Sun Yat-Sen University
- No language experience required
- Take business classes across a variety of fields
- Located 75 miles from Hong Kong
Founded in 1924, Sun Yat-Sen University (SYSU) is a comprehensive university with almost 50,000 students. The university has a top ranked business program and its city location offers exposure to a major industrial center and hub of foreign commerce.
China
China is a mix of tradition and modernity, scientific innovation and spiritual belief, historical significance and cultural progression. With more than one billion people and extending an area of almost four million square miles, it is the world's most populated country and home to one of the world's oldest continuous civilizations. China has focused on a market-oriented economic development, helping the nation emerge as a major player in the global economy.
Guangzhou
Guangzhou is the capital of Guangdong, China's richest province, and acts as its political, economic and cultural center in southern China. Located about 75 miles northwest of Hong Kong, Guangzhou is a port on the Pearl River and serves as the economic center of one of China's leading commercial and manufacturing regions, the Pearl River Delta. Guangzhou has the third most populous metropolitan area in China with 8.5 million inhabitants.
Each semester, SYSU offers more than 20 courses in English in Business, Management, Finance, Marketing and Economics for incoming exchange students.
Possible business courses offered in English are: Understanding China Business, Global Strategic Management and Cross-Cultural Management, International Accounting Standards, Financial Accounting, Managerial Economics, E-Commerce, Business Communication, Consumer Behavior, Marketing Management, Organizational Behavior, HR Management, MIS, Operations Management, Corporate Management and Strategic Management, Logistic Management, Supply Chain Management, and Corporate Finance. Contact OSA for an updated list of semester course offerings.
A non-credit bearing beginning-level Mandarin language and culture course is offered at SYSU. Business internships are also available at SYSU. Contact OSA for more details.
Program dates for the Fall semester are generally early September to mid-January and mid-February to late June for the Spring semester. See date section above for specific dates for each academic term.
Accommodations are off campus only. Students stay in furnished privately arranged apartments located near the university. Rent rates can vary greatly and depends on the apartment and the location of the accommodations.
Open to KU undergraduate and graduate business students who have a minimum 2.5 cumulative GPA. There is no language requirement.
Useful Websites
SYSU School of Business: http://bus.sysu.edu.cn/en/
