Peking University Health Science Center

Peking University School of Medicine (hereinafter referred to as "PKU") is located in Haidian Park, Zhongguancun Science Park, Haidian District, Beijing. It is the first western medicine school founded by the Chinese government and one of the first batch of universities built by the national "211 Project". It has a history of 100 years and integrates teaching, scientific research and medical care. The disciplines cover basic medicine, clinical medicine, stomatology, pharmacy, public health and preventive medicine, nursing, medical technology, integrated Chinese and Western medicine, and some disciplines in science, engineering, education, philosophy, literature and other categories. Teaching runs through the entire process of undergraduate, graduate and continuing education. There are 89 doctoral degree authorization points (12 first-level disciplines, 77 second-level disciplines), 95 master's degree authorization points (14 first-level disciplines, 81 second-level disciplines), and 9 postdoctoral mobile stations.

It has 5 colleges: School of Basic Medicine, School of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, School of Nursing, and School of Medical Humanities. 6 directly affiliated hospitals, 4 co-built hospitals and 11 teaching hospitals undertake teaching, scientific research, and internship tasks in related disciplines, and provide medical care services to the society.

There are 9,965 students in total, including 2,989 doctoral students, 2,568 master's students, 4,039 undergraduates, and 369 international students; 10,015 online education students (the above data statistics are as of September 1, 2021).

It has a large number of internationally and domestically renowned experts in medical education, scientific research, and clinical practice, including 2,976 with senior professional titles, 17 academicians of the two academies (Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering), 18 chief scientists of the "973" program and major scientific research program projects, 662 doctoral supervisors, and 46 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund.

It has 3 national first-level key disciplines, 12 national second-level key disciplines, 1 national key laboratory, 1 national engineering laboratory, 5 national clinical medicine research centers, 3 national international joint research centers, 2 national medical centers, 65 provincial and ministerial laboratories, international science and technology cooperation bases, and research (rooms, centers).

It has rich foreign exchange activities and has carried out extensive exchanges and cooperation in talent training, scientific research, and academic seminars. It has established cooperative relations with more than 100 overseas universities and institutions, of which more than 40 are strategic partners of Peking University Health Science Center. It has established MD-PhD programs with more than 10 agreement schools and set up 43 student exchange programs, including 32 clinical overseas rotation programs and more than 10 international exchange scholarship programs, building a platform for sharing international medical education resources. In terms of international scientific research cooperation, the School of Medicine has established an international joint research platform for translational medicine and clinical research with a number of international partners, which has been recognized by the Ministry of Science and Technology as the "National International Joint Research Center for Translational Medicine and Clinical Research." Actively responding to the national "Belt and Road" initiative, we took the lead in establishing the "China-ASEAN University Medical Alliance" to further promote all-round exchanges and cooperation between medical schools and medical and health institutions in China and ASEAN countries in the fields of medical education, medical research and medical and health care, and help build a regional human health community.

After merging with Peking University in 2000, the School of Medicine made full use of the comprehensive discipline advantages of Peking University, strengthened cross-disciplinary integration, promoted discipline development, promoted medical education reform and scientific research, and worked hard to improve infrastructure conditions. We initiated and continuously explored the long-term training model for clinical medicine, pharmacy and preventive medicine students, vigorously promoted the intersection of medical disciplines with science, engineering, humanities and social sciences, significantly improved discipline strength, and further optimized discipline layout. Under the background of national strategies such as the strategy of strengthening China through education, the strategy of building a healthy China, the strategy of strengthening China through science and technology, and the strategy of innovation-driven development, and with the support of the "211 Project", "985 Project" and "Double First-Class" construction, Peking University Medicine has entered a new historical development stage. With "clinical medicine + X" as the starting point, it has achieved remarkable results in discipline construction, talent training, faculty team construction, teaching and scientific research, and laid a solid foundation for building Peking University into a world-class university. In recent years, Peking University Medicine has taken the "four aspects" as its guide, based on the establishment of morality and education, focused on the goal of cultivating excellent medical talents, and promoted education and teaching reform in the new era; organized scientific and technological research around major national needs, promoted the cross-disciplinary and coordinated development of medicine, and promoted scientific and technological innovation and achievement transformation; continued to optimize the top-level design and implementation plan for the deep integration of the School of Medicine and the main campus, and actively promoted the deep integration of the School of Medicine and the main campus; seized historical opportunities, focused on expanding new spaces, tapping existing space resources, and improving campus culture; built a highland of medical and health care around the "people-centered" medical concept.

Today, Peking University School of Medicine is developing rapidly. This first medical school founded by the Chinese government in 1912 is about to celebrate its 110th anniversary. With the strong support of the country, adhering to the academic style of "diligence, rigor, pragmatism, and innovation" and the school spirit of "firm and correct political direction, rigorous and realistic attitude towards scholarship, and dedicated spirit of service", Peking University School of Medicine will create greater glory in the process of building a world-class university with more solid and powerful steps. In the future, Peking University School of Medicine will strive to become the banner of national medical development education and reform, the high point of international medical talent training and elite talent gathering, the international medical science and technology innovation and technology invention platform, the major disease prevention, diagnosis and treatment and clinical research center, the national new drug innovation research and development and transformation base, the national health policy and health management think tank, and the international medical cooperation and exchange center.