Sun Yat sen University, referred to as "CUHK", is directly under the Ministry of education of the people's Republic of China. It is a comprehensive national key university jointly constructed by the Ministry of education, the State Administration of science, technology and industry for national defense and Guangdong Province. It is one of the first batch of national "double first-class" Class A, "985 Project" and "211 Project". It has been selected into the national "Everest plan", "111 plan" and "2011 plan" as well as the education and training of outstanding legal talents Plan, excellent doctor education and training program, national innovative experiment plan for college students, national innovation and entrepreneurship training program for college students, public graduate program for national construction of high-level university, new engineering research and practice project, China government scholarship receiving Institute for international students, national demonstration University for deepening innovation and entrepreneurship education reform, and national cultural quality education foundation for college students Local and national innovation talents training demonstration base, national international science and technology cooperation base, the first batch of colleges and universities scientific and technological achievements transformation and technology transfer base, degree authorization independent audit unit, etc., are China University Planetary Science Alliance, China Artificial Intelligence Education Association, University General Education Alliance, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao University Alliance, Guangdong Hong Kong Macao Bay area logistics and supply chain innovation alliance Member.

In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat Sen personally integrated many universities in Guangzhou to establish the national Guangdong University. The University was named National Sun Yat sen University in 1926. Today's Sun Yat sen University was formed in October 2001 by the merger of Sun Yat sen University and Sun Yat Sen Medical University, which were set up after the adjustment of departments in 1952.

As of September 2019, Sun Yat sen University is composed of three campuses, five campuses and ten affiliated hospitals in Guangzhou, Zhuhai and Shenzhen. It has 132 undergraduate specialties, 45 post doctoral research stations, 51 first-class doctoral programs, 59 master degree programs and 37 professional degree categories. There are 53789 full-time students, including 32160 undergraduate students There are 14463 students, 7166 doctoral students and 4028 full-time teachers.