Southern Medical University, formerly known as the First Military Medical University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, is a provincial key university of "2 1 1 project" in Guangdong Province, directly under the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, jointly established by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government, the National Health and Family Planning Commission, the people of China and the Ministry of Education, and selected into the education and training plan of outstanding doctors in Guangdong Province.
The school was founded in 195 1, and 1979 was identified as a national key university. In 2004, it was approved as one of the eight eight-year medical education pilot colleges in China. In August, 2004, according to the orders issued by the State Council and the Central Military Commission, the whole school was transferred to Guangdong Province and renamed Southern Medical University.
As of May, 20 18, the school has 17 colleges, offering 3/kloc-0 undergraduate majors, including 7 national majors, 6 Guangdong specialty majors, 6 Guangdong famous-brand majors and full-time undergraduates13/kloc-0.
1In July, 975, the Central Military Commission decided to change the former Military Medical College managed by the Guangzhou Military Region into the head of the General Logistics Department. "In order to unify the serial number, the former PLA Military Medical College was changed to the First Military Medical University, which is affiliated to the General Logistics Department."