Luzhou Medical College has been renamed Southwest Medical University and has two campuses, Zhongshan and Chengbei. The Zhongshan campus is located at No. 319, Section 3, Zhongshan Road, Luzhou City, and the Chengbei campus is located at No. 1, Section 1, Xianglin Road, Longmatan District, Luzhou City.

The school was founded in 1951, formerly known as Southwest Sichuan Medical School. In 1959, it was upgraded to Luzhou Medical College. In 1978, it was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Luzhou Medical College. In 2015, it was renamed Southwest Medical College. Medical University;

Obtained the right to confer bachelor's degrees in 1982, became a master's degree-granting unit in 1993, began to jointly train doctoral students in 2001, started academic education for overseas undergraduates in 2004, and was approved to establish a postdoctoral research station in 2010 , changed its name to Southwest Medical University in 2015.

The school is a qualified unit that recommends outstanding fresh undergraduate graduates to study for master's degrees without taking the exam. It is a model school for law-based governance in Sichuan Province, a civilized campus in Sichuan Province, and a model school for education informatization in higher education in Sichuan Province. In 2014, the school was included in the project construction plan of new doctoral degree-granting units in Sichuan Province, and in 2016, it was included in the project construction unit.

Southwestern Medical University covers an area of ??2,011 acres, with 20,164 undergraduate, postgraduate, and international students, and 1,147 full-time teachers, including 516 with senior professional titles and 475 with doctoral degrees. There are 35 doctoral supervisors and 792 master’s supervisors. He is a "Changjiang Scholar" chair professor, a first- and second-level candidate for the national "Hundreds and Thousands of Talents Project", a candidate for the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Plan", Sichuan Province's "Hundred Talents Plan", "Thousand Talents Plan" and "Special Government Allowance of the State Council" There are 70 high-level talents including “Experts” and “Sichuan Province Academic and Technical Leaders”.