Dalian Medical University

Dalian Medical University was founded in 1947 and was formerly known as Guandong Medical College. In 1949, it was merged into Dalian University and named Dalian University Medical College. In 1950, Dalian University was abolished and Dalian Medical College became independent. In 1969, Dalian Medical College moved south to Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, and established Zunyi Medical College. In 1978, it was reopened at the original site in Dalian City and was still called Dalian Medical College. In 1994, it was renamed Dalian Medical University. The school has now developed into a medical university with medicine as its main discipline and multiple disciplines such as science, engineering, management, art, law and philosophy. It is a key university for the construction of first-class universities in Liaoning Province.

The school is located at No. 9, West Section of Lushun South Road, Dalian City, Liaoning Province, covering an area of ​​1.51 million square meters and a building area of ​​532,000 square meters. The total value of the school's fixed assets is 7.147 billion yuan, and the total value of equipment is 3.098 billion yuan. There are 2.853 million physical books, 1.7268 million electronic collections, and 59 database resources. There are 50 secondary units, including 23 teaching and scientific research units, 20 management departments, 6 teaching auxiliary departments, and 1 independent college. There are 15 affiliated hospitals, including 3 directly affiliated hospitals and 12 non-directly affiliated hospitals.

The school currently has 1 national key discipline, 4 first-class construction disciplines in Liaoning Province, and 9 national clinical key specialties. 5 disciplines are among the top 1% of ESI global institutions. There are 4 postdoctoral research mobile stations. There are 4 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points and 1 professional doctoral degree authorization point; there are 11 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points and 6 professional master's degree authorization points. There are 24 undergraduate majors, including 6 national first-class undergraduate majors and 10 provincial first-class undergraduate majors.

The school currently has more than 9,300 faculty and medical staff. Among them, there are more than 1,020 senior professional titles, more than 1,160 associate senior professional titles, more than 270 doctoral supervisors, and more than 1,780 master's supervisors. There is 1 innovation team of the Ministry of Education and 16 innovation teams of Liaoning Province. There are 63 national talents of various types, including 8 national candidates of the "Million Talents Project", 4 winners of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 4 winners of the National Excellent Youth Science Fund, 3 young and middle-aged science and technology innovation leaders, and 33 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council. There are 260 provincial and ministerial talents of various types, including 5 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions in health and wellness, 2 selected candidates of the "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, 30 selected candidates of the provincial "Xingliao Talent Program", 12 provincial outstanding experts, 31 provincial teaching masters, 21 provincial higher education climbing scholars, 40 Liaoning distinguished professors, and 57 candidates of the "Hundred Levels" of the Provincial Hundred Thousand Talents Project. There is 1 national Huang Danian-style teacher team, 6 provincial teaching teams, 2 "Huang Danian-style" teacher teams, and 1 excellent aesthetic education teaching and research team.

The school has nearly 14,900 full-time students, including nearly 6,000 graduate students, nearly 7,900 undergraduates, and more than 1,000 foreign students. The school is the first batch of national "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" project pilot units and the second batch of transformation and development pilot universities in Liaoning Province. There are 6 national teaching platforms and 30 provincial teaching platforms; 5 national courses and 82 provincial courses. It has won 2 second prizes for national teaching achievements, 2 first prizes and 1 second prize for national higher education textbook construction. The school won the national championship (gold medal) in the finals of the 10th China College Students' Medical Technology Skills Competition (five-year track); it also won 4 special prizes and 2 first prizes in the national finals, leading the country in the number of awards. The pass rate of undergraduate graduates participating in the national clinical practitioner theory examination has set new records, reaching 82.95% in 2020, exceeding the national average total pass rate by up to 18.80 percentage points. The school is a practical education base for college students' innovation and entrepreneurship in Liaoning Province, a provincial "mass maker space" and a provincial "technology transfer demonstration institution". Since 2009, the university has won 1 first prize, 1 second prize, and 14 third prizes in the "Challenge Cup National College Students' Extracurricular Academic and Technological Works Competition"; since 2014, it has won 2 first prizes, 11 second prizes, and 9 third prizes in the "National College Students' Basic Medical Innovation Forum and Experimental Design Competition". Since the "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan", it has won 138 national-level college student innovation and entrepreneurship projects and 301 provincial-level projects. The voluntary donation of hematopoietic stem cells is at the forefront of the country, with a total of 17 students successfully completing the donation, making it the university with the largest number of donors in Northeast China.

The school currently has 1 national-local joint engineering laboratory, 1 national-local joint engineering research center, 1 national-level international joint research center, 2 national-level international science and technology cooperation bases, and 2 sub-centers of the National Clinical Medicine Research Center. There are 48 provincial and ministerial-level science and technology platforms, including ministerial laboratories, provincial key laboratories, provincial professional and technical innovation centers, provincial clinical medicine research centers, provincial engineering laboratories, provincial engineering research centers, provincial college major science and technology platforms, provincial college key laboratories, and provincial college collaborative innovation centers. Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the school has been approved for nearly 2,000 scientific research projects at all levels, including major national science and technology projects, national key R&D plan projects, National Natural Science Foundation, and National Social Science Foundation. Dalian Medical University has published more than 3,760 SCI papers as the first completion unit, and 39 ESI highly cited papers. It won 1 second prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award, 1 first prize in the National Science and Technology Progress Award as a participating unit, and 40 provincial and ministerial science and technology awards.

The school currently has 3 directly affiliated hospitals with a total construction area of ​​800,000 square meters, 8,700 beds, a total number of nearly 5 million people/year, and 250,000 inpatients/year. There are 9 national key clinical specialties, 60 provincial key clinical specialties, 3 national regional medical centers, and 2 sub-centers of the National Clinical Medicine Research Center. The two disciplines of oncology and cardiovascular have won the national difficult disease diagnosis and treatment capacity improvement project. The First Affiliated Hospital and the Second Affiliated Hospital were both selected as "Top 100 Chinese Hospitals" and won the national "Model Hospital for Improving Medical Services". Many typical figures have emerged, such as "Nightingale Award Winners", "Good Chinese Doctors", "Good Chinese People", "Most Beautiful Doctors", and "Outstanding Nursing Workers". The main project of the Third Affiliated Hospital has been completed and is about to enter the trial operation stage.

The school regards aid to Tibet, Xinjiang, Qinghai, and foreign countries as an unshirkable political task. Over the years, it has sent more than 300 medical talents. It has taken on the responsibility of the leading unit of the "group-style" aid to Tibet by medical talents in Liaoning Province. The Naqu People's Hospital built with assistance has been established as the world's highest "Grade 3A Hospital". The school's medical aid team to Tibet has won honorary titles such as "National Advanced Collective of the Health System", "Health Guardian", and "Most Beautiful Doctor Team".

Since the outbreak of the new crown pneumonia epidemic in 2020, the school party committee has actively responded to the call of the Party Central Committee and the Provincial Party Committee. A total of nearly 20,000 medical staff have fought on the front line of the fight against the epidemic, and carried forward the great anti-epidemic spirit with practical actions. The school has sent medical staff to Wuhan and stationed in Leishenshan Hospital; the majority of medical staff have made every effort to protect the lives and health of the people of Bincheng, and fought on the front line of the fight against the epidemic in Dalian, practicing the spirit of "respecting life, saving the dying and the wounded, being willing to contribute, and loving without boundaries" with practical actions. As of November 2021, a total of 867 people and 28 groups of the school have been commended by the state, provinces and cities, including 2 "National Advanced Individuals in Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic", 1 "National Outstanding Communist Party Member", and 1 "National Advanced Group in Fighting the New Coronary Pneumonia Epidemic"; the Liaoning Medical Team supporting Wuhan Leishenshan Hospital won the national title of "Model of the Times".

The school vigorously promotes the internationalization of education, and the level of education for international students ranks among the top medical universities in the country. It has been rated as the first batch of "National Demonstration Bases for Studying Abroad in China", and has been approved for the independent enrollment of Chinese government scholarship students and the "Silk Road", "University Graduate Students", and "China-Africa Friendship" scholarship projects of the Ministry of Education. In 2018, it passed the national quality certification for studying abroad in China. In 2022, it was approved as a demonstration university for studying abroad in China in Liaoning Province. The school has a total of 118 students from five continents and 100 universities and research institutes in more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan, Australia, and Russia. It has established cooperative relations with more than 100 universities and research institutes in more than 30 countries and regions, including the United States, Japan, Australia, and Russia. It has carried out scientific research cooperation and graduate exchange programs with Juntendo University and Okayama University in Japan, and undergraduate credit recognition programs with Emporia State University in the United States and Curtin University in Australia. It has cooperated with Benedict University in the United States to organize the "China-US Master of Public Health Sino-Foreign Cooperation Program (MPH)". Join the "Belt and Road International Medical Education Alliance".

Inherit history and create the future. All teachers and students of the school adhere to the school motto of "deep understanding, quick action, benevolence, and benefit the world" and the school spirit of "unity, rigor, pragmatism, and innovation", adhere to the path of connotation-based development with quality improvement as the core, and strive to build a domestically advanced and internationally renowned medical university.

(Updated in March 2022)