Weifang Medical University (WMU),

founded in 1951, is a public medical

university owned by Shandong

Province. It is located in Weifang - Kite

Capital of the world. Weifang is a

beautiful city with temperate monsoon

semi-humid climate.

WMU covers an area of more than 1.3

million square meters, with 650,000

square meters’ construction area and

the students on campus has amounted

to 18,000. As a comprehensive and

multi-disciplinary medical university,

WMU offers bachelor’s, master’s and

doctoral programs in 16 disciplines,

inclusive of medical sciences, health

management, general sciences, law,

literature, etc. It is also one of the

universities which are authorized to

hold HSK test.

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WMU has an excellent teaching team.

At present, the teaching staff members’

amount to 1500 of which more than

400 owns professional titles and 560

with doctor and master degrees. There

are 6 doctoral supervisors and more

than 300 supervisors for master

students. There’s also an Academician

of China Engineering Academy, who is

the the honorary president of Weifang

Medical University, chief expert, and

head of Shandong Eye Research

Institute.

He is the only Academician of China

Engineering Academy in the academic

field of ophthalmology in China as

well as the first Academician of China

Engineering Academy in the field of

medicine in Shandong Province.

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The university has very advanced

teaching facilities: Medical Research

Center, Modern Educational

Technology Center, Computer Center

and Animal Supplying Center with

more than 21,300 sets of scientific and

research instruments which worth over

RMB 240 million Yuan. There are 15

teaching hospitals, including 1 directly

affiliated hospital.

It also has 6 comprehensive teaching

laboratories at university level:

Morphology, Function,

Chemicoanalysis, Clinical Skills,

Computer and Human Anatomy, and

16 specialty laboratories like Gene and

Histology Engineering, Dentistry and

Nursing which are equipped with

advanced Imaging PACS System,

Digital Network Interactive

Laboratory Teaching System and BL-

410 Biological Function Experiment

System and so on.

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The university started to recruit

overseas students from the year of

2003 and in 2010, the MOE, China

officially approved Weifang Medical

University to offer MBBS program

taught in English. Till now it has

enrolled more than 600 students and

among them 218 had got MBBS degree

by 2011. Now students from 16

different countries, such as India,

Nepal, Pakistan, USA, Canada, Korea,

Zambia, Djibouti, South Africa, and

Ghana, are studying in WMU.

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WMU is listed in the WHO World

Directory of Medical Schools and the

graduates of MBBS program are

eligible to take the Medical Licensing

Examinations held by the medical

councils in different countries such as

MCI, PMDC, USMLE, HPCSA, SCHS

etc.

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As to the academic exchange, theuniversity has established extensiveinter-relationships with many overseasuniversities such as Western StateCollege, California, U.S.A; UkraineKharkov State Academy, UkraineKharkov State Medical Academy,Dnipropetrovsk State MedicalAcademy，Ukraine, RMIT and LaTrobe University of Australia, Collegeof Saskatchewan, Canada, Universityof Occupational and EnvironmentalHealth, Japan and St. MartinusUniversity etc.

Program Description

MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine andBachelor of Surgery), is a 6-yearprogram (including internship) taughtin English. The purpose of thisprogram is to educate internationalstudents to learn basic theories ofmedicine, preventive medicine, healthcare and forensic medicine and buildfundamental clinical knowledge andskills. It also aims at educatinginternational students to hold theability of self-teaching, analyzing andsolving problems and dealing withcommon diseases and frequently-occurring diseases.

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Internship and Career

The duration of internship is one year.

The internship is arranged in the last

year and students will do it in the 15

teaching hospitals and 1 directly

affiliated hospital - Affiliated Hospital

of Weifang Medical University.

During the internship period, the

tuition fee is still the same. And,

students have to take the final

examination on Theory Test and

Clinical Evaluation before graduation.

The affiliated hospital is of the toplevel and covers 71,000 sq.m, hosting1,200 beds. Equipped with advancedfacilities, there are Dynamic 500 rowgem energy spectrum CT, PET-CT, 64row 64 layer spiral CT, double gradient1.5 T magnetic resonance, DSA, varianaccelerator, gene analyzer, excimerlaser treat instrument, flow cytometric,tumor particle knife, automaticbiochemical detector and other largeimport medical equipment more than800 sets (set), value of nearly RMB300 million.

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And, students have to take the final

examination on Theory Test and

Clinical Evaluation before graduation.

After obtaining MBBS Degree, the

graduates can apply to take the medical

licensing examination in the medical

council in order to get registered and

practice medicine.

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According to the regulations in

different countries, the students may

need to do the degree accreditation

first. A MBBS degree holder can find

jobs in government as well as private

hospitals, nursing homes and other

health facilities. Except this, one can

also start his own clinic or pursue study

for master’s degree.

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