The South Campus of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou Campus is located in Haizhu District, on the bank of the Pearl River. It was formerly known as the South Campus of Sun Yat-sen University. The location is also called Kangyuan Campus and is the campus of the original Lingnan University.

South Campus: Departments: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, School of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts (Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Ministry of General Education), Lingnan College, School of Foreign Languages, School of Management (School of Entrepreneurship), School of Marxism, School of Mathematics, School of Physics, School of Chemistry, School of Geographical Sciences and Planning, School of Life Sciences, Yixian College, and Sports Department.

The distribution of majors in each campus is as follows:

1: Guangzhou Campus: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, School of Foreign Languages, School of Management (School of Entrepreneurship), Lingnan College , School of Sociology and Anthropology, School of Marxism, School of Law (School of Intellectual Property, Sino-British International Maritime Law School), School of Politics and Public Affairs Management, School of Information Management, School of Communication and Design, Department of Psychology, School of Arts, School of Liberal Arts, School of Mathematics; School of Physics, School of Chemistry, School of Life Sciences.

School of Geographical Science and Planning, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Yixian College, School of Data Science and Computer (School of Software), National Institute of Secrecy, School of Network Security, Electronics and Information School of Engineering (School of Microelectronics), Sun Yat-sen Medical College, School of Pharmacy, Guanghua School of Stomatology, School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and Sports Department.

(1) South Campus: Departments: Department of Chinese Language and Literature, Department of History, Department of Philosophy, School of Sociology and Anthropology, College of Liberal Arts (Institute for Advanced Studies in Humanities, Ministry of General Education), Lingnan College, School of Foreign Languages, School of Management (School of Entrepreneurship), School of Marxism, School of Mathematics, School of Physics, School of Chemistry, School of Geographical Sciences and Planning, School of Life Sciences, Yixian College, Department of Physical Education.

(2) North Campus: Departments: Sun Yat-sen Medical College, Guanghua School of Stomatology, School of Public Health, and School of Nursing.

(3) East Campus: Departments: Law School (School of Intellectual Property), School of Political and Public Affairs Management, School of Management (School of Entrepreneurship), Department of Psychology, School of Communication and Design , School of Information Management, School of Engineering, School of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Electronics and Information Engineering (School of Microelectronics), School of Data Science and Computer (School of Software), National Institute of Secrecy, School of Network Security, School of Environmental Science and Engineering, School of Pharmacy Academy.