During the Sino-Japanese war the university was relocated several times. It moved back to Shih-p'ai, Canton in 1945 at the conclusion of the war, where it remained until the communists took over Mainland China in 1949.
抗戰期間，中山大學數度隨政府播遷，至民國卅四年抗戰勝利後，又遷回廣州。民國卅八年，中共竊據大陸，廣州失守，中山大學遂告淪陷。