[7] The Feinberg School of Medicine is part of the McGaw Medical Center of Northwestern University.

The school also offers graduate degree programs, some in combination with other Northwestern University professional schools: According to public financial data for Feinberg, support for competitive research grants from all external sources totaled $706 million in academic year 2022–2023.

In June 2019, the university opened a $560 million, 625,000 square-foot biomedical research building on the Chicago campus.

[13] In 2024, U.S. News & World Report ranked Feinberg in Tier 1 for Best Medical Schools:Research.

[18] The school's major affiliated teaching hospitals rank in U.S. News & World Report's Best Hospitals 2023 and 2024 as follows:[19] Hosmer Johnson, Nathan Smith Davis, Ralph Isham, Edmund Andrews, David Rutter and William Byford co-founded[20] the medical department of Lind University on October 11, 1859.

A $10 million donation was subsequently sent in 1996 to establish the Frances Evelyn Feinberg Clinical Neurosciences Institute.

The goal was to build a more learner-centered educational program that (1) fully integrates scientific principles in a clinical context; (2) stimulates inquiry and investigation; (3) has an assessment system that comprehensively evaluates student achievement in each of the core competencies; (4) reinforces a culture of learning, teamwork, and excellence; (5) is flexible and able to meet the unique needs of individual students as they learn and differentiate.

The building opened in June 2019 and added more than 625,000 square feet and 12 stories of research space to the downtown campus.