(KMT). Originally,
each of the Sun Yat-sen Universities adopted a statism educational model () based on
Sun Yat-sen's
political philosophy. The present-day Sun Yat-sen University is the result of multiple mergers as well as splits and restructurings that have involved more than a dozen academic institutions over time. The most recent merger happened in 2001, when Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science merged with Sun Yat-sen University and became Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science.
Sun Yat-sen University In 1924,
Sun Yat-sen founded
National Kwangtung University () in
Canton and inscribed in his own handwriting the school motto of "Study Extensively, Enquire Accurately, Reflect Carefully, Discriminate Clearly, Practise Earnestly." In 1926, there were four National Sun Yat-sen Universities: National First Sun Yat-sen University in Canton (the current Sun Yat-sen University), National Second Sun Yat-sen University in
Wuhan (the current
Wuhan University), National Third Sun Yat-sen University in
Hangzhou (the current
Zhejiang University), National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University in
Nanking (the predecessor of the current
Nanjing University,
Southeast University, and
National Central University). The Nationalist government also planned to organize the National Fifth Sun Yat-sen University in
Zhengzhou, but end up naming it as the
Henan Provincial Sun Yat-sen University (the current
Henan University). In the 1930s, there were seven schools in the University: the Schools of Arts, Sciences, Law, Engineering, Agricultural Studies, Medicine and Education. In 1935, National Sun Yat-sen University, concurrently with
National Tsinghua University and
National Peking University, set up the first graduate schools in China and began to enroll graduate students. In 1949, the University removed its prefix "National" and has been thereafter referred directly to
Sun Yat-sen University (). In the 1950s, colleges, schools and departments were readjusted nationwide, and Sun Yat-sen University became a national top-tier comprehensive university with the liberal arts and sciences as its backbone disciplines.
Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences One of the predecessors of the Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science was the Pok Tsai Medical School, which, founded in 1866, was the earliest institution of learning of western medicine in China, where Sun Yat-sen once studied and engaged in revolutionary activities. The Pok Tsai Medical School evolved into the College of Medicine of Lingnan University in 1936. The
Kung Yee Medical School and Hospital in
Guangzhou (Canton) was founded in 1908. In 1925, the Kung Yee institutions were taken over by the government and became the Medical Department of the National First Sun Yat-sen (Zhongshan) University. In 1953, the Colleges of Medicine in Sun Yat-sen University and Lingnan University merged to form the College of Medicine of South China, which was joined by the Guangdong Guanghua College of Medicine in 1954. The university was renamed Guangzhou College of Medicine and Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science successively, and finally Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science in 1985, which has developed steadfastly into a comprehensive medical university with multi-schools and multiple levels, has reached national advanced level and achieved remarkable successes in scientific research in medical genetics, ophthalmology, tumor study, parasite study, the kidney disease of internal medicine, organ transplant, infectious liver disease, biological medical project and molecular medical science. In 2001, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Science merged with Sun Yat-sen University and became Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Science.
Lingnan University Lingnan University () was a
private university established by
Andrew Happer, MD and a group of American missionaries in Guangzhou in 1888. At its founding it was named
Canton Christian College (). The
Hackett Medical College for Women (夏葛女子醫學院, the first
medical college for women in China) and its affiliated hospital known as David Gregg Hospital for Women and Children (), located in Guangzhou, China, were parts of a medical center that was founded by
female medical missionary Mary H. Fulton (1854-1927). Fulton was sent by the Foreign Missions Board of the
Presbyterian Church (USA), with the support of the Lafayette Avenue Presbyterian Church of Brooklyn, New York, of which David Gregg was pastor The college was dedicated in 1902 and offered a four-year medical curriculum. At the end of 1932, the medical center was registered and put under the control of the Chinese government. Furthermore, it affiliated with Guangzhou Hospital and Lingnan University to form the Sun Yat-Sen Medical College in 1936. Lingnan University was incorporated into Sun Yat-sen University in 1953 under the order of the Communist Party's government. Members of the university moved to
Hong Kong and founded the
Lingnan School in
Wan Chai in 1967, which was relocated to
Tuen Mun in the mid-1990s and renamed Lingnan University in 1999. In 1988, Lingnan College was reestablished within Sun Yat-sen University and is now one of the top schools of economics and management in China. == Rankings and reputation ==