About us

Guangzhou Medical University (GMU) was founded in 1958. It is a higher education institution based on the characteristics and strengths of its medical education. GMU offers a full range of programmes at undergraduate and graduate levels. GMU was included on the List of Double First-Class Initiative in 2022.

GMU has two main campuses. The Yuexiu campus is located in the downtown centre of Guangzhou, near Liuhua Lake Park and Yuexiu Mountain. The Panyu Campus, a new 247 acre campus, is situated in Panyu District near the Pearl River, an ideal place for learning and research.

GMU owns 25 teaching faculties, 27 research institutes, and 14 affiliated hospitals. GMU boasts one national medical centre, one national clinical medical research centre, one state key lab, 12 provincial/ministerial key labs, 5 provincial/ministerial research centres for engineering technology (engineering labs), one provincial/ministerial collaborative innovation centre, one national university science park cultivation base, and 32 municipal key laboratories.

GMU owns one national key discipline, 7 provincial /ministerial key disciplines, and 33 municipal key disciplines. Clinical medicine is enlisted in the Double First-Class Initiative. Ten disciplines enter the top 1% of ESI (Essential Science Indicators) global ranking, including Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Biology & Biochemistry, Immunology, Neuroscience & Behavior, Microbiology, Psychiatry / Psychology, Materials Science, and Chemistry. Clinical Medicine enters top 1‰ of ESI global ranking. GMU is ranked 72nd in mainland China according the ESI comprehensive ranking.

GMU owns 24 national key clinical specialties, 94 provincial key clinical specialties. Among them, respiratory diseases ranks first, allergy ranks third , pediatric surgery ranks fourth, thoracic surgery ranks fifth, pediatric internal medicine ranks sixth, and psychiatry ranks sixth in China.

A total of 8,587 faculties are working at GMU, including recipient of Medal of the Republic, member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, Cheungkong Scholars, recipients of National Nature Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, selected candidates for New Century Talents Project, national top instructors, national experts with outstanding contribution, and the State Council Special Allowance experts. The faculty is comprised of 683 supervisors for PhD candidates and 1,339 supervisors for master students.