A Brief Introduction of Tongji Medical College

As a well-known medical college with a history of 112 years and one of the birthplaces of Chinese modern  medical education,Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology (HUST TJMC) is one of the first 10 medical colleges administratively under the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission.TJMC is among the first universities and colleges that offer eight-year curriculaon clinical medicine, and have Training Programs for Doctors of Excellence. TJMC is one of the only two institutions having state-level model centers for experimental demonstrations of preclinical medicine, clinical medicine and preventive medicine. Two programs, namely, preclinical medicine and public health/preventive medicine, included in the State-Supported "Double First-Rate" program.

Consisting of School of Basic Medicine, School of Public Health, School of Pharmacy, School of Medicine  and Health Management, School of Nursing, Department of Forensic Medicine, Family Planning Research Institute and 10 affiliated hospitals/clinical schools, TJMC has14 undergraduate programs, 9 accredited Class-Aprograms of doctoral degrees, 64 accredited Ph.D. programs and 6 post-doctoral research centers. At present, it has 9 state key programs, 5 candidate state key programs and 61 state clinical key departments. In the 4th round of program evaluation conducted by the Ministry of Education, TJMC’s Public Health and Preventive Medicinewas rated A+. Moreover, its 9 programs are among the top 1% in ESI global program ranking list, including Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology and Biology and Biochemistry.

TJMC boasts an army of high-qualify teachers, including 660+ full professors and 830+ associate professors. A good many faculty members are eminent scientists and specialists in their fields, including 1 academician from Chinese Academy of Sciences, 2 academician from Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5 Lead Scientists of “973  Program”, 5 nationally-eminent teachers, 13 specially-appointed professors (Changjiang Scholars), 3 Young Changjiang Scholars, 10 scholars under Millions of Leading Engineering Talents Project, 10 winners of the National Science Fund for Excellent Young Scholars and 55 scholars under Ministerial Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (NCET).

        TJMC has 2 state key research bases, 2 key laboratories co-sponsored by the provincial governmentand ministry and 21 ministerial and provincial key laboratories and engineering laboratories. It has 2 innovative teams approved by the National Natural Science Foundation of China and 17 innovative teams approved by the Ministry of Education and Hubei Province.The college has received 20 national awards,including Natural Science Award, Science and Technology Advancement Award and Technological Invention Award, and 399 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology awards. Among them, 87 are first-place awards. Since 2014, TJMC has won over 300 grants of the National Natural Science Foundation of China for five consecutive years, and is among the top 10 medical colleges in China.

TJMC has 10 affiliated hospitals. Among them, Union Hospital and Tongji Hospital are large modern general hospitals integrating medicine, teaching, scientific research. The two hospitals are serving as medical centers in the Central China and regional hospitals of ultimate diagnosis and treatment and are among the best hospitals in China.

TJMC has established long-term cooperative relationships with more than 50 organizations, including universities, research institutes and hospitals in over 30 countries and regions worldwide and has signed intercollegiate cooperation agreements with over 40 overseas colleges and universities. Moreover, altogether 8 Sino-foreign cooperative scientific research bases have been established and international exchanges and cooperation such as joint school management, academic exchange and joint research have been carried out with  many world-renowned universities and research institutes.