2450 people. According to official website of Southern Medical University, in 2023, the number of graduate students enrolled in Southern Medical University was 2,450. Southern Medical University, formerly known as the First Military Medical University of Chinese People's Liberation Army, was founded in 195 1, 1979 and was designated as a national key university. In August 2004, it was transferred to Guangdong Province as a whole and renamed Southern Medical University.