Address: 101 Longmian Avenue, Jiangning District, 211166 Nanjing, Jiangsu, China
Medicine, Public Health, Stomatology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Health Policy
Nanjing Medical University is a provincial public university in Nanjing, Jiangsu. It was founded in 1934 as the National Jiangsu Medical College in Zhenjiang, moved to Nanjing and was renamed Nanjing Medical College in 1957. It began offering six-year programmes in 1962, received approval for master’s and doctoral programmes in 1981 and took its present name in 1993. The university is part of the Double First-Class Construction initiative of China.
Wutai is the main campus, on 8 hectares, and is the centre of clinical teaching and research. Jiangning is the newer campus, on 87 hectares. The university has more than 1,400 registered faculty members, among them 117 full professors and 175 associate professors, with 812 supervisors of master’s students and 185 supervisors of doctoral students.
The school structure reflects a medical university. It includes the School of Basic Medical Sciences, the First, Second, Third and Fourth Schools of Clinical Medicine, the Gulou School of Clinical Medicine, the School of Public Health, the School of Stomatology, the School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, the School of Nursing and the School of Medical Policy and Management. The College of International Studies, the School of Continuing Education, the School of International Education and Kangda College, an independent school, complete the list.
Twenty-four hospitals are affiliated with the university, and about fifty teaching hospitals in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong provinces take part in clinical training. The university has had an English-taught MBBS programme approved by the Ministry of Education since 2005, and by 2014 it had more than 500 foreign students.
It counts one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering and one Chang Jiang Scholar Distinguished Visiting Professor, two global experts recruited under the national Thousand Talent Program and six winners of the China National Funds for Distinguished Young Scientists. It partners with the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research of the World Health Organization, and it has exchange and cooperation programmes with institutions in the United Kingdom, the United States, Australia, Germany, Japan and France. Check the current tariff. Teaching is mainly in Chinese, with the MBBS taught in English.
Domains taught:
Bioinformatics, Life Sciences, Microbiology and Genetics, Statistics
Diplomas*:
Bachelor, Doctor, Master
Status:
Public
Partnerships:
24 affiliated hospitals and around 50 teaching hospitals in Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Shandong, and the Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research of the World Health Organization.
Research:
Basic and clinical medicine, public health, stomatology, pharmaceutical sciences, nursing and medical policy and management.
Famous Alumnis:
N/A
International recognition**:
Number of staff***:
1400
Current students***:
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Foreign students***:
N/A%
Cumulative former students***:
N/A
Pros
Leading medical university in Jiangsu, English-taught MBBS programme since 2005, many affiliated hospitals, Double First-Class university.
Cons
Specialised in medicine, teaching mainly in Chinese, competitive national admission.
Best For
Medical students and international applicants seeking an English-taught MBBS in Nanjing with many affiliated hospitals.
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Most Similar Schools Locally
Another national school that puts bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics at the centre is Southern Medical University, and it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and is also a public institution.
Also strong in bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences, Anhui Medical University makes a sensible second look at home; it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and enrols about 18,700 students.
Guangzhou Medical University offers a comparable education in microbiology and genetics and life sciences: it runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes, and covers bioengineering as well.
Wenzhou Medical University follows much the same lines as this institution, with microbiology and genetics and life sciences as common ground, and it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
The comparison with Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine is straightforward on subjects, since both focus on microbiology and genetics and life sciences, and it covers chemistry as well, and enrols about 20,000 students.
Most Similar Schools Abroad
Beyond national borders, Tehran University of Medical Sciences stands out as a comparable school for bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences; it is also a public institution, and teaches at the same levels, namely bachelor's, master's and doctoral.
Medical University of Innsbruck brings a Austria setting to the same core fields, bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences, and it is also a public institution, and runs the same bachelor's, master's and doctoral programmes.
A foreign alternative with a similar emphasis on bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and statistics is University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston in the United States, and it covers data analytics as well, and enrols about 5,241 students.
For a study option in the United States with a comparable spread of bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore is the reference point: it does not run the bachelor's programmes found here, and enrols about 7,137 students.
Abroad, Medical University of Graz (Austria) covers bioinformatics, microbiology and genetics and life sciences in a comparable way, and it enrols about 5,110 students, and is also a public institution.
*our own picks (our criteria: a mix between domains, diploma delivered, reputation and size), but obviously too many criteria for an apple-to-apple ranking.
FAQ
Where is Nanjing Medical University?
In Nanjing, Jiangsu, with the Wutai and Jiangning campuses.
When was it founded?
In 1934, as the National Jiangsu Medical College in Zhenjiang.
When did it take its present name?
In 1993.
How large are the campuses?
Wutai covers 8 hectares and Jiangning 87 hectares.
How many faculty members does it have?
More than 1,400 registered faculty members.
How many hospitals are affiliated?
Twenty-four affiliated hospitals and about fifty teaching hospitals.
Does it teach in English?
Yes, it has offered an English-taught MBBS programme since 2005.
How many foreign students did it have in 2014?
More than 500.
Which international organisations does it work with?
The Alliance for Health Policy and Systems Research of the World Health Organization.
What does it cost?
Check the current tariff.
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*: without any judgment of the quality, readers are strongly encouraged to check the official status of the exact diploma envisioned as many universities have a mix of recognized diplomas, not recognized, “co-delivered,” “equivalent to”, “some pathways” (…), can change over time, and can be named differently from one country to another.
**: international reputation: is based on some criteria that do not mean much in some domains or specialties (number of researchers, of scientific publications, on budget ….). Our approximate 1-4 scale:
known locally
known locally and internationally
is listed in some of the world university’s classifications
is listed among the 20 firsts in some of world university’s classifications
***: estimated numbers, based on online sources and/or feedbacks. The numbers can vary greatly depending on school organisation (ex.: school is part of a group, it employs internal staff or external consultants or has public staff without employing them …). Refer to all the links provided to have accurate and updated numbers.
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