[1] It is the only private institution in the Philippines granted a University Status without having a basic education curriculum and catering mainly to courses related to the health services field.

Its first campus was located adjacent to the present Cebu Doctors' University Hospital.

And in 2016, the Cebu Doctors' University Senior High School (CDU-SHS) was set up under the CDU-CAS.

Students are admitted on the basis of their individual qualifications, regardless of sex, religion or race.

Aside from grades and test scores, preference shall be given to those who are properly motivated evincing an interest to learn, and have consistently demonstrated a genuine concern to follow CDU's standards.