southern medical university southern medical university southern medical university (chinese: 南方医科大学), formerly known as first military medical university, affiliated to the people's liberation army of china, is an institution of higher learning in guangzhou, the capital city of guangdong province, china. it was founded in 1951 and became one of the national key universities in 1979. approved by the state council and the central military commission of the pla, the university came under the jurisdiction of guangdong province in august 2004, whereupon it was renamed southern medical university. southern medical university南方医科大学 (chinese)former namesfirst military medical universityestablished1951 (1951)addressshatai north road, guangzhou, guangzhou (main campus), foshan (shunde campus), guangdong, 510515, chinacampusurbanaffiliationsproject 973asrmuguangdong-hong kong-macao university alliance (ghmua)websitewww.fimmu.comchinese namesimplified chinese南方医科大学traditional chinese南方醫科大學transcriptionsstandard mandarinhanyu pinyinnánfāng yīkē dàxué administration building smu library on main campus 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 award-winning gardens are known for rows of green trees and bouquets of flowers blossoming on its campuses all throughout the year. rankings and reputation university rankingsglobal – overallthe world401-500 (2022)usnwr global860 (2022) regional – overallusnwr asia227 (2022) national – overallusnwr national92 (2022) southern medical university ranked 801-1000th in 2019, 1001+th in 2020 & 601–800th in 2021, 401-500th in 2022 for times higher education ranking. ranked 1574th in 4icu world ranking. ranked 860th in us news best global universities and 281st for clinical medicine. ranked 628th in cwur and 1034th by webometrics world ranking. academic ranking of world universities (arwu) academic ranking of world universities (arwu), also known as the shanghai ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. it's the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators. year rank valuer 2023 4 arwu best chinese universities ranking - ranking of chinese medical universities u.s. news & world report best global universities ranking year rank valuer 2022 860 u.s. news best global universities ranking 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. the university is a rich haven for research and development in the field of medicine. 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”.