Chongqing Medical University is a comprehensive medical university approved by the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Wellness Commission and the Chongqing Municipal People's Government. Founded in 1956, formerly known as Chongqing Medical College, 1985 was renamed Chongqing Medical University. This school is one of the key universities supported by the national "2 1 1 project", the universities in the central and western regions with basic capacity building projects, the universities in the central and western regions with comprehensive strength improvement projects, the national-level college students' cultural quality education base, one of the first demonstration universities in China to deepen the reform of innovation and entrepreneurship education, and the first medical college in the central and western regions with the qualification to recruit undergraduate students. Chongqing Medical University has a high reputation and influence in the fields of medical research, personnel training and social services.