II. University Introducation

Established in 1958, the university situated in Jiangsu Province (less than three hours by train to Beijing or Shanghai), a historical and cultural city known as “Thoroughfares to Five Provinces”, is an institution of higher education under the direct administration of Jiangsu Provincial Government. it has now become the center of medical education, medical service and medical research in the north of Jiangsu Province as well as in the whole Huaihai Economic Zone. It is also an independent higher medical institution with its distinct school characteristic. In 2005, it successfully completed “Undergraduate Course Teaching Level Assessment by the Ministry of Education” with an “Excellence”. In 2005, it began the education for international students and it is successfully authorized the right to grant doctoral degree in 2013.

The university has three campuses and now the second extension project of the Main Campus has been put into use. There are 21 affiliated hospitals (two under the direct administration of the college), 15 clinical schools with high quality clinical teaching bases. It has made great efforts to develop constantly, has produced a great number of medical staff for the society, with its study programs expanding gradually, the school strength enhanced, and school characteristic becoming distinct.

 It has about 14,000 students and 1300 teachers, offers a full range of courses for 28 undergraduate specialties, which covers the major medical discipline specialties, including Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Optometry, Medical Imageology, Medical Rehabilitation, Preventive Medicine, Nutriology, Stomatology, Oral Restoration Technology, Nursing, Pharmacology, Clinical Pharmacology, Biomedical Engineering and Public Administration, Medical Imaging Engineering, etc. Clinical Medicine and Nursing specialty also recruit international students.

The university began to recruit M.B.B.S. international students since 2005, MD/MS program in 2012 and PhD program in 2014, and Nursing international students in 2016. The university lays great emphasis on international academic exchange and cooperation with experts and colleagues from home and overseas. Scientific Development Conferences were held to offer platforms for the faculties and foreign colleagues to make academic exchange. Every year a number of foreign experts are invited to visit the university and some of the faculties are sent to engage in advanced studies in developed countries. During recent years it has hosted many international academic conferences and established multilateral exchange and cooperation with research institutions and medical universities from abroad, such as Medical college of Harvard University, the State University of New York Health Science Center, Parker Medical College of Texas, General Hospital of Massachusetts, Medical College of Wisconsin University USA, Medical University of Vienna, Austria.