Milestones

 2025

Launched Gaokao-based Dual Bachelor's Program in Management & Computer Science, cultivating interdisciplinary talents.

 2024

Became the first institution in China to offer the Doctor of Professional Accounting (DPAcc) degree program.

 2023

Established the first interdisciplinary micro-program in "Computing, Data, and Management."

 2021

"Laboratory of Big Data Driven Management Behavior and Decision Making, Sun Yat-sen University" was selected as the first batch of Philosophy and Social Sciences Laboratories of the Ministry of Education (Cultivation)

 2019

SYSBS wins the title of “Outstanding Unit in National Education Circles”.

The undergraduate programs in Business Administration and Accounting were selected into the list of National First-Class Undergraduate Program Construction Sites.

 2017

Business Administration was tied for first place (A+) in the fourth round of national discipline evaluation.

The undergraduate majors in Business Administration passed the undergraduate professional certification by the Ministry of Education.

Business Administration was selected into the list of “Double-First Class” Construction Discipline by the Ministry of Education.

 2013

Sun Yat-sen Business School was granted the accreditation by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business (AACSB).

 2011

Become one of the first 17 pilot schools of the Ministry of Education.

Sun Yat-sen Business School was granted the accreditation by the European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS).

 2010

Sun Yat-sen Business School was granted the accreditation by the Association of MBAs (AMBA).

 2007

The first-level discipline of Business Administration was recognized as a national key discipline by the Ministry of Education and became one of the first five universities in China that received such recognition.

 2005

The Department of Management Science was founded.

Granted the authority to confer doctoral degrees in the first-level discipline of Management Science and Engineering.

 2004

Become one of the first universities in China offering professional degree programs for Master of Professional Accounting (MPAcc) and Master of Project Management (MPM).

 2002

Became one of the first universities in China offering degree program for Advanced Master of Business Administration (EMBA).

The Department of Finance and Investment was founded.

 2001

Enterprise Management was approved to be a National Key Construction Discipline.

 2000

It was authorized to confer doctoral degrees of first-level discipline in Business Administration.

 1999

Established a Postdoctoral Research Station in Business Administration.

 1998

The Department of Marketing was founded.

 1996

The establishment of the MBA (Master of Business Administration) degree program was officially approved by the Academic Degrees Committee of the State Council and the Ministry of Education.

 1993

Authorized to confer doctoral degrees in Enterprise Management.

 1988

The Department of Accounting and Auditing, and the Department of Tourism Hotel Management were founded.

 1985

Hong Kong's famous patriotic industrialist, philanthropist and commercial giant, Dr. Ho Sin-Hang, donated a huge sum of 20 million Hong Kong dollars to facilitate the establishment of the school and the Ho's Education Foundation.

The State Education Commission approved the establishment of the Sun Yat-sen Business School, under which there is a management department with three programs: Business Administration, Auditing, and Foreign Economic Accounting.

 1983

The Department of Management was founded.

 1981

Sun Yat-sen University launched the undergraduate program of Business Administration, which was one of the earliest universities offering the program in China.