The university obtained its present name and status in 1996.

Most universities obtain this tissue through their own whole body donation programs.

The university has obtained multi-million pound backing to maintain its high standard of dental education.

In the 2009-10 academic year, the university obtained $150 million for research, including $26 million from the National Institutes of Health.

The university obtained rights to exhibit the unidentified bodies after placing advertisements in three newspapers over a month seeking their identification.

In the 1940s, the university obtained land in the surrounding blocks through emininent domain.

In 2006, the scientific research fund which the university has obtained reached 1 million Yuan.

Furthermore, the university obtained the right to award doctorates in cooperation with another university as partner.

In the second year of existence the university obtained the right to confer scientific degrees.

This was the first time the university had obtained a major global ranking.