Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

Fudan University Shanghai Medical College (abbreviated as "Fudan Shanghai Medical College") is located in Xuhui District, Shanghai. It was founded in 1927. When it was founded, it was named the National Fourth Sun Yat-sen University Medical College. It was the first national university medical college founded by Chinese. Yan Fuqing served as the first dean. In 1932, it became independent as the National Shanghai Medical College. The motto of the college is "Righteousness and Clear Dao", which comes from "Book of Han·Biography of Dong Zhongshu": Righteousness does not seek profit, clear the way does not count the merit. In 1939, due to the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, it moved to Kunming, Yunnan. In 1940, it moved to Chongqing, Sichuan. In 1946, after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, it moved back to Shanghai. In 1952, it was renamed Shanghai First Medical College. In 1959, it was designated as one of the 16 key institutions of higher learning in the country. In 1985, it was renamed Shanghai Medical University. In 2000, Shanghai Medical University and Fudan University merged to form the new Fudan University. In 2012, the new Shanghai Medical College was established. As a branch of the Party and Government of Fudan University, it exercises relatively independent management authority in terms of talent training, scientific research, discipline construction, development planning, resource allocation, and foreign exchanges in the medical field according to the authorization of the school. In 2017, the Working Committee of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University was established as a branch of the Party Committee of the school. On December 21, 2018, the Ministry of Education, the National Health Commission, and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government formally signed an agreement to jointly build and manage Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University and its affiliated hospitals. On June 14, 2019, the leadership team of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University announced the holding of a meeting. The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee decided to establish the Committee of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University and the Discipline Inspection Committee of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University. On the same day, the pilot construction of high-level local colleges and universities of Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University was officially launched.

Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University has 10 undergraduate majors: clinical medicine (eight-year system), clinical medicine (five-year system), clinical medicine (six-year system), stomatology, basic medicine, forensic medicine, preventive medicine, public utilities management, pharmacy, and nursing. There are 9 first-level disciplines with the right to confer doctoral degrees (6 in medical categories and 3 in non-medical categories), and 8 postdoctoral research stations: biology, basic medicine, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, pharmacy, public administration (medicine), and nursing.

As of the end of 2021, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University has 3,477 doctoral students, 3,338 master's students, and 4,149 ordinary undergraduates, totaling 10,964 people. There are 713 full-time teachers and 153 full-time scientific researchers, of which 573 have senior professional titles. There are 10 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 5 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, and more than 200 national high-level talents, including more than 100 national young talents.

Fudan University Shanghai Medical College has 10 directly affiliated schools and institutes: Basic Medical College, Clinical Medical College, School of Public Health, School of Pharmacy, School of Nursing, Institute of Biomedical Sciences, Institute of Brain Science, Institute of Radiation Medicine, Department of Experimental Animal Sciences, and Institute of Brain Science Translational Research. There are 18 affiliated hospitals (including those under preparation): Zhongshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Huashan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Cancer Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Children's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Jinshan Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Shanghai (Fudan University Affiliated) Public Health Clinical Center, East China Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Pudong Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Jing'an District Central Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Minhang Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Proton and Heavy Ion Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Qingpu District Central Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Xuhui Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University, Mental Health Center Affiliated to Fudan University (under preparation), Stomatological Hospital Affiliated to Fudan University (under preparation).

Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University currently has six first-level disciplines: basic medicine, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, integrated Chinese and Western medicine, pharmacy, and nursing. The first-level discipline of stomatology is also under preparation. Among them, four disciplines, namely basic medicine, clinical medicine, pharmacy, and integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, were selected as the first round of national “Double First-Class” construction disciplines, and three disciplines, namely basic medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, were selected into Shanghai’s peak discipline construction plan. There are National Clinical Research Center for Geriatric Diseases, National Clinical Research Center for Radiation and Therapy, National Children's Medical Center (Shanghai), National Medical Center for Neurological Diseases, and National Medical Center for Infectious Diseases; there is 1 National Key Laboratory: Medical Neurobiology; 5 Key Laboratories of the Ministry of Education: Medical Molecular Virology, Metabolic Molecular Medicine, Intelligent Drug Delivery, Public Health Safety, and Principles of Carcinogenesis and Invasion; 1 Frontier Science Center of the Ministry of Education: Brain Science; 9 Key Laboratories of the National Health Commission (Ministry of Health): Glycoconjugates, Clinical Pharmacology of Antibiotics, Hand Function Reconstruction, Health Technology Assessment, Medical Molecular Virology, Auditory Medicine, Myopia, Viral Heart Disease, and Neonatal Diseases; 14 Shanghai Key Laboratories: Peripheral Nerve Microsurgery, Medical Image Processing and Computer-Assisted Technology, Organ Transplantation, Female Reproductive Endocrine-Related Diseases, Kidney Disease and Blood Purification, Visual Impairment and Reconstruction, Breast Tumors, Birth Defect Prevention and Treatment, Geriatric Clinical Medicine, Epigenetics, Pulmonary Inflammation and Injury, Brain Function Remodeling and Neural Regeneration, Infectious Diseases and Biosafety Emergency Response, and Radiation Oncology.