Sun Yat-sen University (Chinese: 中山大学; pinyin: Zhōngshān Dàxué, abbreviated SYSU and colloquially known in Chinese as Zhongda), also known as Zhongshan University, is a public research university located in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. It was founded in 1924 by and named after Sun Yat-sen, a revolutionary and the founder of the Republic of China. Its main campus, commonly referred to as the South Campus, is located in Haizhu District, Guangzhou, inheriting the campus from the former Lingnan University (est.