Southern Medical University

Southern Medical University

南方医科大学
Former names	First Military Medical University
Type	Public university
Established	1951 (1951)
Address	Shatai North Road, Guangzhou , Guangzhou (Main Campus), Foshan (Shunde Campus) , Guangdong , 510515 , China
Campus	Urban
Affiliations	Project 973 ASRMU GHMUA
Website	www.fimmu.com
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	南方医科大学
Traditional Chinese	南方醫科大學
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Nánfāng Yīkē Dàxué

Administration building

SMU library on main campus

Southern Medical University (南方医科大学) is a provincial public medical university in Baiyun, Guangzhou, Guangdong, China. Formerly as a military-affiliated medical university, the whole institution was transferred to the Guangdong Provincial People's Government and became a provincial public university in 2004. It is now wholly owned by the Guangdong Provincial People's Government.

Southern Medical University is in the foothills of the picturesque Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou. The main campus, together with its south campus in the southern suburb of Guangzhou, covers an area of nearly one square kilometer. Its gardens are known for rows of green trees and bouquets of flowers blossoming on its campuses all throughout the year.

Academics

This university offers courses in Clinical Medicine at the Bachelors and Masters levels, in Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, economics and medical-related fields. Students are also taught English (for Chinese students) and Mandarin Chinese (for foreign students) at the basic level.

Southern Medical University is recognized by the World Health Organization and by the Medical Council of India.

Affiliated hospitals

Southern Medical University flourishes along with its handover from the military system to the civilian one. Its seven affiliated hospitals are

• Nanfang Hospital
• Zhujiang Hospital
• Hua'nan Hospital
• Nanhua Hospital
• Stomatology Hospital
• Pingxiang Hospital
• Jiangdu Hospital
• Xinhui People's Hospital

Six of them have been appraised as “First-Class Hospitals at Grade III".