The top ten medical universities in China are Peking Union Medical College, Capital Medical University, Southern Medical University, Harbin Medical University, Nanjing Medical University, China Pharmaceutical University, Tianjin Medical University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, China Medical University and Shanghai University of Chinese Medicine. Extended Information Peking Union Medical College is a national key university directly under the National Health and Wellness Committee and implementing a unified management system with China Academy of Medical Sciences. It is a world-class discipline construction university and was selected into the excellent doctoral education and training program.

The school, formerly known as Union Medical College, was founded by the American and British churches on 1906. 19 12, renamed Union Medical College. 19 17, Peking union medical college was established. 19 19, renamed Peking Union Medical College. 1929, renamed private Peking Union Medical College. 195 1 year 1 month, the school was taken over by the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health of the Central People's Government and renamed as China Union Medical College. After inheritance and development, the school has been renamed as China Medical University, China Capital Medical University and Peking Union Medical College. In 2006, it was named Peking Union Medical College.

Capital Medical University, referred to as the First Medical University for short, is an institution jointly established by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health and Wellness Commission and the Ministry of Education. It is a key institution of higher learning in Beijing. Selected as the founding members of the first batch of "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Program" national pilot universities, China government scholarship receiving institutions for overseas students in China, national high-level university construction graduate program, national "featured key discipline project" construction universities, national life science and technology talent training base, and collaborative innovation center jointly established by the Ministry of Brain Disease Prevention and Control, relying on universities, Beijing "Belt and Road" national talent training base, Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance and Peking University Excellent Medical Talent Training Alliance.