Taishan Medical University, lying at the foot of the world-famous Mt. Taishan, in Taian, Shandong Province, the hometown of Confucius, was founded in 1974. Through efforts and hard work of several generations, it has developed into a modern, flourishing institution of higher education.

The university now has 28 majors, 16 master's degree specialties and 15 faculties and departments, including School of Nursing, Engineering School, Population School, School of Continuing Education and Department of Radiology, Department of Family Planning ,Department of Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy Department, Department of Sports Medicine, Department of Laboratory Medicine Department of Information Science and English Department. Today, 16496 undergraduates, 400 postgraduates and nearly 12000 students of continuing education are studying on the four campuses of the university. TMU has 10 affiliated hospitals.

Up to 2006, the university has over 1408 teaching staff.

The university offers a number of courses to foreign students since1991. It has been designated by the National Ministry of Education as one of the higher learning universities eligible to accept overseas students and TMU has already accepted overseas students from different countries.