The National Sun Yat-sen University came into being when the founding father of the Republic of China, Dr. Sun Yat-sen, consolidated the National Higher Normal School, Canton Public Law College, and Agriculture College into the National Canton University on February 4, 1924.
中山大學的前身，為國父孫中山先生創辦的國立廣東大學，成立於民國十三年，係由當時的國立高等師範、廣東公立法科大學、農業專門學校合併而成。