The invention relates to a serum free culture medium for growing various cells derived from the kidney tissue. In the serum free culture medium, dulbecco's modified eagle medium (DMEM)/ nutrient mixture F-12(F12)(1:1) is used as a basic culture medium and comprises the components including yeast autolysate, soy protein hydrolysate, amino acids, a fatty acid combining agent, an antioxidant reagent, reduced glutathione, a polyamine mixture, ethanolamine, beta-mercaptoethanol, glycerol, minerals, Pluronic F-68 and the like, and the pH value is 7.2. The culture medium of the invention can be used for culturing various cell lines derived from the kidney tissue, such as HEK293 cells, Marc145 cells, Vero cells and BHK21 cells and for propagating viruses.