The Hokkaidō Women's Medical College (北海道立女子医学専門学校, Hokkaidōritsu joshi igaku semmon gakkō), the precursor of the university, was founded in 1945.

The Sapporo Medical University was established in 1950 with the School of Medicine, and the Graduate School of Medicine was also founded in 1956,[3] as part of Hokkaidō's development project.

[4] The Sapporo Medical University Hygiene Junior College was established in 1983, and it was reorganized and incorporated to its current School of Health Science in 1993.

The University has a hospital in affiliation, called Sapporo Medical University Hospital, and has performed a number of surgeries including organ transplant.

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