At present, there are many majors offered by in-service graduate students in Sun Yat-sen University, mainly in five directions: linguistics, finance, management, law and psychology. Specialty types are selective and diverse. Students who want to register can choose to register according to their hobbies and future development direction.

Linguistics is mainly applied linguistics; Finance mainly includes finance and investment major and finance major; Management is divided into enterprise management and urban and regional planning under public management; There are many professional classifications of law, including finance and tax law, company law, civil and commercial law, etc. Psychology offers clinical and consulting psychology majors.

On-the-job graduate students of Sun Yat-sen University mainly apply for Shen Shuo with the same academic ability in May. The academic system is generally two years, and the tuition fees range from 20,000 to 50,000 according to different majors. The training method is part-time, and the exam is taken while working. The teaching schedule is more flexible and will not affect the work and personal time.

Students can obtain a master's degree certificate of Sun Yat-sen University with the same academic ability as full-time graduate students after completing the course of Sun Yat-sen University's seminar and the subsequent Shen Shuo exam and passing the thesis defense.