Southern Medical University

Southern Medical University

南方医科大学
Former names	First Military Medical University
Type	Public university
Established	1951; 73 years ago (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

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.^[1]

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.