Brief Introduction to Sun Yat-sen University 4 History of Development 4

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School of Communication and Design

The School of Communication and Design was founded in 2003. Currently it has 3 departments, Department of Communication and Design, Department of Arts and Design, and Department of New Media and Video Production. The undergraduate programs include journalism, arts and design, which prepare students to work in careers from the communication studies to the performing of creative arts, with strong liberal arts education. The School has 28 staff members, including 3 professors, 6 associate professors and 10 lecturers.

Most of the students, who study hard and actively engage in varied social activities, are on the East Campus that locates at the north end of the Guangzhou University City in Xiaoguwei,Panyu.
As a newly established school, it has extensive cooperation and exchanges with institutions at home and abroad, including Hong Kong Baptist University, South China Morning Post, the Sunderland University of Britain, etc.

Staff

Total………………………………………………28

·Full-time……………………………………….20

Professors ........................................................3

Associate Professors……………………………6

Lecturers .........................................................10

·Part-time ...........................................................7

Professors ..........................................................7
Staff

Total………………………………………………411

·Undergraduate Students……………………….358

·Other Students ..................................................53

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Art and Design

Journalism

New Media and Video Production

·Postgraduate Program

Public Media and Communication Management

·Other Program

Correspondence Course (Journalism)
Exchange and Cooperation

·Cooperations with Hong Kong Baptist University and South China Morning Post

·Internship and Projects cooperated with the Sunderland University of Britain, the Kookmin University of Korea, the Dongseo University of Korea, the Tainan National University of the Arts, the University of Cincinnati, the Auckland University of Technology of New Zealand, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the City University of Hong Kong, the Chuhai College of Higher Education of Hong Kong

·Frequent working relationship with Guangdong TV Station, Guangzhou TV Station, Zhujiang Film Production Co. Ltd, Xinghua News Agency, Guangdong Branch of People's Daily, Nanfang Daily, Nanfang Weekend, Nanfang Metropolitan Newspaper, Yangcheng Evening Newspaper, Guangzhou Daily, New Express, Phoenix Satellite Television Co. Ltd, Hong Kong Salon Film Co. Ltd

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School of Education

The School of Education was established on June 7th, 2000, to meet the need of higher education development in China and the reform in Sun Yat-sen University. The School has acquired highly talented and professional academic staff, including 19 professors and 38 associate professors. Most teachers have doctoral or master's degrees; some are highly active in related

research fields.
The School provides academic programs to undergraduate, postgraduate and PhD students in the disciplines of Marxism Theory and Ideology Studies, Education Economics and Management, Higher Education, Education and Psychology. The School also offers basic education courses on political science, ideology and moral education, physical education and training.
As one of the first education schools set up in a comprehensive university in China, the School aims to develop into a unique teaching and training model emphasizing on both teaching and research, integrating basic study with applied research and providing a range of degree programs. The mission of the School is to further enhance its research in ideology and moral education

as well as physical education, to make contributions to fostering and educating all-rounded high caliber professional personnel for society. The School also targets at orienting its research towards the application ends in the disciplines of education and psychology, and playing an important role in the advancement of the State's education and the social development of Guangdong Province.

Staff

·Full-time ......................................................................189

Professors .......................................................................19

Associate Professors………………………………….…..38

Lecturers ..........................................................................65

·Part-time ............................................................................8

Professors ...........................................................................8
Students

Total ...................................590

·Undergraduate Students 192

·Graduate Students ........171

·Other Students ..............227
Departments

·Department of Social Science Education (the former Institute of Marxism Studies)

·Department of Physical Education (the former Division of Physical Education and Training)

·Department of Education (the former Institute of Educational Science)

·Department of Psychology

Programs

·Undergraduate Program

Practicing Psychology

·Postgraduate Programs

Basic Psychology

Education Economics and Management

Higher Education

Marxism Theory and Ideology Political Education

·Unique Programs

Marxism Theory and Ideology Political Education

Ideology and Moral studies

·Other Programs

Art Designing

Research Institutes/Centers

·Institute of Educational Science

·Institute of Moral Education

·Institute of Physical Education Studies

·Guangdong Teacher Training Center of Political Science

·Yingdong Physical Training Center (the former State Physical training Center of University Students)

Exchange and Cooperation

Sports and educational exchange with Springfield College , USA

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School of Foreign Languages

The School of Foreign Languages was founded in 1992, based on the former Department of Foreign Languages, Guangzhou English Language Center and Center of Chinese Studies of Sun Yat-sen University. The School has a long and rigorous academic tradition. Its Department of English was established in 1924, when the University was founded. Many famous scholars such as Shen Hong, Shiqiu Liang, Liuling Dai, Zongdai Liang, Zongyan Wang, Wentong Xie, Dayin Yu, Shichun Gui, have taught in the School and exerted a tremendous influence on its development.

The School of Foreign Languages takes foreign languages and literature, applied linguistics, functional linguistics and discourse analysis, translation studies, cultural studies and international business as the main areas of teaching and research. The School is dedicated to the training of high caliber talents in foreign languages and literature, foreign affairs, foreign language education, international business, media and publishing industries as well as tourism.
The School has always been active in academic exchanges and collaborations with other prestigious universities and institutions both at home and abroad. Each year, scholars from the School are sent to English-speaking countries or Hong Kong and Macao to give lectures, conduct research, attend conferences, or to further their studies. The School also recruits a team of foreign scholars and experts.
At present, there are 4 departments under the School: Department of English, Department of Japanese, Department of French and Department of German, as well as the Guangzhou English Language Center, which offers intensive English training programs to scholars who are to study or do research abroad. The School was among the first group of institutions in China to offer PhD and Master's degree programs in English Language and Literature in the early 1980s. The English Language and Literature program of the School has also been recognized as one of the key programs in Guangdong Province.
Staff

Professors ................12

Associate Professors 19

Lecturers ..................16

Students

Total ...................................2296

·Undergraduate Students 707

·Graduate Students ........ 181

·Other Students .............. 1408
Research Fields

·Applied Linguistics

·English Language and Literature

·French Language and Literature

·Functional Linguistics and Discourse Analysis

·German Language and Literature

·Japanese Language and Literature

·Translation Studies

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

English Language and Literature

French Language and Literature

German Language and Literature

Japanese Language and Literature

·Postgraduate Programs

English Language and Literature

Foreign Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

French Language and Literature

German Language and Literature

Japanese Language and Literature

Departments

·Department of English

·Department of French

·Department of German

·Department of Japanese
Research Institutes/Centers

·Research Section of English and American Language and Literature

·Language Studies Institute

·English Poetry Studies Institute

·Functional Linguistics Institute

·Translation Studies Institute

·Australian Studies Institute

·Russian Studies Institute

·Center for Continuing Education

·Cambridge Business English Certificate (BEC) Test Center

·Public English Testing System (PETS) Test Center

·National Accreditation Examination for Translators and Interpreters

(NAETI) Test Center
Exchange and Cooperation

The School has established links with many institutions in the world and is in regular contacts and research cooperation with scholars from Jean Moulin University-Lyons III, the University of Cambridge, the University of Sydney, Cardiff University, the University of Hong Kong, the City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong Baptist University and the University of Macao.

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School of Government

The School of Government was founded on 30 September, 2001. The School has successfully implemented many research programs, which have made positive impact on today's society and economy. It is currently conducting research projects funded by the National Social Science Foundation, the Natural Science Foundation and the Ministry of Education. There are totally

208 joint programs in collaboration with USA, Canada and other countries, with over 18,800,000 RMB yuan involved. Since 2001, 45 academic books, 27 textbooks and 961 articles have been published, amongst which 31 were published on international journals, 32 were on top academic journals in Chinese Social Science, Economics, Sociology and Political Studies, another 7 articles were reprinted in the Xinhua Digest. The School has been given many academic research awards; for example, Study on Ethical Politics was awarded the second prize for the Excellent Academic Achievement for Humanities and Social Science.
The School aims to provide comprehensive educational programs in accordance with local requirements, which are aligned with international standards. The School is also endeavoring to build up its national and international reputation in the field of governance.
Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

International Politics

Public Administration

Public Administration (Human Resources)

Public Policy

Public Relation

Political Science and Public

Administration

Sociology

Social Work
·Unique Programs

Post-doctoral Program in Public Administration

·Postgraduate Programs

Demography

International Politics

International Relations

Land Resource Management

MPA (Master of Public Administration)

Public Administration

Public Budget

Public Relation

Sociology

Theory of Political Science

World History

Staff

Total 77

·Professors 26

·Associate Professors 27

·Lecturers 24
Students

Total 3283

·Undergraduate Students 1664

·Graduate Students 1619

Departments

·Department of Political Science

·Department of Public Administration

·Department of Sociology

·Department of International Relations

·Department of Public Communication

·Department of Social Work
Research Institutes/Laboratories/Centers

· Public Administration Research Center

· Institute of Southeast Asia Studies

· Institute of Demographical Studies

· Institute of Political Science

· Institute of Public Communication Studies

· Institute of Social Development

· Institute of Local Governance Studies

· Center for Sociological Studies on China-France Cooperation Industry and

Technology

· Center for Human Resources Studies

· Center for Asia-Pacific Studies

· Center for American Studies

· Center for Consumption and Development Studies

· Center for Labour Studies and Service

· Center for E-government

· Center for Social work Education and Research

· Center for Public Affairs Survey

· MPA Education Center
Exchange and Cooperation

·Joint Program for Guangdong Senior Civil Servant Training by Sun Yet-sen University and the University of Oxford

·Student Exchange Program with the University of Economics, Politics and Law at Aix-en-Marseille Province, France

·The School makes full use of its geographical location in the frontier of reform and opening in China, and has established extensive academic collaboration with famous universities and institutions in USA, France, Britain, Singapore, Switzerland, etc. The School has successfully hosted several international conferences, which largely promoted the School's international reputation. The academic collaboration contributes to the development of academic disciplines, professional training and social service. Up until now, undergraduate exchange programs have been established with France and Hong Kong.

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Department of Anthropology

The Department of Anthropology is the oldest anthropology department in China. Anthropological research and teaching at Sun Yat-sen University originated from the Anthropological Research Team set up by the History and Language Research Institute in the late 1920's. The former Department of Anthropology was established in 1948, with Prof. Chengzhi Yang as the first chair. In 1951, it officially ceased to operate. The Department was reestablished in 1981, and became the only anthropological institute that offered postgraduate and undergraduate programs in China. Prof. Zhaotao Liang, the first chair of the new department, was one of the first PhD supervisors in China.

The Department is the largest and the most diverse anthropology department in China. It offers undergraduate degrees in social/cultural anthropology and archeology, MA and PhD programs in social/cultural anthropology, and MA degrees in archeology. It has 250 undergraduate and 90 graduate students, including students from Hong Kong, Macao, Japan and Vietnam. There is a full-time academic staff of 24 and also 6 part-time professors with expertise in social/cultural anthropology, linguistics, physical anthropology and archeology, including 13 professors, 11 associate professors and 6 lecturers. The staff is divided into 4 teaching groups to provide academic training in 4 sub-fields of anthropology.
Focusing on public research, the Department has several research centers: China Cross-Cultural Consulting Center, Anthropology Museum, Cultural Heritage Research Center of South China, Health and Human Development Research Center, Historical Anthropology Research Center (in collaboration with the Department of History) and Folklore Research Center (in collaboration with the Department of Chinese Language and Literature). In 2002, the Ministry of Education rated the anthropology program in the Department as the state key program.
The Department conducts summer fieldwork for undergraduate and graduate students to give them an appreciation and a better understanding of the complexities of the natural world. It also encourages its academic staff and students to participate in interdisciplinary and academic exchange within the University. The Department is active in international academic exchange with

nearly 20 universities or academic institutes from Europe, North America, Africa and Asia. It also participates in international conferences and has organized several national and international conferences. Famous experts are invited each year to give lectures at the Department.

Staff

Total ...........................................................................41

·Full-time ...............................................................35

Professors (including part-time professors)……….13

Associate Professors ................................................11

Lecturers .................................................................6

·Part-time ...................................................................6
Students

Total .........................................................357

·Undergraduate Students .......................263

·Postgraduate Students .............................87

·Students from Hong Kong and Macao…….3

Programs

·Undergraduate Programs

Anthropology

Archeology

·Postgraduate Programs

Anthropology

Folklore

Anthropology Folklore
Research Institutes/ Centers

·Anthropology Museum

·Teaching and Research Institute of Archeology

·Teaching and Research Institute of Ethnology

·Teaching and Research Institute of Physical Anthropology and Linguistics

·Anthropology Lab

·Chinese Clan and Regional Culture Research Center

·Health and Human Development Research Center

·South China Cultural Heritage Protection Research Center

·Folklore Research Center (in collaboration with the Department of Chinese Language and Literature)

·Research Center of Historical Anthropology (in collaboration with the Department of History)
Exchange and Cooperation

North America: Harvard University

Yale University

Pacific Lutheran University

University of British Columbia
Africa: University of South Africa
Asia: Study of Linguistic and Cultural Changes in Eurasia

University of Tokyo

Tokyo Metropolitan University

Keio University, Japan

University of Okinawa, Japan

National Museum of Ethnology, Osaka, Japan

Europe: UNESCO World Heritage Center in France

Leiden University (Netherlands)

Lund University (Sweden)
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Department of Chinese Language and Literature

The Department of Chinese Language and Literature has a long history in Sun Yat-sen University. Along with the establishment of Sun Yat-sen University, the Division of Chinese Literature was founded in 1924. In 1926 the Division of Chinese Literature changed to its present name. At that time the Department offered courses in literature, linguistics, folklore and journalism. During the national restructuring of schools and departments in 1953, the branch of linguistics moved to Peking University, and journalism to Jinan University in 1959.The Chinese Training Center later merged with the School of Foreign Languages in 1992.

There are some famous scholars in the Department, including those who taught in the early years, such as Xun Lu, Moruo Guo, Sinian Fu, Dafu Yu, Fanwu Cheng, Jiegang Gu, Jingwen Zhong, Yuanren Zhao and Changpei Luo. Other well-known scholars who have taught in more recent years include Li Wan, Qixiang Cen, Geng Rong, Chengzuo Shang, Antai Zhan, Xiaoyue Fang, Meikan Dong, Qi Wang, Haizhang Huang and Qi Lou.
The Department aims to empower its undergraduates with a solid foundation of the major, to widen their knowledge and to instill good ideological qualities on Chinese language and literature into them. Upon graduation, students are qualified in teaching at institutes of higher education or research departments, or working as senior secretaries and administrators. Over the past 70 years, graduates of the Department have gained an excellent reputation for their working performance in various fields at home and abroad.
Staff

Professors ..................20

Associate Professors…..23

Lecturers ....................10

Students

Undergraduate Students…..506

Graduate Students ...........344

Programs

·Undergraduate Program

Chinese Language and Literature

·Postgraduate Programs

Ancient Chinese Literature

Chinese Language and Philology

Classical Chinese Paleography

Comparative and World Literature

Folklore

Literary Theory

Linguistics and Applied Linguistics

Modern and Contemporary Chinese Literature

·Unique Program

The Department has implemented a "4-year Undergraduate Tutor System" and "Intensified Writing Training Program" in undergraduate teaching, which require the freshmen to write 100 compositions (50,000 words) in the first year, the sophomores to submit impressions of 8 books, the juniors to finish 1 academic paper and to participate in teaching practice, and the seniors to write graduation papers. Students are instructed by the tutors on their writing and learning during their school years. This plan has been implemented since 1986, and an effective result has been achieved. The teaching accomplishments of this program have also won the Department several national and provincial prizes.
Research Institutes/Centers

Institute of Chinese Intangible Cultural Heritage

Research Institute of Classical Philology

Research Center of Folklore

Research Center of Stylistics

Continuing Education Center for Chinese Program

Exchange and Cooperation

·Regular academic exchanges with

National Kyushu University (Japan)

Daito Bunka University (Japan)

University of the South (USA)

Nanyang Technological University of Singapore (Singapore)

The University of Hong Kong (Hong Kong)

Sun Yat-sen University, Kaohsiung (Taiwan)

·Postdoctoral Research Station

·Forum of First-class Professors

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Department of History

The Department of History was founded in 1924 when the University came into being. In the 1950s, the Department embraced a considerable number of historians who formerly worked in various disciplines in Lingnan University, constituting a much stronger and more innovative team among its faculties. Some renowned Chinese historians have taught in the Department, such as Sinian Fu, Jiegang Gu, Yinke Chen, Xujing Chen, Zhongmian Cen, Jie Liu and Fangzhong Liang. The academic tradition they established in their approaches to research and teaching has a profound impact on the successors.

The Department has a number of research institutes specializing in specific areas. It also runs the Memorial Hall of Dr. Sun Yat-sen, and publishes two academic journals, the Journal of History and Anthropology and the Study of Art History.
In recent years, the Department has made significant progress in research projects, including Dr. Sun Yat-sen and Modern Chinese Politics, the Transformation of Institution and Knowledge Structure in Modern China, the Dunhuang Manuscripts, the History of Religion, the World Trade System and Treaty Ports, Historical Anthropology, and Regional Studies focusing on

South China.

Staff

Total ...............................48

·Professors ................18

·Associate Professors….16

·Lecturers ....................6
Students

Total ....................................386

·Undergraduate Students…..219

·Graduate Students ............167

Programs

Ancient Chinese History

Archeology

Chinese Social and Economic History

Historical Anthropology

Historical Geography

History of International Relations

Historical Literature and Materials

History of Sino-Western Cultural Exchanges

Historiography

Modern Chinese History

World History

Research Projects

A variety of research projects are undertaken by the faculty. Two major ones are "the Transformation of Institution and Knowledge Structure in Modern China" and "Collection and Studies of Local Historical Materials"

Research Fields

·Ancient Chinese History

·Modern Chinese History

·Studies of Dr. Sun Yat-sen

·The History of Religion

·The History of Sino-Western Trade and Cultural Exchange

·The History of International Relations

·The History of Sino-American Relations

·Historical Anthropology

·Chinese Social and Economic History

·Asian History

·Art History

Research Institutes/Centers

·Research Center of Historical Anthropology

·Institute for the Studies of Dr. Sun Yat-sen

·Center for Studies of Modern China

·Institute of Religious and Cultural Studies

·Institute of Taiwan Studies

·Center for Studies of Art History

·Institute of Dunhuang Studies

·Institute of Ming-Qing Economic History

·Institute for the Studies of the History of International Relations

·Institute of Asian History

·Institute of the History of Sun Yat-sen University

·Memorial Hall of Dr. Sun Yat-sen
Exchange and Cooperation

The Department has exchange and cooperation programs with many universities and institutions at home and abroad, including Yale University, Oxford University, Harvard University, McGill University, Tokyo University, Osaka University, Yonsei University, Dankook University, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, the University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, the University of Sydney, the University of Manchester and various universities in Taiwan, such as Taiwan University, Cheng-chi University, Chi Nan University, Central University and Tsing-hua University.

A number of joint-projects have been co-conducted by the Department and South China Research Center at Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong Institute for Humanities and Social Sciences, the University of Hong Kong. The major results of these joint projects include the publication of the Journal of History and Anthropology, South China Research Resource Station Newsletter, and a series of books on historical anthropology are to be published bhty the Joint Publishing Co. Ltd.