page_title: National Sun Yat-sen University
section_title: Culture
hierarchical_section_title: National Sun Yat-sen University / Culture
caption_attribution_description: English: National Sun Yat-sen University 中文: 國立中山大學西灣開學祭
context_page_description: National Sun Yat-sen University is a public research-intensive university renowned as an official think tank scholars' community, located in Sizihwan, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, and Pratas Islands, South China Sea. It listed as one of the national seven universities in research, one of the four universities that make up Taiwan's Public Ivy, and among top maritime colleges and business schools in East Asia.
  The first national comprehensive university in Southern Taiwan, NSYSU was founded twice in response to the national development needs, the alumni of both the original Sun Yat-sen University and the historical Moscow Sun Yat-sen University also have contributed to the re-establishment of the university. In the beginning, all the Sun Yat-sen Universities adopted a statism educational model based-on Dr. Sun Yat-sen's philosophy. Present-day NSYSU is a normal public university, it is famous for its powerful political and commercial relations, and the exchange offices of the US Federal government, the Japanese government, and the European Commission are present on the campus.
context_section_description: National Sun Yat-sen University is located in Kaohsiung City, the largest port city of Taiwan. Based on the academic style that emphasizes ocean and commerce,  it is not only the birthplace of Taiwan's first college of maritime sciences but also the only water sports activity on campus in Taiwan. NSYSU’s graduation conditions of the college students include "swimming", it also has a regular windsurfing competition relationship with prestigious Osaka University in Japan. Furthermore, NSYSU has a special sister school relationship with the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) in the United States, a research university with a similar academic style and also located near a coast.
caption: NSYSU Windsurfing Club
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