Anhui Medical University is a provincial key university jointly built by Anhui Provincial Government,the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the Ministry of Education.It was established in 1926 in Shanghai. It was earlier known by the name of Southeast Medical College. The university went through a couple of renaming and relocations; however,finally in 1985 the National Committee on Education approved the proposal to rename of the university to Anhui Medical University.

University Campuses
The University currently has four main campus areas — the campus of Meishan Road Area, the campus of Feicui Road Area, the east campus (under construction), and the campus of Chaohu School of Clinical Medicine, covering an area of 1.21 sq. km in total. The University consists of 16 directly-affiliated teaching institutions and has 6 directly-affiliated hospitals (the First Affiliated Hospital, the Second Affiliated Hospital, the Fourth Affiliated Hospital, Affiliated Chaohu Hospital, Affiliated Fuyang Hospital and Stomatological Hospital of Anhui Province).

Indian Students
Students from India have been enrolling to study MBBS in AMU for several years. Currently, there are hundreds of students from India studying in the university, enrolled in different academic years. A large number of students have already passed out from the university and working in India at government as well as private hospitals.
Hence, studying MBBS at Anhui Medical University in China opens up a lot of career possibilities. The university is not only recognized by the MCI of India, but also by the respective medical councils of US, UK, New Zealand, and other developed countries.

International relations
The university has established extensive cooperation and communication with universities in Germany, Australia, America, United Kingdom, Spain, Sweden , Canada, Japan, Korea, Taiwan and Hong Kong District, etc. Both sides have exchanged experts, scholars, students, information and have cooperated in talent training and scientific researches.