Southern Medical University, formerly known as the First Military Medical University of Chinese People's Liberation Army, was founded in 195 1, 1979 and was designated as a national key university. In August 2004, it was transferred to Guangdong Province as a whole and renamed Southern Medical University. The school is the first batch of universities in China and the only one in Guangdong Province built by "ministries", and it is also the "key construction university" of high-level universities in Guangdong Province. & lt/ol & gt;