Located to the east of the prosperous region of Xujiahui, the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University boasts a long history and a rich heritage of learning and scholarship. As a result of China's on-going optimization of its educational system, Fudan University (established in 1905) and Shanghai Medical University (established in 1927) merged in the April of 2000 to be a more comprehensive institution of higher education. On July 27th, 2001 Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University was established, with Professor Wang Wei-ping, a Vice-president of Fudan University, as its Dean.

Today, the College has twenty national key disciplines, one national key laboratory, eight key disciplines to be further constructed in Project 211, nine key laboratories under the supervision of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health, two municipal key disciplines and eight Shanghai Clinic Medical Centers. It has four research stations that offer postdoctoral fellowships, twenty-nine doctoral programs and thirty-six master programs.