The CUHK-Shenzhen School of MEDICINE and its affiliated hospitals were born out of an agreement inked by the Shenzhen Municipal People's Government, The Chinese University of Hong Kong and The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen in January 2019. At present, Shenzhen is undertaking the historical missions of spearheading the construction of the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) as well as developing into a Pilot Demonstration Area of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics (PDA). Against this backdrop of growing opportunities, the establishment of CUHK-Shenzhen MEDICINE is expected to deepen the cooperation between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, upgrade Shenzhen's healthcare services, catalyze GBA’s medical and health care industries, and ultimately fulfill the "Healthy China" national strategy.

The School of MEDICINE was officially established in August 2021 on the basis of the former School of Life and Health Sciences (established in November 2018). MED is the fifth School of CUHK-Shenzhen, proceeded by the School of Management and Economics (SME), the School of Sciences and Engineering (SSE), the School of Humanities and Social Sciences (HSS), and the School of Data Science (SDS) that offers courses leading to baccalaureate to graduate degrees. Founding Dean Professor Davy CHENG is a Fellow of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, world's leading expert in cardiac surgery anesthesia, anesthesia and perioperative evidence-based medicine research. CUHK-Shenzhen MEDICINE seeks to nurture outstanding innovative and caring medical talents with an international perspective. Drawing on the first-class educational foundation and teaching experience of CU MEDICINE (established in 1981, ranked 28^th in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2024), and fully embracing the advanced philosophy of medical schools in China and abroad, the School has identified a well-established education system covering undergraduate, master and doctoral training, and will actively explore a new model of medical education that integrates Shenzhen and Hong Kong. The School of MEDICINE admits undergraduate students into five major programs: Clinical Medicine, Bioinformatics, Biological Sciences, Biomedical Science & Engineering and Pharmaceutical Science. The School is also open for postgraduate admission in the MPhil-PhD program in Biological Sciences, MPhil-PhD program in Biomedical Engineering, and Master of Science in Bioinformatics. The Academic Board of CUHK takes charge of the approval and supervision of degree programs, guiding and managing teaching and teaching-related matters, and supervising the level of CUHK-Shenzhen degree qualification. CUHK-Shenzhen graduates are awarded degree certificates by CUHK.

MED is to pursue excellence in teaching, research and innovation in life and health sciences for the benefit of human health and well-being. MED strives to be an internationally recognized life and health science school that offers inspiring educational opportunities for students, conducts interdisciplinary research projects with global impact, and serves the life and health science profession and the community with distinction. MED gathers elites from all over the world through open recruitment to build a faculty with innovative spirit and bilingual teaching ability.

The CUHK-Shenzhen School of MEDICINE is home to three Nobel Laureate Institutes (including Warshel Institute for Computational Biology, Kobilka Institute of Innovative Drug Discovery and Ciechanover Institute of Precision and Regenerative Medicine) and the Shenzhen Research Institute of Big Data. In tandem, CUHK-Shenzhen MEDICINE will give full play to the University's research and talent strengths in the fields of Artificial Intelligence and Life Health, further integrate the medical industry with science and engineering, stimulate the development of translational medicine, and stay committed to building an international medical system with three pillars: advanced medical services, high-end medical talent training and innovative medical research. Clinical Medicine, the School's first undergraduate programme, has commenced its first enrolment in 2021, with public health, nursing and traditional Chinese medicine programmes to be offered in phases, and eventually an annual intake of over 6,000 students.

Situated on the shores of Fairy Lake adjacent to the University campus, The CUHK-Shenzhen School of MEDICINE occupies an area of 211,000㎡ with a construction area of approximately 550,000㎡. The Groundbreaking Ceremony was held on May 15, 2023. The North Campus scheduled to be completed in June 2026 and the South Campus scheduled to be completed in December 2026. At present, School of MEDICINE owns two affiliated hospitals and eight clinical teaching bases, including the Medical Centre of The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shenzhen which is under construction, with a floor area of about 590,000 ㎡ and 3,000 beds. It is expected to be completed and delivered by the end of 2025.

Currently, the School of MEDICINE has signed MOU with University Health Network, Mount Sinai International, LLC, Duke-NUS Medical School, and will cooperate in medical education, teacher development, scientific research, clinical programs and international conferences; and will further strengthen the communication and strategic partnership with CUHK Medical Centre, adhere to the principle of win-win and complementary advantages, face to the world and match the first-class standard.

In the future, the CUHK-Shenzhen School of MEDICINE will further enhance its core competencies by continuously exploring new systems and mechanisms for co-operative education and health care operations between Shenzhen and Hong Kong, as well as practising new concepts and models of medical education and hospital management. Ultimately, it will evolve into a high-level medical centre serving people's healthcare demands across the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.