Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine (SJTUSM) is located in the center of Huangpu District, Shanghai, where the spirit of innovation, cultural diversity and inclusiveness are long-planted. The campus is surrounded by sycamore trees and houses time-honored red-wall buildings that are bathed in sunshine. After over a century’s education development, SJTUSM has set its mission as “serving the motherland and the people”, championed the school motto “pursuing the limits of medicine through diligence” and stuck to the spirit of being “inclusive, pragmatic, innovative and dedicative”. SJTUSM has always been dedicated to the motherland’s prosperity, the truth of science, and the noble cause of medical development. At present, SJTUSM has grown into an innovative research-oriented school boasting international reputation, strong faculty, distinctive advantages, and remarkable academic achievements, with all-round development in medicine, teaching, research and social service. The School’s overall strength remains top in China, and it is ranked first among China’s medical institutions by many disciplines.

SJTUSM sticks to the strategy to develop a leading medical school through talents, and gives priority ton building a high-caliber talent team. It boasts a strong faculty, a large number of outstanding experts including six members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and fifteen members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and many academic gurus and leading talents of national talent programs. SJTUSM continuously reforms its talent development systems and mechanisms, striking a balance between diversification and precision, smoothing the development paths for varied talents, and redoubling its efforts to train young talents, with a view to fostering a favorable environment where each and every one can thrive.

SJTUSM has ranked top by its overall discipline strength among China’s medical institutions. There are 16 key disciplines approved by the Ministry of Education, 18 key disciplines approved by Shanghai, 3 disciplines listed as Shanghai top 5% disciplines and 6 listed as Shanghai top 10% disciplines. Basic medicine, clinical medicine, stomatology and pharmacy are selected as national “double first-class” disciplines. Clinical medicine is qualified to apply for the national "first-class discipline training program". In the fifth round of discipline evaluation by China’s Ministry of Education, SJTUSM’s clinical medicine, basic medicine, and stomatology entered the rank of China’s best disciplines.

By 2023, the number of National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC) projects obtained by SJTUSM has exceeded 700 for five consecutive years. In fact, the School has been a leader among China’s medical institutions in this regard since 2010. At the same time, facing the rapid changes of science and technology and new trends of life medicine, SJTUSM takes the "new medicine" development as the overarching task, insists on “medicine + X” interdisciplinary strategy, closely aligns with SJTU's "big health" strategy, and promotes the interdisciplinary integration of clinical and basic medicine, medicine and arts, medicine and engineering, medicine and science, as well as medicine and information, stimulates new growth points and scale new heights in disciplines.

SJTUSM has 1 National Facility for Translational Medicine, 2 state key laboratories, 1 state engineering center, 1 state international science and technology collaboration base, 3 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 2 engineering centers of the Ministry of Education, 4 key laboratories of the National Health Commission, 29 Shanghai key laboratories, 13 Shanghai engineering technology research centers, 2 Shanghai engineering research centers, 8 Shanghai clinical medical research centers and 7 Shanghai professional and technical service platforms. SJTUSM keeps advancing high-level scientific research platforms, including Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center, the Clinical Research Center for Brain Diseases, Shanghai Institute of Precision Medicine, Shanghai Institute of Molecular Medicine, Shanghai Immune Therapy Institute, Shanghai Digital Medicine Innovation Center, Songjiang Institute, and the Institute of Virology. It has created a good momentum to gather global talents and deliver major achievements.

SJTUSM has 13 affiliated hospitals, 8 of which are general hospitals and 5 are specialized hospitals. It boasts 5 national medical centers and 10 national regional medical centers. In addition, it has got approval for 74 national key clinical specialties, which account for 54% of Shanghai’s total. Through its strong comprehensive strength, SJTUSM has made significant contribution to the health and medical course of Shanghai and even the whole country, thus earning extensive acclaim from society.