DEAN'S MESSAGE
‘Tall as my university stands, Bright as a star of my country, Crafted by Zhongshan, Whose legacy benefits generations.’ Over the past century, Sun Yat-sen University has provided a solid foundation for the development of the School of Business. The university motto written by Mr. Sun Yat-sen, ‘Study Broadly, Enquire Solicitously, Think Critically, Discern Judiciously, and Act Prudently’, has inherited the spirit of striving for progress of Sun Yat-sen university and encouraged the School of Business to forge ahead. After 40 years of unremitting efforts, the School of Business, Sun Yat-sen University has become a top business school at home and abroad.
The School of Business always regards fostering virtue through education as the fundamental task, focuses on students' growth, strives to provide students with international quality resources, builds a cultivation system that is systematic, rational and practical, to shape students' patience, enhance their long-term vision, laying the foundation for future high-quality academic exploration or management practice with scientific thinking and entrepreneurship.
The School of Business has always taken scientific research as the focus of its work, setting sights on the global frontiers of science and technology, national economic development, the major needs of the country, and the health and safety of the people, focusing on three major research fields ‘localized business administration research based in Chinese context’, ‘enterprise behavior and economic risk management research in the digital age’, and ‘interdisciplinary research on medical health and management’.
The School of Business has always taken serving the society as its primary responsibility, and actively participated in serving the major strategic needs of the country and serving the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area. Through cross-field, interdisciplinary and comprehensive research during serving the society, to explore China's management model and management practice, and provide the international academic circles and the industry with "hermeneutics, methodology and instructions" on Chinese enterprises.
Looking ahead, we will continue to uphold the mission of ‘enriching our students by providing a flourishing learning environment and integrating diversified cultures of management, grounded in integrity, innovation and social responsibility’, and further enhance academic innovation, international influence, and contribution to serving the country. With the mission of building an innovative business school, we are committed to the knowledge creation that integrates technological innovation and management reform, striving for the glorious mission of cultivating management talents with creativity and social responsibility in the business community!