Capital Medical University (CCMU; ) is a municipal public university in Beijing, China. It is affiliated with the City of Beijing, and co-funded by the Beijing Municipal People's Government, the National Health Commission, and the Ministry of Education.
The university was founded in 1960 as the Beijing Second Medical College.
Capital Medical University is listed as one of the top 300 universities in the World University Rankings. CMU is consistently ranked among the top medical schools in China and has ranked in the top 1 or 2 best nationwide, together with Peking Union Medical College among Chinese Medical Universities in the recognized Best Chinese Universities Ranking.
As of 2025, its "Pharmacy & Pharmaceutical Sciences", "Dentistry & Oral Sciences", "Medical Technology", "Biomedical Engineering", "Nursing", "Human Biological Sciences", "Public Health", and "Clinical Medicine" were placed in the top 200 in the world by the Academic Ranking of World Universities. Its "Clinical Medicine" also ranked 135th globally by the U.S. News & World Report.
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