National Sun Yat-sen University (traditional Chinese: 國立中山大學; simplified Chinese: 国立中山大学; pinyin: Guólì Zhōngshān Dàxué; Wade–Giles: Kuoli Chungshan Tahsüeh; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Kok-li̍p-tiong-san-tāi-ha̍k) is a small-medium sized, comprehensive research-led university located in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. The university is known as NSYSU (中山大學, Zhōngshān Dàxué).
In the territory, NSYSU is prestigious in oceanography, computer science, political science, sociology, business management and behavioural sciences programs (Southern Taiwan's best ranked), and the first one of AACSB accredited (2005) of Taiwan's National universities.
According to Times Higher Education (2010–2011), NSYSU ranks as the 3rd university in Taiwan (21st in Asia, and 163rd worldwide).
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