Chongqing Medical University (CQMU), originally known as Chongqing Medical College, was founded in 1956, growing out of Shanghai First Medical College (the present Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University). With nearly 60 years of development, CQMU has become a major public medical university that is jointly administrated and supported by the Ministry of Education of China and the Ministry of Health of China as well as Chongqing Municipal Government. The university has a comprehensive system of academic training, from Bachelor to Master, Doctor, and Postdoctoral in medicine as well as other related fields.