NATIONAL SUN YAT-SEN UNIVERSITY

The 'National Sun Yat-sen University' ()^[1] is a public university located in Kaohsiung, Republic of China (Taiwan). It is considered to be the best higher education institution in the Kaohsiung area. The university is known as 'NSYSU' (中山大學, Zhōngshān Dàxué).

Contents

History

Departments

Current

Notes

See also

External links

History

In 1924, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, the Founding Father of the Republic of China (ROC) formed National Kwangtung University in Canton (now Guangzhou), China by incorporating National Higher Normal College, Kwangtung Provincial Law College and Provincial Agricultural Technical School. In 1926, the university was renamed 'National Sun Yat-sen University' in his honor after his death, for his contribution to the nation.
Canton fell in the hands of the Communist Party of China in 1949
and the ROC Government retreated to Taiwan. The university in Guangzhou was renamed Sun Yat-sen University. The ROC government re-established the university in Kaohsiung in 1979.

Departments

There are eighteen departments in the university, as well as six institutes, namely, literature, business, science and engineering, administration, marine science, and social sciences. The total enrollment is about nine thousand five hundred.

Current

Every year there are about 50 international exchange students that come to study courses, mostly management and business focused, in English and learn about Taiwanese culture as well as the Chinese languages. The university also has a separate language institute where fee-paying students can study Mandarin and Taiwanese. There are also around the same number of out-going exchange students each year to NSYSU's partner universities.
"NSYSU is situated in Kaohsiung, a city known for its commerce and industry. NSYSU has long been the major think tank for the development of government agencies, industry, and academics in Southern Taiwan. We have close working ties with many key universities in the Northern Taiwan, collaborating together to shape the future of Taiwan's academia. Currently we are looking to expand our focus to the rest of Asia and the world, aiming to become a truly internationalized university in this age of globalization."

Notes

1. The name of the university is translated using Chinese word order. By English grammar rules, it is 'Sun Yat-sen National University'.

See also

★ Sun Yat-sen University in Guangzhou, People's Republic of China

External links

★ NSYSU webpage

★ NSYSU English webpage