Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen, has more than 100 years of tradition of comprehensive university, is directly under the Ministry of Education, the national 211 project, 985 project key construction universities. The school was formerly known as the National Guangdong University, after the name "National Sun Yat-sen University" "National Sun Yat-sen University" after the restoration of the former name.