The university was previously known as the People's Liberation Army Second Military Medical University (中国人民解放军第二军医大学). It was earlier named the People's Medical College of the East China Military Commanding Region. The building is adjacent to Fudan University and Tongji University and covers an area of nearly 1.1 square kilometres (270 acres). The premises have a total floor space of over 670,000 square metres (7,211,820 sq ft), including a complex of modern teaching buildings, a library, an experiment building and teaching hospitals of the first rate in China. The library itself covers an area over 11,000 square metres (118,403 sq ft) with a collection of over 500,000 book volumes.[citation needed]
Rankings
As of 2022, the Second Military Medical University is ranked between the top 601-700 among world universities according to the Academic Ranking of World Universities.[2]
Affiliated hospitals
Changhai Hospital (First Affiliated hospital)
Changzheng Hospital (Second Affiliated hospital)
Eastern Hepatobiliary Surgery Hospital (Third Affiliated hospital)
