About Us

National Sun Yat-sen University (NSYSU; Chinese: 國立中山大學; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p-tiong-san-tāi-ha̍k) is a public research university located in Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. NSYSU is listed as one of six national research universities, and one of four universities that make up the Taiwan Comprehensive University System, a research-led university alliance in Taiwan. With AACSB and CFA accredited and the number one maritime management program in Asia, the NSYSU College of Management is among the best in East Asia,and the College of Marine Sciences is the oldest and highest ranked in Taiwan.

The first national comprehensive university in Southern Taiwan, NSYSU was founded in response to national development needs. The alumni of both the original Sun Yat-sen University and the historical Moscow Sun Yat-sen University also have contributed to the establishment of the university. In the beginning, each of the Sun Yat-sen Universities adopted a statism educational model (中山大學模式) based-on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's philosophy. At present, NSYSU is a regular public university, and known for its political and commercial relations, its faculty and staff serve as bureaucrats and NGO experts to maintain close contact with industry and government officials.[ NSYSU hosts the European Union Centre, America Center, and the Center for Japanese Studies.

NSYSU is usually ranked among the top 4-5 universities nationally and among the top 400-1000 universities worldwide, it is organized into eight colleges, two National Key Fields colleges, but it also contains a considerable number of research institutes.