Anhui Medical University, referred to as "An Medical University", is located in Hefei, Anhui Province. It is a key university in Anhui Province, which is jointly established by the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Wellness Commission and the People's Government of Anhui Province. He has been selected into the national "Basic Capacity Building Project of Midwest Universities", the first batch of high-level universities with local characteristics and the first batch of comprehensive reform pilot schools in Anhui Province, the national "Key Discipline Project" to build universities, the national graduate program to build high-level universities, the national college students' innovation and entrepreneurship training program, the national pharmaceutical clinical research base, the China government scholarship to receive foreign students in China, the pilot universities of the "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, and the founding member of the Yangtze River Delta Medical Education Alliance.
The school's predecessor was Shanghai Southeast Medical College, 1926, which was established in May. At the end of 1949, in response to the call of the Central East China Bureau, Southeast Medical College moved to Anhui Province and became the first medical college in Anhui Province. 1952 was renamed Anhui medical college. 1985 changed its name to Anhui Medical University.