Sun Yat-sen University is a comprehensive university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, China. Its predecessor was the National Guangdong University founded by Sun Yat-sen in 1924, and it was renamed in memory of its founder in 1926. Sun Yat-sen University now has three campuses in Guangzhou and one in Zhuhai. In addition, there are campuses, independent colleges, affiliated hospitals and research institutions in Conghua and other provinces and cities. Sun Yat-sen University is a key university directly under the Ministry of Education and a vice-ministerial university, ranking in the 985 Project and the 2 1 1 Project.