sun yat-sen university of medical sciences sun yat-sen university of medical sciences the former sun yat-sen university of medical sciences (sums; chinese: 中山医科大学) was located in yuexiu district, guangzhou, guangdong, china. it is government run university which originated from boji medical college (traditional chinese: 博濟醫學院; simplified chinese: 博济医学院), which was established in 1886 in part as a result of the canton hospital. the kung yee medical school and hospital was merged into it in 1925. dr. sun yat-sen once studied and worked in boji. sun yat-sen university of medical sciencessimplified chinese中山医科大学traditional chinese中山醫科大學transcriptionsstandard mandarinhanyu pinyinzhōngshān yīkēdàxuéyue: cantonesejyutpingzung1 saan1 ji1 fo1 daai6 hok6 sun yat-sen university of medical sciences library of the sun yat-sen university of medical sciences motto of the sun yat-sen university of medical sciences this university was a national key medical university. in 2001, the university merged with sun yat-sen university and became the sun yat-sen college of medical science.