Introduction

China Medical University (CMU) is located in Shenyang, Liaoning. It was founded in Ruijin city, Jiangxi province in 1931. Its precursor was the Chinese Workers-Peasants Red Army Military Medical School and Chinese Workers Red Army Health School, which was the first medical school established by the Chinese Communist Party. Since its establishment, over 52,000 senior specialized medical personnel have been educated by CMU, and its graduates are all over China and some countries and regions of the world. It nurtured many famous medical experts and leaders of national health administration and education, including a hundred above vice-ministry rank, nine ministers or vice-ministers of the Health Ministry, more than 40 generals, and twelve academicians of China Science Academy and Chinese Academy of Engineering.

The current total staff of China Medical University is 7,630, and 6,126 are professionals of different specialties. Among them are: one academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 448 professors, 676 associate professors, 205 tutors for doctor students and 562 tutors for master students, 2 members of Evaluation Group of Academic Degree Committee of the State Council, 4 directors and 11 vice-directors, 50 members of Standing Committee, 60 Committee members of national academic societies, such as Chinese Medical Society. At present, CMU has 28 colleges, faculties and sections with the total number of 20,287 registered students. 5 broader disciplines of pedagogy, philosophy, natural science, medicine, management of CMU are authorized to grant degrees; 43 disciplines (specialties) are authorized to grant doctor degrees and 55 are authorized to grant master degrees; 11 specialties for undergraduates and 10specialties for higher professional techniques education. In addition, CMU has 2 national key disciplines and 3 health ministerial laboratories; 1 national center for children rescue; 3 post-doctoral mobile stations; 3 national training centers; 2 national base for research of medicines; 10 provincial key disciplines, 12 research (treatment) centers of Liaoning province; 22 educational and research institutes or centers, 8 central laboratories of the university or its colleges; 15 independent research laboratories.

China Medical University now has 3 scientific technique enterprises; 3 affiliated comprehensive hospitals and 2 specialty hospitals with total beds of 3,927. CMU occupies a total land area of 3,290,000 square meters (including new campus) with 743,000 square meters building area. The library with its more than 823,000 volumes of collections is the northeast regional center of National Medical Literature Resources Sharing Network of the Health Ministry, northeast knot of China Medical Information Network, and a national consulting unit for the science and technology of medicine and health. CMU sponsors and publishes 10 magazines on national and provincial levels. The laboratory animal center of CMU, which breeds 23 species and strains of experimental animals for teaching and research, is also the provincial centers of laboratory animals and their quality control.

China Medical University has been authorized by the Education Ministry to admit foreign students in 1976. It has established good exchange and cooperative relations with 46 universities, institutes and institutions in Japan, USA, England, France, Russia, South Korea and Canada etc; Many internationally famous professors have been conferred honorary titles of CMU; 49 important international cooperation projects have been conducted. Stable cooperation relations have been set up with other countries on 40 disciplines. In 2007, there are about 200 foreign students studying in China Medical University.

Admission Requirements

1) High school graduate with an average of 70% and above in Mathematics, English, Biology, Physics and Chemistry.

2) Applicants are required to pass HSK test (level 3) before the graduation.