Luzhou Medical College is now called Southwest Medical University. Southwest Medical University is a provincial-level institution of higher learning in Sichuan Province, located in Luzhou, a national historical and cultural city, a national health city and a national civilized city. The school, formerly known as Southwest Sichuan Medical College, was founded in 195 1 year and upgraded to Luzhou Medical College in 1959.

1978 was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Luzhou medical college. 1982 awarded bachelor's degree. 1993 became a master's degree awarding unit. 200 1 Start joint training of doctors. Undergraduate education for international students began in 2004. 20 10, approved the establishment of postdoctoral research mobile station.

Professional setting:

The school has a relatively complete range of disciplines with outstanding characteristics. Clinical medicine and pharmacy are the first-class construction disciplines in Sichuan Province. Clinical medicine, pharmacology, toxicology, biology and biochemistry are in the top of ESI global ranking 1%, among which clinical medicine ranks 36.59% in the top of ESI global ranking 1%. At present, there are 1 doctor degree authorization points, 8 master degree authorization points for first-class disciplines and 10 master degree authorization points, covering disciplines such as medicine, management, law and education.

There are 33 undergraduate majors, covering 7 disciplines; It has 16 national and provincial first-class undergraduate specialty construction sites, 3 national specialty, 3 provincial specialty and 5 provincial application-oriented demonstration specialty, and vigorously promotes the combination of "medical engineering, medical science and medical literature" to build a medical professional education system covering the whole life cycle and the whole health process.