Guizhou Medical University was founded in 1938, formerly known as Guiyang National Medical College, and was one of the nine medical colleges directly under the Ministry of Education at that time. 1950 was placed under the management of Guizhou Provincial People's Government and renamed Guiyang Medical College. It is one of the universities in the central and western regions that implement the basic capacity-building project, a key university in Guizhou Province, the only unit in Guizhou Province that awards medical doctorates, and a pilot university of the "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program". 20 15 officially changed its name to Guizhou Medical University. As of April 20 15, the school has two campuses, covering an area of 1800 mu, with full-time students14,000 and graduate students 1600. The total value of teaching and scientific research instruments and equipment exceeds 200 million yuan, and the library has 65,438+0,265,438+0,000 books and 4952GB digital books. There are 20 teaching units and 27 undergraduate majors, covering 6 disciplines such as medicine, science, sociology, literature, engineering and management. There are more than 400 employees 1.400, including more than 250 doctors, more than 220 full-time senior middle schools and more than 380 secondary high schools.