Abstract: At the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, Chinese government embarked on "College and Department Adjustment" nationwide in order to train talents more effectively and systematically based on the overall interests of the country. The "College and department adjustment" has been set in motion vigorously. To a certain extent, it can be said that it was a full copy of the Soviet higher education model, profoundly impacting on the development of higher education in China. However, there were also many problems in the process. Through the implementation of the "College and department adjustment", Sun Yat-sen University not merely moved its campus and transformed it into a comprehensive university composed of various departments of liberal arts and sciences, but reconstructed its management, teaching, and scientific research models.