Admission

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Sun Yat-sen University welcomes applications from students of different backgrounds
with its diverse educational opportunities ranging from certificate programs, associate’
s, bachelor’s, master’s and doctoral degrees. A place here guarantees the benefits of
excellent resources and teaching and a lively community of scholarship.











Program
Degree Programs (Undergraduate, Master’s degrees and Ph. D degrees)

There are 80 subject areas for undergraduates to choose major in. At the graduate
level, courses are offered in 196 subject areas leading to Master’s degrees and in 137
to doctorates. In addition, there are 11 new specialized degree programs.

1. Programs for undergraduate students (period of study: 4 years) and non-degree
students:

The School of Humanities:
Chinese Language and Literature, History, Philosophy, Anthropology, Archaeology
Lingnan (University) College:
Business Management, Economics, International Business, Finance, Public Finance
and Taxation, Risk Management and Insurance
The School of Business:
Business Administration, Marketing, Accounting, Tourism and Hotel Management
(Field: Hotel Management), Finance and Investment
The School of Law:
Law Sciences
The School of Government:
Political Science and Public Administration, Administrative Management, Public
Administration, Public Relations, Public Policies, Sociology, Social work,
The School of Foreign Languages:
English Language and Literature, Japanese Language and Literature, French
Language and Literature, German Language and Literature
The School of Education:
Applied Psychology
The School of Communication and Design:
Journalism, Art Design
The School of Mathematics and Computational Science:
Mathematics & Applied Mathematics, Statistics, Information & Computational Science,
Software Engineering
The School of Informational Science and Technology:
Computer Science and Technology, Information Management and Information System,
Library Science, Archives Science, Electronics and Information Science and
Technology, Communication Engineering, Automation (Computer Control and
Application), Network Engineering
The School of Physics Science and Engineering:
Theoretical and Applied Mechanics, Physics, Material Physics, Optical information
Science and Technology, Micro-electronics
The School of Engineering:
Micro-electronics (Field: Electric power and Electronics), Transportation Engineering
(Field: Intellectual Transportation System)
The School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering:
Chemistry, Applied Chemistry, Material Chemistry (Field: Polymer Material & Chemistry)
The School of Life Sciences:
Biology, Biotechnology, Ecology
Department of Earth Science:
Geology
The School of Geographical Science and Planning:
Geography, Resource Environment & Urban and Rural Planning and Administration,
Geographical Information System, Urban Planning, Tourism and Recreation
The School of Environmental Science and Engineering:
Environmental Science, Environmental Engineering, Atmospheric Science, Applied
Meteorology
The School of Software:
Software Engineering(Field: Electronic administration, Communication software,
Applied Computer software, Inlaid Software and System)
Zhongshan Medical College (Period of Study: 5 years):
Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical Imaging
The School of Public Health (Period of Study: 5 years):
Preventive Medicine, Medical Nutrition
Guanghua School of Stomatology (Period of Study: 5 years):
Stomatology
The School of Higher Nursing (Period of Study: 4 years):
Higher Nursing
The School of Pre-Clinical Medicine:
Forensic Medicine (Period of Study: 5 years), Medical Laboratory (Period of Study: 5
years), Biomedical Engineering (Period of Study: 4 years)
The School of Pharmaceutical Science (Period of Study: 5 years):
Pharmaceutical Science


2. Programs for postgraduate studies (Period of Study: 3 years. The program
indicated with the symbol * offers courses leading to both Master’s and PhD
degrees, and those without only offer courses leading to the Master’s degree)

* Chinese Language and Literature:
Theory of Literature and Art, Linguistics and Applied Linguistics, Chinese Philology,
Ancient Chinese Literature, Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature, Chinese
Ethnic Language and Literature, Comparative Literature and World Literature
* History:
Historical Theory and History of Historical Science, Archaeology and Museology,
Historical Geography, Studies of Historical Literature (including Paleography and
Studies of Dun Huang), History of Particular Subjects, Ancient Chinese History, Modern
History of China, World History.
* Mathematics:
Fundamental Mathematics, Computational Mathematics, Probability and Mathematical
Statistics, Applied Mathematics, Operational Research and Cybernetics
* Physics:
Theoretical Physics, Particle Physics and Nuclear Physics, Atomic and Molecular
Physics, Plasma Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Acoustics, Optics, Radio Physics
* Chemistry:
Inorganic Chemistry, Analytical Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, Physical Chemistry
(including
Chemical Physics), Chemistry and Physics of Polymers
* Geography:
Physical Geography, Human Geography, Cartography and Geography Information
System
* Biology:
Botany, Zoology, Physiology, Hydrobiology, Microbiology, Neurobiology, Genetics,
Developmental Biology, Cell Biology, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Biophysics,
Ecology
* Optical Engineering:
Optical Engineering
* Science of Business Administration:
Accounting, Corporate Management (including Financial Management, Marketing, and
Human Resources Management) , Hotel Management, Technology Economy and
Management
Philosophy:
* Marxist Philosophy, * Chinese Philosophy, * Logic, Foreign Philosophy, Ethics,
Science of Religion, Philosophy of Science and Technology
Theoretical Economics:
Political Economics, Western Economics, *World Economics; Population; Resources
and Environmental Economics.
Applied Economics:
Public Finance, Finance, International Trade, Quantitative Economics
Law:
Jurisprudence, Law History, Constitutional Law and Administrative Law, Criminal Law,
Civil Law and Commercial Law, Science of , Procedure Law, Economic Law,
International Law,
Political Study:
Political Theory, * Education of Marxist Theory and Education in Ideology Politics,
International Relations
Sociology:
* Sociology, Demography, * Anthropology, Folklore (including Chinese Folk Literature)
Education:
Higher Education
Foreign Languages and Literature:
*English Language and Literature, French Language and Literature, Japanese
Language and Literature, Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics..
Atmospheric Science:
* Meteorology, Atmospheric Physics and Atmospheric Environment.
Marine Science:
Physics Oceanography, * Marine Biology.
Geology:
* Mineralogy, Petrology, Ore Deposit Geology, Structural Geology, Quaternary Geology.
Mechanics:
* Solid Mechanics, Fluid Mechanics, Engineering Mechanics.
Material Science and Engineering:
Material Physics and Chemistry.
Electronic Science and Technology:
Micro-electronics and Solid State Electronics.
Information and Communication Engineering:
Communication and Information System, Signal and Information Processing.
Control Science and Engineering:
Detection Technology & Automatic Equipment.
Computer Science and Technology:
* Computer Software and Theory, Computer Applied Technology.
Civil Engineering:
Geotechnical Engineering, Hydraulic Engineering, Hydrology and Water Resources,
Harbor, Costal and Offshore Engineering
Environmental Science and Engineering:
* Environmental Science
Plant Protection:
Agricultural Entomology and Pest Control
Pharmaceutical Science:
Pharmaceutical Analysis
Science of Public Management:
* Administration Management, Educational Economy and Management
Science of Library, Information and Archival:
Library Science, Information Science, Archival Science

Medical Sciences:
Cell Biology, Medical Genetics, *Human Anatomy, *Histology & Embryology,
*Physiology, Biochemistry, *Immunology, *Pathology, Pathological Physiology,
*Pharmacology, *Parasitology, *Forensic Medicine, Nuclear Medicine, *Biomedical
Engineering, *Internal Medicine (Cardio-vascular Diseases, Gastro-Entomology,
Endocrinology, Pulmonary Medicine, Nephrology, Hematology), *Surgery (General,
Thoracic & Cardiac, Orthopedic, Pediatric, Urology), *Obstetrics and Gynecology,
Pediatrics, *Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Stomatology (Oral Surgery),
*Neurology, Dermatology, *Infectious Diseases, Medical Imaging Sciences,
Rehabilitation Medicine & Physiotherapy, Nutrition & Food Hygiene, *Health Statistics,
Labor Health & Occupational Diseases, Clinical Medicine of Traditional Chinese
Medicine & Western Medicine (Internal Medicine), Medical Psychology, Anesthesiology,
Environmental Hygiene, *Oncology.
P.S. The microbiology program is designed for Ph. D candidates only.


3. Programs for Special Degrees:
Ph. D of Clinical Medicine, Master of Business Administration(MBA)Master of Public
Administration (MPA), Master of Law (JD), Master of Engineering (Computer),Master of
Engineering (Environmental Engineering), Master of Environmental Engineering),
Master of Software Engineering, Master of Electronics & Communication Engineering,
Master of Clinical Medicine, Master of Stomatology, Master of Public Hygiene.