At present, Sun Yat-sen University has students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan 1090, and students from various countries and regions 167 1 person.
Sun Yat-sen University is an institution of "2 1 1 Project" and "985 Project". At present, the school has 2 first-class disciplines, 23 national key disciplines in two disciplines, 6 national key disciplines (cultivation) in two disciplines and 37 key disciplines in Guangdong, including 20 climbing key disciplines and 17 dominant key disciplines.