Sichuan University is a national 985 key university, and its comprehensive strength is rare in China, so it is known as "the first school in Southwest China". In medicine, its merged West China University of Medical Sciences is also famous. Its stomatology department is considered to be the first in China, and forensic medicine, dermatology, respiratory medicine, digestive medicine, pediatrics, imaging medicine and nuclear medicine, orthopedics, general surgery, chest and heart surgery, obstetrics and gynecology, oncology, nutrition and food hygiene, and pharmacy are also in the top groups in China.

Chengdu Medical College is prominent in burn plastic surgery and gastroenterology.