Official website in 2027 showed that in 2023, South China University ranked 32nd in the country as a first-class discipline university of clinical medicine. South China University is a multidisciplinary university jointly established by the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, the National Health and Wellness Commission, the National Bureau of Science, Technology and Industry for National Defense, China National Nuclear Corporation and the Hunan Provincial People's Government. It is also a first-class university in Hunan province, supported by the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions, and the national "11plan" discipline innovation and intelligence introduction base.