Why Study Medicine at Capital Medical University, China
Brief Introduction
Capital Medical University (CMU) was founded in 1960. It ranks among the top academic medical institutes in China. It is one of the key municipal universities in Beijing. CMU consists of 10 Schools, 19 affiliated hospitals, 16,555 beds in total, and 1 teaching institute. The university and the affiliated hospitals have about 35,128 staff members. Among them, there are 1,875 professors and 3,275 associate professors including 6 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering. In March 2014, the university has 10,132 enrolled students including 433 international Degree-Seeking students from over 50 countries. Each year, about 100 short term international students are recruited. CMU provides a wide range of educational programs for Doctorates, Masters, Bachelors and certificates in Medicine, Stomatology, Preventive Medicine, Chinese Medicine, Chinese Herb Pharmaceutics, Nursing, Biomedical Engineering, Health Low, Health Administration, Rehabilitation, etc. CMU is proud to be at the forefront in the medical education, biomedical research and patient care. It is committed to bring the advanced knowledge in basic and clinical sciences for people’s service. CMU will develop quickly and well in the century.
(1). History
Capital Medical University (CMU) was founded in 1960, with the original name of Beijing Second Medical College. It ranks among the top academic medical institutions in China and is considered as one of the key municipal universities in Beijing. The founding President, Professor Wu Jieping, was a world-renowned urologist, member of both the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering. The current President is Professor Lu Zhaofeng.
(2). Discipline Construction
Capital Medical University (CMU) is well recognized for its strength in scientific research. It hosts 10 nationally-funded disciplines (neurosurgery, ophthalmology, otorhinolaryngology, neurobiology, respirology, cardiology, neurology, pediatrics, digestive diseases, medical imaging and nuclear medicine), 24 municipally-funded disciplines
Capital Medical University has 8 national key disciplines, 2 national key (Foster) disciplines, 56 national clinical key Specialist (including Chinese Medicine), 14 Key cultivation disciplines of the State Administration of traditional Chinese Medicine, 4 first level key disciplines of Beijing, 6 second level key disciplines of Beijing, 2 first level key construction disciplines of Beijing, 6 second level key construction disciplines of Beijing, 1 discipline group of colleges and Universities in Beijing. There are 8 master degree programs and 11 master degree authorization points of the first degree. According to the statistics of three level discipline, there are 59 doctoral degree authorization points and 78 master's degree authorization points, 9 post doctoral research mobile station.
(3). Campus Overview
Capital Medical University (CMU) consists of 10 Schools, 14 affiliated hospitals, 36 nationally-funded and municipally-funded key laboratories and 1 teaching institution. The university and the affiliated hospitals have a staff of about 20,000. Among the staff, there are 6 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences or the Chinese Academy of Engineering, over 1,000 professors, and over 2,000 associate professors. The university has over 9,000 enrolled students. CMU provides a wide range of educational programs for Doctorates, Masters, Bachelors and certificates.
(4). Affiliated Hospitals
Capital Medical University has set up 21 clinical medical school and affiliated hospitals, 8 teaching hospitals which enjoy high reputation and provide a total number of 18793 sickbeds for students practice or rotation. Students can have good practice and internships here and receive enough exercises to be qualified as a doctor in the future.
(5). Significant Achievements
Capital Medical University (CMU) is a well known academic institution for its strong competence in the scientific research. It hosts many national and municipal key disciplines, laboratories and some exchange stations for post-doctoral research. High-caliber national and municipal research and training centers and institutes are founded here, covering a wide range of fields including General Practitioner Training, Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine, Neurosciences, Ophthalmology, Geriatrics, Urology, Cardiology, Pain Medicine, Toxicology, Biomedical Engineering, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Reproduction, Health Policy and so on. We have achieved national and international recognitions in many areas such as Neurobiology, Cryobiology, Immunology, Medical Iconography, Neurology, Neurosurgery, Cardiology, Cardio-vascular Surgery, Kidney Transplantation, Respiratory Disease, Digestive Medicine, Oral-Maxillofacial Surgery, Ophthalmology, Otolaryngology and Pediatric Hematology, and others.
Capital Medical University (CMU) is proud to be at the forefront in the medical education, biomedical research and patient care. It is committed to bring the latest knowledge in basic and clinical sciences for peoples’ care.
(6). Communication and Cooperation
Capital Medical University (CMU) has partnerships with a lot of prestigious universities and institutions in more than 30 countries and regions, including Northwestern University and University of Pittsburgh in U.S., University of Toronto and University of Calgary in Canada, University of Queensland and Deakin University in Australia, Cardiff University in U.K., etc. The co-operation programs include students and faculty exchange programs, joint education programs, joint research programs and so on. We also offer to international students training programs of clinical observation, TCM & acupuncture, public health, community medicine, nursing, etc.
Capital Medical University (CMU) is seeking for international partners to develop joint medical education, research co-operation, students and faculty training and exchange programs.
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