Sun Yat-sen University's administrative examination competition is still fierce, enrolling 13 students, and the enrollment ratio is about 1: 16.

Sun Yat-sen University mainly adopts the "application-examination system": qualification examination+comprehensive examination (written examination and interview) (the list of candidates taking the examination is determined according to the enrollment ratio of no more than 1:3). In recent years, the administrative examination system of Sun Yat-sen University began to adopt the application examination system.