Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences is a comprehensive medical university with many specialties, levels and forms. In addition to the headquarters, there are affiliated units such as First Affiliated Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital, Third Affiliated Hospital, Ophthalmology Center, Cancer Hospital, Plastic Surgery Hospital, Dental Medical Center, Shenzhen Medical Center, three specialized hospitals and a secondary health school. The current limit of affiliated medical institutions is more than 2,600 beds, with more than 40,000 inpatients and about 3 million outpatients each year.

With the wave of reform in China, Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences is advancing in the process of reform and opening up. "Facing modernization, facing the world and facing the future" combines teaching, medical treatment and scientific research, and strives to produce more talents and more results. By the end of 20 14, the school had 38 research laboratories, including Zhongshan Medical College, School of Public Health, Guanghua School of Stomatology, School of Nursing, School of Pharmacy, Department of Stomatology, Department of Forensic Medicine and Department of Nursing, and undertook more than 0 national scientific research projects 100. There are seventy-three teaching and research sections, with seven majors, including basic medicine, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, stomatology, forensic medicine, medical education and nursing. Since 1988, clinical medicine has been piloted for seven years, and the "five-seven-point" academic system reform has been implemented. At present, 18 disciplines and majors have the right to award doctoral degrees, and 3 1 disciplines and majors have the right to award master's degrees, which are listed as 58 disciplines and majors in the national continuing education base.