The university was established as
Chung Shan Dentistry Specialized School () in 1960, by Dr.
Chou Ju-chuan (周汝川; ), a Taiwanese dentist. At first it only provided four year dentistry education, and enrolled only 112 students. In 1962 it changed its name into
Chung Shan Medical Specialized School (), and provided medical education from then. In 1977, it was upgraded to
Chung Shan Medical College (), and in August 2001 it was certified by the
Ministry of Education as a normalized university named
Chung Shan Medical University. ==Faculties==