Jinzhou Medical University

Jinzhou Medical University originated during the War of Liberation as the Liaoning-Jilin Military Region Health School, founded in Taonan, Jilin, in 1946. It moved to Jinzhou, Liaoning, in 1949, became Jinzhou Medical College in 1958, was renamed Liaoning Medical University in 2006 and Jinzhou Medical University in 2016. Over more than 70 years, it has developed into a provincial regular higher education institution emphasizing medicine, with multiple disciplines, levels and forms of education.

It covers 1847100 square meters, comprising 995800 square meters at the existing campus and 851300 square meters at the new campus. Its 6 categories are medicine, science, engineering, law, philosophy and agriculture. It has 29 undergraduate programs, master’s degrees in 8 first-level and 61 second-level disciplines, and 7 professional master’s authorizations. Its clinical medicine ESI ranking and overall disciplinary standards continue to improve. Its overall disciplinary percentile position is 3.615 per thousand; clinical medicine is at 4.391 per thousand, and pharmacology and toxicology at 5.952 per thousand.

It has more than 13000 full-time students and recruits across China’s 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities. It is a Ministry of Education-qualified institution for entirely English-taught clinical medicine education for international students and a host university for Chinese Government Scholarship international students. It actively engages with the Belt and Road strategy, and its students come from 45 countries. It has 93 teaching and internship bases across programs, including 3 directly affiliated and 7 other affiliated hospitals, contributing to regional health services.

It began recruiting international students in 1997. In 2012, the Ministry of Education approved it to offer entirely English-taught clinical medicine to international students, and it became western Liaoning’s first internet-based HSK Chinese Proficiency Test center authorized by Hanban/Confucius Institute Headquarters. In 2014, the ministry formally listed it among host universities for Chinese Government Scholarship international students. In 2015, it gained authorization to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and in 2021 it passed quality accreditation for international education in Chinese higher education institutions. It has developed a relatively complete international education system with undergraduate and master’s degree levels and Chinese Government Scholarship and self-funded categories. Actively engaging with the Belt and Road strategy, its international students now come from 51 countries and number 312. In ShanghaiRanking’s 2020 ranking by international student proportion, it placed eighth nationwide, and its international education remains among the leaders at provincial universities. Through competitions, innovative international cultural festivals and interprovincial exchanges, it has substantially improved students’ all-round development.