In the past six years, the school has undertaken more than 3,000 longitudinal research projects including the national science and technology support program, among which the national natural science foundation has ranked the top 100 in the country for four consecutive years. We have won 36 national and provincial science and technology awards. In the world famous magazines including Nature Medicine, New Eng J Med and the Lancet published 4520 SCI papers (among which 1656 were the first author).School-sponsored 6 kinds of academic journals, including Chinese journal of biomedical engineering, Chinese journal of the joint surgery, Thrombosis and hemostasis which is a Chinese science core journal, Journal of chest diseases (English version), Translational medicine yearbook (English version) is collected by SCI, PubMed respectively.

As a university with global vision, GMU has carried out extensive collaborations in research, teaching, and training with renowned universities such as University of Edinburgh, University of Strasbourg, University of Birmingham, University of Wolverhampton, University of Toronto, California State University Northridge, University of South Carolina, Harvard Medical School, San Francisco State University, Arkansas State University, Columbia University, Maryland University, Johns Hopkins University, Yonsei University College of Dentistry, National University of Singapore, Hong Kong University, Chinese University of Hong Kong, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Taiwan University, Chung Shan Medical University, I-Shou University, Kiang Wu Nursing College of Macau, City University of Macau, University of Queensland, Queensland University of Technology, and Massey University. A substantial number of experts from prestigious universities abroad are engaged with the University as adjunct professors, distinguished professors and visiting professors.

For more than half a century, Guangzhou Medical University has undertaken substantial progress in medical education, research and health care. In the future, GMU will continue to uphold their three principles—“Quality discipline, Talent management, Synergy of affiliated hospitals”. GMU is committed to making greater efforts in education, scientific research, health care and cultural legacy innovation for the future of China and the world.