Introduction

Guangzhou Medical University (GMU), founded in 1958, situated near the Liuhua Lake Park in the center of Guangzhou, is a full-time medical University. GMU is qualified by Ministry of Education, China to recruit international medical students in English since 2010. The Ministry of Education, China announced strict measures known as Interim Provisions for Quality Control Standards on Undergraduate Medical Education in English for International Students in China in the year 2007, and since then, it has been publishing the list of medical schools which have are qualified to recruit international MBBS students in English medium.

Guangzhou Medical University is one of the medical schools, which were qualified by MOE to recruit international MBBS students in English medium. GMU strictly follows the regulations of MOE, China, with regard to policies to recruit international MBBS students in English medium, in order to impart quality medical education such as course duration, internship, course curriculum, teachers’ qualification, admission criteria, etc.

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery), MBBS is the primary medical qualification to practice medicine in any country. Medium of teaching: As a qualified medical university, to recruit international MBBS students in English medium, Guangzhou Medical University is committed to impart quality medical education in English medium with its highly qualified faculties who have been educated abroad as well as the foreign experts. As per criteria established by MOE, China, course duration for MBBS in English medium is 6 years which includes one year internship in the affiliated hospitals of Guangzhou Medical University.


Guangzhou Medical University is composed of four campuses. The Main Campus is located in Dongfeng Xi Road and the other three campuses respectively located in Longdong,Haizhu and Jianggao. There are School of Basic Science, School of Health Management, School of Public Health, Nursing School,Graduate School, School of Continuing Education , as well as three clinical schools combined with affiliated hospitals in GMU.

Every year, Guangzhou Medical University recruits 1,500 undergraduates and 550 postgraduates (master and doctors). There are 18 full time undergraduate medical programs, including Clinical Medicine, Medical Laboratory, Medical Imaging, Nursing, Anesthesiology, Oral Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Pharmacy, Rehabilitation Therapy, Health Administration, Biomedical Engineering , Applied Psychology , Biotechnology, Western Medicine in Clinical Medicine ,Law, Marketing, Statistics and Information Management& Information System . The M.A. programs and Ph.D. programs are totally 35.

(Source: Guangzhou Medical University)