The ranking of medical universities in Guangdong Province is Guangzhou Medical University, Guangdong Medical University, Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Southern Medical University, Zhaoqing Medical College, Huizhou Health Vocational and Technical College, Guangdong Maoming Health Vocational College College, Guangzhou Health Vocational College, Guangdong Jiangmen College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Southern Medical University, the clinical medicine major of Southern Medical University is its trump card major. It is naturally very professional and can rival the clinical major of Sun Yat-sen University. The clinical medicine major is the flagship major of Southern Medical University, and it is very competitive when filling out the application form. Southern Medical University has close ties with hospitals at all levels in the province and has deep accumulation. It is supported by high-end platforms such as 211 and 985.

Guangzhou Medical University has 21 colleges, 7 directly affiliated hospitals and 10 non-directly affiliated hospitals, 21 research institutions, 1 national clinical medical research center, including national key laboratories. There are 28 key laboratories at the municipal level and above, 1 national key discipline, and 9 national key clinical specialties.

There are a number of provincial key disciplines and key specialties, among which respiratory medicine ranks first in the country, allergy department ranks second in the country, thoracic surgery ranks sixth in the country, and clinical medicine ranks in the top 1% of the world in ESI.

Guangdong Province:

Guangdong Province, referred to as "Guangdong", is a provincial-level administrative region of the People's Republic of China. Because the ancient place name was the east of Guangxin, it was named "Guangdong". Located south of Nanling, on the coast of the South China Sea, it borders Hong Kong, Macau, Guangxi, Hunan, Jiangxi and Fujian, and faces Hainan across the sea. As of 2021, the permanent population of Guangdong Province is 126.84 million. As of October 2022, Guangdong Province has jurisdiction over 21 prefecture-level cities, 65 municipal districts, 20 county-level cities, 34 counties, and 3 autonomous counties. The provincial capital is Guangzhou.

In the third year of Zhidao in the Song Dynasty, Guangnan Road was divided into Guangnan East Road and Guangnan West Road. Most of Guangdong Province belonged to Guangnan East Road, and "Guangdong" was the abbreviation of Guangnan East Road. In the second year of Hongwu in the Ming Dynasty, Guangdong Road was changed to Guangdong and other places. In the early Qing Dynasty, the Ming system was inherited, and local administrative agencies were divided into four levels: province, road, prefecture, and county. However, the chief envoys of the Ming Dynasty were officially renamed provinces, and the name "Guangdong Province" was officially used. Guangdong Province is an important inheritance place for Lingnan culture and has unique styles in terms of language, customs, living habits, history and culture.