This school, founded in 1924 and located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen. It is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the State Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense and Guangdong Province, and ranks among the first batch of national "double-class" A, "985 Project" and "2 165438 Project". It was formed by the merger of the former College of Arts and Sciences of Sun Yat-sen University and the College of Arts and Sciences of Lingnan University. 1952. Sun Yat-sen University, a vice-ministerial university directly under the Ministry of Education of China and established by the central government, has a school-running tradition of 100 years, and is an important town for scientific research, cultural scholarship and personnel training in southern China. He has been selected into the Everest Plan,11/plan, excellent legal talents education and training plan, excellent doctoral education and training plan, national public graduate program for building high-level universities, scholarship for overseas students from China government, and national model university for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform. The school has become a first-class modern comprehensive university in China and internationally renowned, and is striving to become a global academic center. There are 18 disciplines in the school that are in the top of ESI world 1%, and the number of disciplines ranks second in domestic universities, among which 14 disciplines are in the top 0.5% and 2 disciplines are in the top 0. 1%. In the third round of national discipline evaluation, 16 of the 33 participating disciplines entered the top 5.

discipline construction

As of April 20 18, Sun Yat-sen University has 49 first-level disciplines, 1 two disciplines (excluding first-level disciplines), 59 first-level disciplines, 3 doctoral degrees, 27 master's degrees (including master of engineering *** 19 fields) and postdoctoral students.

As of July, 20 18, according to the latest statistics of essential science indicators (ESI), among all 22 subjects in ESI database, Sun Yat-sen University 19 subjects are among the top in the world 1%, and the number of selected subjects ranks second in universities in China. Among them, 14 is in the top 0.5%, and 2 is in the top 0. 1%.

competence

By the end of 20 17, Sun Yat-sen University had 3,699 full-time teachers, including 2 167 doctoral supervisors, 1504 with full senior titles and 1279 with associate senior titles. Academician of China Academy of Sciences 15 (including 8 double hires), academician of China Academy of Engineering (including 2 double hires), young scholars 14, 20 chief scientists of "973" (including the chief scientists of major scientific research projects), 8/KLOC-0 winners of National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars and 48 winners of Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars.

So, in a word, Sun Yat-sen University is in Guangzhou, and it is a very good university!