Wenzhou Medical University (WMU); ), designated as a
key university in
Wenzhou
Wenzhou; Chinese postal romanization, historically known as Wenchow is a prefecture-level city in China's Zhejiang province. Wenzhou is located at the extreme southeast of Zhejiang, bordering Lishui, Zhejiang, Lishui to the west, Taizhou, Zheji ...
, Zhejiang, is an
institution of higher learning under the leadership of
Zhejiang
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Provincial Government.
History
Wenzhou Medical University (WMU) is a higher institution under the administration of Zhejiang Provincial Government. It can trace its origin back to the former Zhejiang Specialized Medical School established in 1912. In August 1958, a group of faculty was sent from Zhejiang Medical College in Hangzhou to help establish the Second Zhejiang Medical College in Wenzhou, whose name was changed to Wenzhou Medical College in accordance with its location. In 2013 Wenzhou Medical College was officially renamed Wenzhou Medical University. In 2015, it was shortlisted as one of the co-development universities by the Ministry of Education, National Health Commission and Zhejiang Provincial Government. In 2017, it became a Priority Development University in Zhejiang Province.
Campuses
WMU is composed of three campuses, located respectively at
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Chashan ''(Main campus)''
*Xueyuan Road
*Dongtou District
''(Binhai Campus)''
These cover a combined area of about 73 ha. (=1,100 mu) with a floor space of 460,000 m
2.
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Organization
Schools and departments
15 Schools
*School of Stomatology
*School of Basic Medical Sciences
*School of the 1st Clinical Medical Sciences, School of Information and Engineering
*School of the 2nd Clinical Medical Sciences
*School of Ophthalmology and Optometry, School of Biomedical Engineering
*School of Laboratory Science and Life Science
*School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
*School of Nursing
*School of Public Health and Management
*School of Marxism
*School of Sports Science
*School of Foreign Language Studies
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School of International Studies
*School of Mental Health
*School of innovation and Entrepreneurship Education
Affiliated hospitals
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The 1st Affiliated Hospital
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The 2nd Affiliated Hospital & Yuying Children's Hospital
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The Affiliated Eye Hospital
*The Affiliated Dental Hospital
19 non-directly governed affiliated hospitals
Wenzhou, Taizhou, Lishui, Wenling, Cixi, Dongyang, Yiwu, Zhuji, Zhoushan, Yueqing, Ruian, Cangnan, Xiangshan, Xinchang, Hangzhou
Rankings
In 2021,
Academic Ranking of World Universities
The ''Academic Ranking of World Universities'' (''ARWU''), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. The league table was originally compiled and issued by Shanghai Jiao Tong Universi ...
ranked Wenzhou Medical University within the 501-600 band globally.
Alumni
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Brett Lyndall Singh, South African medical doctor and business executive
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Shen Xiaoming
Shen Xiaoming (; born May 1963) is a Chinese politician who is currently the Chinese Communist Party Committee Secretary of Hunan.
A pediatrician by training, Shen rose through the ranks in the health and education bureaucracy of Shanghai. He ...
, pediatrician, health and education administrator, politician
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Jian Zhou
Jian Zhou (; February 24, 1957 – March 9, 1999) was a Chinese virologist and cancer researcher, who with fellow researcher Ian Frazer, invented Gardasil and Cervarix, the vaccines for stimulating human immunological resistance to the cerv ...
– virologist and cancer researcher
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Jia Qu
Jia Qu (; born 1955) is a Chinese professor of ophthalmology and optometry. He previously served as the principal of Wenzhou Medical University and a representative member of the 12th National People's Congress.
From 2002 to 2015, Qu served as t ...
, Chinese professor of ophthalmology and optometry
Anniversaries
Wenzhou Medical University celebrated its 60th anniversary on 28 October 2018.
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See also
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List of universities in China
, there were 3,012 colleges and universities, with over 40 million students enrolled in mainland China. More than 40 million Chinese students graduated from university from 2016 to 2020. Corresponding with the merging of many public universiti ...
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Special Olympics
Special Olympics is the world's largest sports organization for children and adults with intellectual disabilities, providing year-round training and activities to 5 million participants and Unified Sports partners in 172 countries. Special Ol ...
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Avicenna Directories
The Avicenna Directory project was a public database of worldwide medical schools, schools of pharmacy, schools of public health and educational institutions of other academic health professions. The Avicenna Directory was maintained by the Univer ...
References
External links
Official Wenzhou Medical College Website
Official Wenzhou Medical University Website
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Universities and colleges in Zhejiang
Medical schools in China
Universities in China with English-medium medical schools
Universities and colleges established in 1958
1958 establishments in China
1958 in Wenzhou