The school was founded in 195 1, Sichuan Southwest Medical College; 1959 was renamed Luzhou medical college; 1978 upgraded to Luzhou medical college; 1982, the school obtained the right to award bachelor's degrees; 1993, the school was approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee as an authorized unit for master's degree; On April 20 15, it was renamed as Sichuan Medical University; 65438+changed its name to Southwest Medical University in February.
There are two campuses, Zhongshan and Chengbei, covering an area of 20 1 1 mu. There are 20 164 undergraduates, graduate students, international students and 47 full-time teachers, including 5 16 senior titles and 475 doctors.
There are 70 Changjiang scholars, first-and second-class candidates of the National "Hundred Million Talents Project", winners of the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program, Sichuan's "Hundred Talents Program", "Thousand Talents Program", "Special Allowance Experts of the State Council" and "Academic and Technical Leaders of Sichuan Province".