Meals, books and other expenses are borne by the students themselves. Students' monthly meals cost about 300 ~ 400 yuan, and their living expenses vary according to their consumption. The college allocates a certain amount of water and electricity to each dormitory free of charge every semester, and the excess is paid by dormitory students on average according to the standards approved by the price bureau.
Southern College of Sun Yat-sen University is an independent college jointly founded by Sun Yat-sen University and Guangdong Zhujiang Investment Group with the approval of the Ministry of Education in 2006. It is a multi-disciplinary full-time application-oriented undergraduate college, and was selected as a pilot college for undergraduate transformation in Guangdong Province in 20 16.