This paper discusses the feasibility and inevitability of conducting community service by university hospitals considering the characteristics and service objects of medical institutions in universities.Hospitals in universities have established relatively complete systems in public health service and health education for a long time thanks to the advantage of stationary population

complete medical conditions

technical capacity and abundant grassroots service experience they possessed

and the functional orientation of university hospitals is consistent with functions of community health service.Therefore

conducting community health service is an inevitable choice for sustainable development of university hospitals

which can effectively promote the transformation of community health service mode.It conforms to the overall goals and requirements for national medical system reform.