Dalian Medical University was founded in 1947 and was formerly known as the Kanto Medical College. It was merged into Dalian University in 1949, and was called the Medical College of Dalian University. In 1950, the establishment of Dalian University was abolished, and Dalian Medical College became independent. In 1969, the Dalian Medical College moved south to Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, and established Zunyi Medical College. It was re-established at the original site in Dalian in 1978 and is still called Dalian Medical College. In 1994 it was renamed Dalian Medical University. The school has now developed into a medical university with a multidisciplinary development focusing on medicine, science, engineering, management, arts, law and philosophy, and is a key university in Liaoning Province.

The school is located at No. 9 West Section of Lushun South Road, Dalian, Liaoning Province. It covers an area of ​​1.51 million square meters and a building area of ​​532,000 square meters. The total value of the school's fixed assets is 2.185 billion yuan, of which the total value of teaching and scientific research equipment is 405 million yuan. The school has a collection of 2.541 million books and 60 kinds of database resources. There are 23 teaching and research units, 21 affiliated hospitals, and 23 undergraduate majors.

The school has one national key discipline, four first-class construction disciplines in Liaoning Province, and four first-class characteristic disciplines in Liaoning Province. 2 disciplines enter the top 1% of ESI's global institutions. There are 4 mobile stations for post-doctoral research, 4 points for first-level discipline doctoral degrees, 1 point for professional doctoral degrees, 11 points for master's degree programs, and 6 points for professional master's degrees. 1 Ministry of Education innovation team, 2 people were selected as the Ministry of Science and Technology Innovation Talent Promotion Program young and middle-aged science and technology innovation talents.

The school currently has nearly 9,000 faculty and medical staff. Among them, there are nearly 900 senior titles, more than 1,000 deputy senior titles, more than 190 doctoral supervisors, and more than 1,500 master supervisors. 1 national famous teacher of the “Ten Thousand Talents Program”, 1 leading person in the national “Ten Thousand Talents Program” science and technology innovation leader, 5 specially invited professors in the “Cheung Kong Scholars Award Program” of the Ministry of Education, 7 national “Billion Talents Project” candidates, the country 4 winners of the “Outstanding Youth Science Fund”, 31 experts who enjoy special government allowances from the State Council, 2 national young and middle-aged scientific and technological innovation leaders, 5 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions from the National Health and Family Planning Program, and winners of the National “Excellent Young Science Fund” 4 persons, 2 persons selected for the New Century Excellent Talents Support Program of the Ministry of Education. There are 25 famous teaching teachers in Liaoning Province, 22 climbing scholars in Liaoning Higher Education Institutions, and 34 Liaoning Distinguished Professors.

The school has 13,200 full-time students, including 4500 graduate students, 7,500 undergraduates, and more than 950 foreign students. The school is the first batch of pilot units of the "Outstanding Doctor Education and Training Plan" project in the country, and the second batch of pilot universities for transformation and development in Liaoning Province. There are 4 national majors and 17 provincial majors; 5 national teaching platforms and 27 provincial teaching platforms; 4 national courses and 42 provincial courses. 2 majors ranked first in the province's professional rankings. The school has won the first place in the Northeast Division of the "National College Students' Clinical Skills Contest" for 7 consecutive years. In recent years, it has won 4 national awards and 2 first prizes. In recent years, he won 1 first prize, 1 second prize, and 10 third prizes in the "Challenge Cup" National Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition; 2nd prize in the "National Forum for Basic Medical Innovation and Experimental Design Competition" 3 3 prizes, 3 third prizes and 1 third prize in China and Russia. In 2018, it won 16 national university student innovation and entrepreneurship projects. Voluntary donation of hematopoietic stem cells is at the forefront of the country. It is the university with the largest number of successful donors in the Northeast. A total of 16 students completed the donation.

The school has one national and local joint engineering laboratory, one national and local joint engineering research center, one national and international joint research center, and two national and international science and technology cooperation bases. There are ministerial laboratories, provincial key laboratories, provincial engineering technology research centers, major scientific and technological platforms of provincial universities, provincial engineering laboratories, provincial engineering research centers, provincial key laboratories, provincial clinical medical research centers, and other provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms. 45. Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", the school has been approved 226 national-level projects such as the National Key Research and Development Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China, and the National Social Science Foundation of China. 25 cited papers, 5 professors were continuously selected in the 2016-2018 "Chinese Highly Cited Scholars List". Won 1 National Science and Technology Progress Award, 30 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.

The school currently has 3 directly affiliated hospitals. The First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital were selected into the "Top 100 Hospitals in China". The First Affiliated Hospital obtained the certification of the first batch of heart failure centers and atrial fibrillation centers in China, and the first neuroelectrophysiology diagnosis and treatment and neuroregulation center in China. The total number of cases of percutaneous aortic valve replacement was the first in the Northeast. Established the only domestic stem cell clinical research team for children with major diseases; the only national regional medical center in Northeast China; won the Bronze Medal of the International Hospital's "Quality Control Circle"; the special R & D plan of the Ministry of Science and Technology; the establishment of a compact medical consortium to achieve "one hospital and five hospital districts" "layout. The number of talents ranks first in the affiliated hospitals of Northeast Medical Colleges. Won the China Hospital Management Award Value Case, "Medical Satisfied Medical Institutions in 2018", and "National Civilization Post". The Second Affiliated Hospital led the construction of the first regional medical consortium in southern Liaoning; it was approved to improve the ability to diagnose and treat difficult tumor diseases nationwide; the Organ Transplantation Center of Dalian Medical University was completed; it is the only liver transplant admission unit in Dalian; Bone marrow transplant ward; the first batch of pilot units in the country to establish a modern hospital management system; won the National Health System's highest award for "advanced collective", the National Model Hospital for Improving Medical Services, and the national cultural unit of special hospitals. The Third Affiliated Hospital is under construction.

The school vigorously promotes the internationalization of education. The education level of international students ranks among the top in medical colleges and universities in the country. The project has passed the national quality certification for studying in China, and the medical education has been recognized by the World Health Organization. The student source covers a total of 115 countries and regions on five continents, and has established cooperative relationships with more than 100 universities and research institutes in more than 30 countries and regions such as the United States, Britain, Germany, France, Australia, Russia, and Japan; Dick University co-sponsored the "Sino-U.S. Master of Public Health Chinese-Foreign Cooperation Program". The school has joined the Health Alliance of the Global Silk Road University Alliance.

Inheriting history and creating the future. The teachers and students of the school uphold the school motto of “Uncomplicated, Sensitive, Akihito, and the World” and the school spirit of “Unity, Rigorous, Realistic, and Innovative”, adhere to the connotative development road with the core of improving quality, and build an advanced and internationally renowned Medical university and working hard.