Sun Yat-sen University (SYSU), referred to as "CUHK" for short, was founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and has a school-running tradition of 100 years. It is an important town of scientific research, cultural scholarship and personnel training in southern China.

Sun Yat-sen University is a national key university jointly established by the Ministry of Education and Guangdong Province. It is also a national key university under the "985 Project", "2 1 1 Project", "Everest Plan", "1Plan" and "Excellent Legal Talents Education and Training Plan". Sun Yat-sen University has become a first-class modern comprehensive university in China and internationally renowned, and is moving towards a world-class university, striving to become a global academic center.

Sun Yat-sen University has 10 national talent training base, and many undergraduate majors such as economic management have passed domestic and international certification. It was selected into the pilot program for training top-notch students in basic disciplines, the excellent doctor training program and the excellent legal talents training program of the Ministry of Education, and the Sino-foreign cooperative education projects with world-class universities such as the French Civil Nuclear Engineers Teaching Alliance successfully passed the relevant international certification. And has 10 affiliated hospitals.