Defeng Academy is a four-style "Academy" built by Southern Medical University on the basis of the original four dormitory parks. Including Boya College, Zhixing College, Shang Jin College and Defeng College.

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.