The School of Tourism Management, located in the Zhuhai Campus of Sun Yat-sen University, is a well-known institution of tourism education and research.

Established in November 2004, the School was among the first batch of units that has the right of granting the Doctoral Degrees in Tourism Management and the MTA Degrees. It has received the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) TedQual Certification, and has been serving as the Tourism Standardization Research Base of China Tourism Academy, the Management Unit for the Monitoring Center for UNWTO Sustainable Tourism Observatories, and the head of board of the Tourism Education Branch of China Tourism Association. At present, the School has a complete the academic degree authorization system consists of undergraduate and postgraduate students, with a mobile post-doctoral station.

Sun Yat-sen University, founded by Dr. Sun Yat-sen and with an educational tradition spanning over 100 years, is a preeminent research, academic and cultural center and the premier location for talent development in South China.