Chongqing Medical University (CQMU), originally named as Chongqing Medical College, was founded in 1956, partially moved and established from Shanghai First Medical College (the present Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University). With over 68 years of development, CQMU has become a major public medical university that is jointly supported by the Ministry of Education of China, National Health Commission and Chongqing Municipal Government. CQMU is a Pilot University of International Cooperation in Chongqing.

The university has a comprehensive system of education, from Bachelor to Master, Doctor and Postdoctoral in medicine and other related fields.

In the past five years, the university has added more than 4,500 new projects at all levels of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), taken the lead in undertaking 54 national key projects, published more than 10,000 SCI papers, with an average annual growth rate of 10%, and accumulated 38 new provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards.

The university actively carries out exchanges and co-operation, and has established co-operative relationships with 56 educational or healthcare institutions in 23 countries and regions in Europe, Asia, North America and Oceania, including the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom, Dartmouth College in the United States, the University of British Columbia in Canada, the University College London in the United Kingdom and other internationally renowned universities. CQMU–UoL Joint Institute is the only Joint Educational Institute (JEI) is the sole Sino-foreign cooperative institute in Central and Western China with a clinical medicine major. At the same time, it carries out joint cultivation of long-study medical students with Fudan University, Southwest University and other "double first-class" construction colleges and universities.

Total: Over 3400

High-level talents: Over 61

Including Academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, National One Hundred Thousand Talents Expert, "973" chief scientist, winners of the "National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth", winners of the "National Science Fund for Outstanding Youth", Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding National Contributions, "Changjiang Scholars", National Famous Doctor of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Ministerial and provincial-level talents: Over 1100

Including provincial and ministerial-level young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, Chongqing talents, leaders of Chongqing chief expert studios, academic and technical leaders

National-level Research Platforms:

1. National Research Centre in Clinical Medicine
2. National Engineering Research Center of Ultrasonic Medical
3. National Clinical Research Center for Child Health and Disorders
4. State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering
5. Key Laboratory of Molecular Biology on Infectious Diseases, Ministry of Education
6. Key Laboratory of Laboratory Medical Diagnostics, Ministry of Education
7. Key Laboratory of Child Development and Disease, Ministry of Education

Post-doctoral Research Stations: 8

1. Dentistry
2. Public Health and Preventive Medicine
3. Biomedical Engineering
4. Clinical Medicine
5. Basic Medicine
6. Pharmacy
7. Biomedical Informatics
8. Medical Imaging