2. Sun Yat-sen University, referred to as "Zhong Da University", is a comprehensive university located in Guangdong Province, China. Sun Yat-sen University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education of People's Republic of China (PRC), ranking first in the 985 Project and the 2 1 1 Project. It was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen himself and has a school-running tradition of 100 years. Today's Sun Yat-sen University is a merger of Sun Yat-sen University and Sun Yat-sen Medical University, which was separated by 1952, and the title of "national" has been removed. One of the most famous institutions of higher learning in southern China.