Expansion: The school was founded in 1956 and renamed Chongqing Medical University in 1985. It is the first batch of units approved by the State Council Academic Degrees Committee and the first batch of demonstration bases for studying in China approved by the Ministry of Education.
20 15 became a university approved by the National Health and Family Planning Commission (formerly the National Health and Family Planning Commission), the Chongqing Municipal People's Government and the Ministry of Education, and 20 16 became one of the first batch of local universities approved by the "Innovative Talents Introduction Program for Colleges and Universities" ("1 1 Plan").