Capital Medical University, referred to as the First Medical University for short, is a university jointly founded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health and Wellness Commission and the Ministry of Education. It is a key university in Beijing, selected as a national key university, and the first batch of national excellent doctoral education and training program pilot universities.

It has been awarded the first batch of pilot universities of the National Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Program, the National High-level University Construction Postgraduate Program, the National Key Discipline Construction University, the National Life Science and Technology Talent Training Base, and the Beijing Belt and Road National Talent Training Base, and joined the Beijing-Hong Kong University Alliance. He is a founding member of Peking University Excellent Medical Talents Training Alliance.

The school was founded in 1960, formerly known as Beijing Second Medical College; 1985, renamed Capital Medical College; 1986, identified as a key institution in Beijing; 1994, renamed Capital Medical University; 2001February 12, Beijing Union University College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Beijing Medical College and Beijing Staff Medical College merged into the school.

By March of 20 14, the headquarters and affiliated hospitals had established high-level national and municipal research and training institutions, including National Engineering Technology Research Center 1, 4 Engineering Research Centers of Ministry of Education and 7 Engineering Technology Research Centers of Beijing.