School of Forensic Medicine consists of the following six teaching departments: Department of Forensic Pathology, Department of Forensic Biology, Department of Forensic Clinical Medicine, Department of Forensic Toxicology, Department of Medical Law, and Department of Criminal Technology.

At present Forensic Medicine is a key specialty of Yunnan Province authorized by the Educational Department of Yunnan Province. Forensic Pathology is a National Classic Course authorized by the National Educational Department of P. R. China. School of Forensic Medicine is the Judicial Educational Training Center of the Ministry of Justice of P. R. China, the Judicial Educational Training Center of Yunnan Province and the Postgraduate Educational Training Center of Yunnan Province.

For a long run, School of Forensic Medicine insists on its teaching thought. The later means that school should train the students not only coming from Yunnan Province but also coming from the whole nation, as the qualified personnel, for the basic Public Security Organs and the other relevant Health organs. School of Forensic Medicine should also insist on its teaching aim, which means finishing the teaching task by cooperating with the Public Security Department of Yunnan Province. The pre-enrollment and distribution to the certain areas of Yunnan Province is also the teaching aim of School of Forensic Medicine.

Since the establishment of School of Forensic Medicine, nine teaching bases on Forensic Medicine and two teaching bases on Medical Law are set up together with the Public Security Organs and the Health Organs. Up to now a complete teaching system for practical training or teaching model has been set up.

At present there is an enrollment of 400 of bachelor-degree undergraduate students majoring in Forensic Medicine and Medical Law. Up to now 1117 undergraduate students majoring in Forensic Medicine and Medical Law are trained in the past 25 years. Among which there are 988 undergraduate students majoring in Forensic Medicine and 129 undergraduate students majoring in Medical Law were included. At the same time 56 postgraduate students, major in Forensic Medicine, have graduated from the School of Forensic Medicine in the past 10 years. Now the graduates are working as the scientific figures or the skillful leaders. They have contributed their life to the society.

Up to now there are 35 staff members working in School of Forensic Medicine. Among them there are 4 professors, 6 associate professors, 3 premier technicians, 22 lecturers and associate lecturers. Among the 35 staff members 5 got doctor-degree, 18 got master-degree, and 8 became master-degree advisors.

The teaching team has achieved a lot in the past. Among the 35 staff members, one got the “Leading Specialist” title issued from Chinese Government, one got the “Back-bone Leading Figure” title issued from Yunnan province, two got the title of “Provincial Excellent Teachers” issued from Yunnan province, one as the Excellent Teacher” issued from Kunming Medical University, and three “Back-bone Teachers on Key Subject” issued from Kunming Medical University.

School of Forensic Medicine has dispatched 22 staff members to the developed countries for their advanced study, academic visit, specialized training, international conference, or some academic exchange programs as a visiting scholar. The teaching team has also got the national on provincial academic position. At present 24 staff members work as the national committee of the Chinese Association for Forensic Medicine, the national committee of the Chinese Medical Law Association, and the provincial committee of Yunnan Judicial Expertise Association.

Besides the teaching task, the scientific research in the School of Forensic Medicine is outstanding. The main research fields are the brain trauma study, research on drug abuse toxicology, minority biogenetics study, toxicology analyses, traffic trauma technical study, the study of Medical Law, and so forth. There are laboratories for histology, animal experiments, drug abuse research, toxicology research and DNA analyses, and Forensic Science study within School of Forensic Medicine. More then 30 research projects have been granted from provincial or national scientific research foundations since the establishment of the school. The most important thing is, besides these financial supports from the research programs, some of the research subjects have been complicated together with the public security bureaus, the medical-legal teaching basements or some other relevant institutes. Basing on the course teaching, scientific research and medico-legal investigation, research papers are published and the scientific awards are issued. Since the establishment of the school more then 500 papers have been published in the provincial, national or even worldwide journals, and among which 11 papers are collected by SCI. Totally 30 research awards have been issued by provincial and national government. About 40 academic books, including 13 specialized textbooks, have been published.(责任编辑：haoxuee)