1, the historical evolution of Sun Yat-sen University

Sun Yat-sen University, referred to as "CUHK", is a comprehensive national key university located in Guangdong Province. Directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), and jointly established with the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Guangdong Province. The school is listed as a member of the national "Double-Class", "985 Project" and "2 1 1 Project" and selected as the national "Everest Plan".

The history of Sun Yat-sen University can be traced back to the great democratic revolutionary Dr. Sun Yat-sen, who founded this institution of higher learning. Up to now, Sun Yat-sen University has gone through more than 90 years.

2.985 University and 2 1 1 University

(1)985 University

985 University refers to 1998 key disciplines of higher education and high-level university construction project initiated by China government, aiming at cultivating world-class universities and internationally renowned research universities. At present, there are 42 985 colleges and universities in China, including Peking University, Tsinghua University, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Zhejiang University.

(2)2 1 1 university

2 1 1 University refers to the higher education revitalization plan initiated by the government of China in 1995, aiming at improving the overall quality and internationalization level of higher education in China. The goal of this plan is to make the overall level of higher education in China reach the level of moderately developed countries by 2020. At present, there are116211universities in China, including China Youshi University, China Geo University and East China Normal University.

Cultural Tradition of Sun Yat-sen University

1, school motto

The motto of Sun Yat-sen University is "erudite, knowledgeable, thoughtful, discerning and convinced", which was written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen at the founding ceremony held in the National Guangdong University on June 5438+0924+065438+ 10/65438. This cross motto comes from the Confucian classic The Doctrine of the Mean, which emphasizes the educational concept of integrating learning, thinking and doing, and is an important part of the cultural tradition of Sun Yat-sen University.

2. School song

The school song of Sun Yat-sen University was written by Zou Lu, the first president, and composed by Chen Hong. This song is named the school song of Sun Yat-sen University. This song embodies Sun Yat-sen University's educational philosophy and academic pursuit, and is also a part of Sun Yat-sen University's cultural tradition.

3. Style of study

Sun Yat-sen University pays attention to the construction of study style, emphasizes the talent training goal of "having both ability and political integrity, leadership temperament and feelings for home and country", and advocates the guiding ideology of "facing the academic frontier, facing the country's major strategic needs and facing the national and regional economic and social development".

4. Traditional disciplines

Sun Yat-sen University is rich in traditional disciplines, such as literature, history, philosophy, classics, management, law, medicine, teaching and art. These disciplines have a long history, strong teachers and trained a large number of outstanding talents.

5. Campus cultural activities

Sun Yat-sen University pays attention to the construction of campus culture, and cultivates students' comprehensive quality and sense of social responsibility by holding various cultural activities, such as literary competitions, academic lectures and voluntary services.