Why Study Medicine at Xuzhou Medical College, China
Brief Introduction
Xuzhou Medical College, founded in 1958, is an institution of high education under the direct administration of Jiangsu Provincial Government. After more than fifty years development, Xuzhou Medical College has now become the center of medical education, medical service and medical research in the north of Jiangsu Province as well as Huaihai Economic Zone which consists of the combined parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhui.
1. History Briefs
Xuzhou Medical College was established in 1958 as the Jiangsu Provincial Medical School. Initially, it was the Xuzhou branch of the Nanjing Medical College. In 1959, Xinhailian Academy was merged into the university. In 1960 the school was official changed to the Xuzhou Medical College. In 2000, Xuzhou Health School was merged into the college effectively becoming a comprehensive medical university.
2. Discipline Construction and Achievements
Xuzhou Medical College offers 22 undergraduate programs, such as Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical Imageology, Pharmacology, Stomatology, Nursing, Biomedical Engineering, Public Administration, etc., 2 first-level discipline doctoral programs, namely Clinical Medicine and Biology, and 5 first-level discipline master’s programs, namely Clinical Medicine, preclinical medicine, Biology, Pharmacology, public health and preventive medicine. The college is also the authorization center of master’s degree in Clinical Medicine and was entitled to recommend fresh graduates to pursue for master’s degree without taking national examination. Still, the college has post doctoral research center. In 2005, the college was marked as “Excellence” in the assessment of teaching level for undergraduates, which is supervised by the Ministry of Education.
3. Campus Overview
Xuzhou Medical College has four campuses, covering an area of over 80 hectares. It consists of 19 departments and 14 affiliated hospitals, and has a student body of more than 11,000.
4. Affiliated Hospitals
Xuzhou Medical College has a total of 14 affiliated hospitals, of which 5 are level three first-class hospitals. The affiliated hospitals are The Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, The Third Affiliated Hospital of Xuzhou Medical College, etc. These affiliated hospitals provide international students’ medical training and clinical rotation to lay the foundation for their qualification as a doctor after graduation.
5. International Student Education
Xuzhou Medical College starts to enroll international students from 2005, and currently has approximately 300 international medical students, including including 4 doctoral candidates, 12 master degree students. They are from Nepal, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, the Comoros, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Somalia, Nigeria, Ghana, Dr Congo, and Singapore.
Xuzhou Medical College has opened English Medium Programs of Medical Bachelor/Undergraduate Degree (including MBBS), Master/Postgraduate Degree and Doctoral /PHD Degree to international students. Since Xuzhou Medical College entered the colleges list of recruiting MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery)(English Medium) international students, the college devotes great efforts to develop international students education and establishes a group of experts and teachers with rich teaching experience. In addition, Xuzhou Medical College hires foreign teachers to give medical teachers English training, organizes medical teachers to exchange and learn from other universities, and sends excellent medical teachers to have short-term training in abroad.
Communication and Cooperation
In recent years, Xuzhou Medical College has extensively carried out exchange activities and has actively developed multi-model relationships and cooperation with other colleges and universities at home and abroad. It has established cooperation and academic exchange with medical colleges and universities in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong.
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