Sanko is a participant in the Erasmus exchange network and has strong academic affiliations with numerous universities abroad.

The Medical School is one of the initial three faculties at Sanko University, the establishment of which was approved on 18 June 2013.

The school's organization chart was approved by the Higher Education Board on 17 January 2014, and went into operation with a total of 40 departments: 13 in surgical medicine, 17 in internal medicine, and 10 in basic medical sciences; and 21 related disciplines.

50 students gained entrance to the Medical School for the 2014–2015 academic year according to their results in the 2014 undergraduate placement exam.

Of the four foreign students who earned places in the department, two directly entered the first year, while two started in the Turkish language program.