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 bachelors, masters 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. Theres 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, the
university has established extensive
inter-relationships with many overseas
universities such as Western State
College, California, U.S.A; Ukraine
Kharkov State Academy, Ukraine
Kharkov State Medical Academy,
Dnipropetrovsk State Medical
AcademyUkraine, RMIT and La
Trobe University of Australia, College
of Saskatchewan, Canada, University
of Occupational and Environmental
Health, Japan and St. Martinus
University etc.
Program Description
MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and
Bachelor of Surgery), is a 6-year
program (including internship) taught
in English. The purpose of this
program is to educate international
students to learn basic theories of
medicine, preventive medicine, health
care and forensic medicine and build
fundamental clinical knowledge and
skills. It also aims at educating
international students to hold the
ability of self-teaching, analyzing and
solving problems and dealing with
common 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 top
level and covers 71,000 sq.m, hosting
1,200 beds. Equipped with advanced
facilities, there are Dynamic 500 row
gem energy spectrum CT, PET-CT, 64
row 64 layer spiral CT, double gradient
1.5 T magnetic resonance, DSA, varian
accelerator, gene analyzer, excimer
laser treat instrument, flow cytometric,
tumor particle knife, automatic
biochemical detector and other large
import medical equipment more than
800 sets (set), value of nearly RMB
300 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 masters degree.
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