Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, has a school-running tradition of over 100 years, and is an important town of scientific research, cultural scholarship and personnel training in southern China. As a university directly under the Ministry of Education of China, Sun Yat-sen University has become a first-class and internationally renowned modern comprehensive university through the establishment of the Ministry of Education. Now it consists of three campuses, namely Guangzhou Campus, Zhuhai Campus and Shenzhen Campus, five campuses and ten affiliated hospitals. Sun Yat-sen University is marching towards a world-class university and striving to become a global academic center.
The motto of Sun Yat-sen University was written by Dr. Sun Yat-sen at the inauguration ceremony held in Guangdong University on June 1924+0 1. The motto of the school is "knowledgeable interrogation, careful thinking and thorough discrimination"
The school song of Sun Yat-sen University was written in the early days of its establishment. It was written by Zou Lu, the first president of Sun Yat-sen University, and composed by Chen Hong. Under the historical conditions at that time, she played an active role in inspiring and uniting the teachers, students, staff and alumni of Sun Yat-sen University, and in carrying out the proposition of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, a great democratic revolutionary in China and the founder of Sun Yat-sen University.