred to as the South Campus, is located in Haizhu District, 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. It is a member of the nation’s Double First Class University Plan, former Project 985, and Project 211 for leading research universities.
Sun Yat-sen University ranks 89th globally, 12th in Asia and 7th in mainland China in the 2021 Academic Ranking of World Universities. It is ranked 159th globally, 21st in Asia and 8th in mainland China by the 2021 U.S. News & World Report Best Global Universities Rankings. Its programs in business, management, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, medicine and pharmacy are among the best in the nation. SYSU is a highly selective university that only accepts top 1% students performed in the National College Entrance Examination.
Two of the university’s business education institutions, Sun Yat-sen Business School (SYSBS) and Lingnan (University) College are accredited by EQUIS, AACSB, and AMBA. It is the only university with multiple business institution hold this triple accreditation. Lingnan (University) College keeps No.1 in Asia-Pacific for both Financial Times (FT) Business School Rankings and World University Rankings (QS) Business Masters Rankings. The university’s assets include the world’s second fastest supercomputer Tianhe-2, which is valued at 2.4 billion CNY (US$390 million). It also owns the largest hospital system in China. SYSU Zhuhai Campus owns the largest teaching building in Asia measured by acreage.
| University Rankings | |
|---|---|
| Global – Overall | |
| ARWU World | 89 (2021) |
| QS World | 260 (2022) |
| QS Employability | 201-250 (2020) |
| THE World | 251–300 (2022) |
| THE Reputation | 176-200 (2020) |
| USNWR Global | 159 (2022) |
| Regional – Overall | |
| QS BRICS | 13 (2019) |
| THE Emerging Economies | 23 (2020) |
| USNWR Asia | 21 (2022) |
| National – Overall | |
| BCUR National | 9 (2019) |