Chongqing Medical University

　　Chongqing Medical University, originally named Chongqing Medical College, was established in 1956. It was formed by the relocation of Shanghai First Medical College (now Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University) to Chongqing. In 1985, it was renamed to its current title. The university has been under the administration of the Ministry of Health, the People's Government of Sichuan Province, and is now under the administration of the People's Government of Chongqing Municipality. After more than fifty years of development, Chongqing Medical University has become a key local university with a complete talent training system covering bachelor's, master's, doctoral, and postdoctoral levels.

　　The university covers an area of 4,446.7 mu, with a building area of 950,000 square meters. Its total assets amount to 5.06 billion yuan, including 983 million yuan worth of teaching, research, and medical equipment, and a collection of 1.23 million books.

　　The university currently has 11 colleges: the Graduate School, the School of Basic Medical Sciences, the School of Clinical Medicine, the Second Clinical College, the School of Pediatrics, the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, the School of Public Health, the School of Management, the School of Pharmacy, the School of Stomatology, and the School of Nursing. It also has 6 departments (divisions): the Department of Medical Laboratory Science, the Department of Biomedical Engineering, the Department of - , the Department of Medical Imaging, the Foreign Languages Department, and the Physical Education Department, as well as 1 health school. It offers 41 undergraduate majors and specializations, including Clinical Medicine, Clinical Medicine (Pediatrics), Clinical Medicine (Medical Laboratory Science), Clinical Medicine (Physical Medicine), Clinical Medicine (Reproductive Medicine), Clinical Medicine (Rescue Medicine), Clinical Medicine (General Practice), Clinical Medicine (Geriatrics), Clinical Medicine (Mental Health), Clinical Medicine (Maternal and Child Health), Stomatology, Medical Laboratory Science, Medical Laboratory Science (Biomedical Technology), Medical Laboratory Science (Applied Testing Technology), Preventive Medicine, Preventive Medicine (Health Inspection), Preventive Medicine (Nutrition and Food Hygiene), Medical Imaging, Medical Imaging (Physical Medicine), - , Biomedical Engineering (Medical Devices), English (Medical English), Information Management and Information Systems (Healthcare), Traditional Chinese Medicine (Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine), Traditional Chinese Medicine (Rehabilitation Therapy), Traditional Chinese Medicine (Orthopedics and Traumatology), Acupuncture and Moxibustion, Chinese Materia Medica, Chinese Materia Medica (Preparation), Nursing, Nursing (Applied Nursing Technology), Nursing (International Nursing), Pharmacy, Pharmacy (Industrial Pharmacy), Pharmacy (Pharmaceutical Analysis), Pharmacy (Applied Pharmacy Technology), Pharmacy (Clinical Pharmacy), Public Administration (Healthcare Management), Public Administration (Medical Law), Public Administration (Health Economics and Management), Basic Medicine, and Forensic Medicine. There are 6 affiliated hospitals, 4 of which are Grade III Level A hospitals, with nearly 5,000 beds, over 5.54 million outpatient visits annually, and over 100,000 inpatient treatments per year. The Third Affiliated Hospital and the University Town Affiliated Hospital are under construction. There are also 5 non-directly affiliated hospitals and 15 teaching and internship hospitals.

　　The university has a total of 23,358 students, including 364 doctoral students, 2,243 master's students, 15,932 undergraduate and junior college students (higher vocational), 4,305 adult education students, and 514 international students.

　　There are 4,708 faculty and staff members, including 288 senior professionals such as professors and chief physicians, 789 associate senior professionals such as associate professors and associate chief physicians, and 1,546 mid-level professionals such as lecturers and attending physicians. The university has 1 project selected for the Ministry of Education's "Changjiang Scholars and Innovative Team Development Plan," 1 "National Distinguished Professional and Technical Talent," 3 individuals selected for the first and second levels of the National "Ten Thousand Talents Program," 3 national-level selections for the "New Century Ten Thousand Talents Program," 3 individuals selected for the Ministry of Education's "New Century Excellent Talents Support Program," 2 "Outstanding Talents of the New Century," 9 recipients of the "Higher Education Backbone Teachers Funding Program," 7 recipients of the "Outstanding Young Teachers Funding Program," 4 individuals funded by the - Education Foundation for Young Teachers' Fund and Young Teachers' Award Fund, 15 nationally and provincially recognized middle-aged and young experts with outstanding contributions, 4 professors appointed under the Chongqing "Bayu Scholars Distinguished Professor" position, 1 outstanding professional and technical talent in Chongqing, 7 excellent professional and technical talents in Chongqing, 3 individuals selected for the first level of the Chongqing "322" Talent Project, 15 for the second level, 38 of Chongqing's first batch of academic and technical leaders, 46 of the first batch of academic and technical leader reserve candidates, 31 middle-aged and young backbone teachers in Chongqing higher education institutions, 74 teachers selected for the "Chongqing Higher Education Institutions Excellent Middle-aged and Young Backbone Teachers Funding Program," and 122 experts and professors enjoying government special allowances.

　　The university has 4 national key disciplines and 43 provincial key disciplines; 1 national engineering research center, 2 key laboratories of the Ministry of Education, 1 jointly built laboratory of the ministry and province, and 15 provincial key laboratories (3 by the Municipal Science and Technology Commission, 6 by the Municipal Education Commission, and 6 by the Municipal Health Bureau). It also has 11 institutes, 4 research centers, and 20 laboratories; 3 postdoctoral research stations, 2 enterprise postdoctoral research workstations; 2 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 26 second-level discipline doctoral programs, and 40 third-level discipline doctoral programs; 6 first-level discipline master's programs, 53 second-level discipline master's programs, and 67 third-level discipline master's programs; 26 second-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points and 53 second-level discipline master's degree authorization points; and 185 doctoral supervisors.

　　The university has undertaken high-level scientific and technological projects such as the National "Sixth Five-Year Plan" to "Ninth Five-Year Plan" Science and Technology Tackling Projects, the National Natural Science Foundation Key Projects, the 973 Program, the 863 Program, the National Outstanding Youth Fund, the National New Drug Fund, and the Ministry of Education's Cross-Century Talents Fund. It also engages in international cooperation research projects. According to an analysis report by the China Science and Technology Information Institute and Information Analysis Center on the 2005 paper retrieval results, the university ranks 42nd among all types of universities in China in terms of publishing papers in important domestic journals. The university publishes journals such as the Journal of Chongqing Medical University, the Chinese Journal of Hepatology, the Journal of Clinical Ultrasound in Medicine, the Journal of Pediatric Pharmacy, and Medical Education Exploration, which are distributed domestically and internationally. Since 1978, the university has won 520 awards at the national, ministerial, and provincial levels for scientific and technological achievements, including National Science and Technology Progress Awards and Technological Invention Awards. The university-developed focused ultrasound tumor treatment equipment (ultrasound-focused knife) is a world-first and China's first large-scale medical device with complete independent intellectual property rights. Since its industrialization, it has been put into use in over 30 large hospitals across the country and exported to countries such as the UK, Japan, South Korea, and Singapore.

　　Since the reform and opening up, the university has established cooperative relationships with universities in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland, Sweden, and Hong Kong, involving scholar exchanges, study abroad, academic exchanges, and scientific research. It has also hired 98 medical experts from the United States, Japan, the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Canada, Australia, Sweden, the Netherlands, Thailand, and Hong Kong as honorary professors and visiting professors.