Founded in 1937, Fujian Medical University (FMU) has become a provincial key university for priority development focusing on medicine and paying attention to harmonious development of multiple disciplines, such as science, management, law, arts and engineering. For the past 80 years since its establishment, the university has educated more than 100 thousand medical talents for the nation and regions, including Chen Keji, the member of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Professor Jiang Xiaoying, the Florence Nightingale Medal winner, ect.

Fujian Medical University has started the enrollment of international students since 1995. Overseas Education College of FMU was established in July 2008. In 2009, FMU was approved by Ministry of Education to enroll MBBS students. In 2011, after passing the assessment of Ministry of Education, FMU became one of the universities that are entitled to enroll CSC Scholarship students. In 2013, FMU passed the assessment of MBBS teaching program by Special Inspection Team from Ministry of Education.

Currently, there are international students from over 40 countries in FMU. Most of them are enrolled in undergraduate programs or postgraduate programs in clinical medicine that are taught in English or other medical programs taught in Chinese (for CSC Scholarship students).