In 1924，Dr. Sun Yat-sen founded the National Guangdong University，which included the department of geology in sciences. From the outset，the department of geology was established with a high academic standard and a focus on the Guangdong region as its distinctive feature. Many well-known scholars from both domestic and foreign countries were employed to teach at the university during the early years. In 1927，the Geological Survey of Kwangtung and Kwangsi was established，greatly enhancing the training of field practice. The high-level science setting and international geological theory applied in the South China formed a discipline feature that integrated European schools and had a local flavor of the Lingnan region. The geological higher education at Sun Yat-sen University during the democratic revolutionary period of modern history had a leading position and created a brilliant history of geology in China. After the founding of the People's Republic of China，the geology program at Sun Yat-sen University went through the national college and faculty reorganization in 1952，as well as many difficult restoration and adjustment processes. Nevertheless，the department has combined with the different stages of national economic development to establish new academic directions such as geological engineering，gemstone and mineral materials，and earth information science and technology. Since the geology department was reestablished as an independent department in 2002，it has regained its strength under the favorable regional conditions of China's reform and opening up and the profound historical legacy，and has now become a professional training base for high education in geology，geophysics，and geological engineering. Now the School of Earth Sciences and Engineering in Zhuhai，with a brand-new look and a high level of scientific research and teaching platform，has attracted outstanding students and scientific talents from all over the world.