Medical University, located in Guangdong Province, is a municipal key university with medical advantages and characteristics. It is a pilot university of the "Excellent Doctoral Education and Training Plan" of the Ministry of Education, a national key discipline project, a member university of the Medical University Alliance, and a key discipline construction university of high-level universities in Guangdong Province.

The school was established with the approval of the Municipal People's Committee on June 1958, formerly known as Medical College. 1970 65438+February, renamed Medical College. In June 1973, the name of medical college was restored. On April 20 13, it was renamed as Medical University with the approval of the Ministry of Education.