Kunming Medical University

Kunming Medical University is a provincial key university. Its predecessor was the Medical Specialty Department of Donglu University founded in 1933. It was established as an independent school in 1956. In 1981, it became one of the first master's degree awarding institutions in the country. In 1998, it became a doctoral degree awarding institution. In 2010, Yunnan Medical College was incorporated. In 2012, it was renamed Kunming Medical University. It is one of the first batch of basic capacity building engineering colleges in central and western China. Over the past 85 years, more than 100,000 full-time and more than 90,000 part-time senior medical and health talents have been trained to take root in the frontier and serve the grassroots, making outstanding contributions to Yunnan's medical and health undertakings, economic and social development, national unity and progress, and prosperity and stability in the frontier.

Kunming Medical University is a provincial key university. Its predecessor was the Medical Specialty Department of Donglu University founded in 1933. It was established as an independent school in 1956. In 1981, it became one of the first institutions in the country to award master's degrees. In 1998, it became a doctoral degree awarding institution. In 2010, Yunnan Medical College was incorporated. In 2012, it was renamed Kunming Medical University. It is one of the first batch of basic capacity building engineering colleges in central and western China. Over the past 89 years, more than 100,000 full-time and more than 100,000 part-time senior medical and health talents have been trained to take root in the frontier and serve the grassroots, making outstanding contributions to Yunnan's health and health cause, economic and social development, national unity and progress, and prosperity and stability in the frontier.

The school currently has three campuses: Chenggong (main campus), Renmin West Road, and Pingzheng, with a campus area of ​​1,482 acres. There are 20,702 full-time students, including 15,268 undergraduates, 4,396 postgraduates, 534 doctoral students, and 504 international students; there are 28,174 adult undergraduate and junior college students. After years of development, a complete medical talent training system has been formed, including full-time higher medical (bachelor, master, doctoral) education, post-graduate education, medical continuing education, and international student education. There are 6,732 regular employees (1,616 in the school headquarters and 5,116 in directly affiliated hospitals). There are 6 "National Hundred Thousand Talents Project", 3 "New Century Excellent Talent Support Program" of the Ministry of Education, 6 "National Young and Middle-aged Experts with Outstanding Contributions", 72 "People Enjoying Special Government Allowances from the State Council", 1 National Model of Teaching and Educating, 13 National Excellent Teachers and Excellent Educators, 2 Xingdian Talent Awards, 1 Yunnan Provincial Science and Technology Leader, and 597 people selected for other provincial talent projects. There are 1,351 graduate instructors.

The school has 18 colleges (departments) and 33 undergraduate majors. There are 8 national first-class majors, 4 national characteristic majors, 1 national experimental teaching demonstration center, 1 national clinical teaching training demonstration center, 5 national first-class courses, and 3 national course projects; there are 9 provincial first-class majors, 30 provincial first-class courses, and 6 provincial teaching teams. Four majors, namely stomatology, pharmacy, clinical medicine, and nursing, have passed the relevant professional certification of the Ministry of Education, and two majors, namely rehabilitation physical therapy and rehabilitation occupational therapy, have passed international certification. There are 5 first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, 2 doctoral professional degree authorization points, 8 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points, and 6 master's professional degree authorization points. Three postdoctoral research mobile stations for clinical medicine, basic medicine, and pharmacy have been established. Clinical medicine, pharmacology and toxicology are among the top 1% of the global ESI discipline rankings.

The school has won 7 national science and technology awards and 17 ministerial science and technology awards. Since the 13th Five-Year Plan, the university has won 1 Ho Leung Ho Lee "Science and Technology Innovation Award", 5 provincial science and technology awards and 12 first prizes; it has undertaken 535 national scientific research projects, ranking among the top three in the province, with an average annual scientific research fund of 150 million yuan; it has 1 innovation team of the Ministry of Education and 31 provincial innovation teams. There is 1 joint laboratory for international cooperation of the Ministry of Education, 1 key laboratory of the National Health Commission, 1 collaborative innovation center jointly built by the Ministry of Education and the province, 3 national stem cell clinical registration institutions, 1 national stem cell clinical research registration project, 2 national qualification certification and accreditation laboratories (centers), 101 provincial key laboratories, provincial clinical medicine research centers, technology research centers, bases, etc. "Journal of Kunming Medical University" is a national core science and technology journal.

The school has established a complete practical teaching network consisting of 4 directly affiliated hospitals, 12 non-directly affiliated hospitals, 17 teaching hospitals, 42 internship hospitals, 15 community practice teaching bases and 76 related professional practice teaching bases to fully meet the practical teaching needs of students. The first and second affiliated hospitals are "Grade 3 Class A" comprehensive hospitals, and the third affiliated hospital and affiliated stomatological hospital are the highest-level "Grade 3 Class A" tumor specialist hospitals and stomatological specialist hospitals in Yunnan Province.

The school has established exchanges and cooperation with more than 90 universities and research institutes in 29 countries and Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It initiated the establishment of the South Asia and Southeast Asia Medical Education and Health Care Alliance. It is the "International Medical Talent Training Base" in Yunnan Province and the first batch of institutions to recruit students with national government scholarships. It is an undergraduate clinical medicine major (English-taught) school approved by the Ministry of Education for international students in China, and has passed the Ministry of Education's quality certification for studying in China. There are 27 countries of origin for international students in the school.

The school attaches importance to social services and actively carries out continuing education and training for medical and related personnel; it assumes social responsibilities, strengthens school-local cooperation, and carries out counterpart assistance in education, medical care, science and technology, and culture. It has won the honorary titles of National Civilized Campus, Yunnan Civilized Unit, Yunnan Civilized School, Yunnan Advanced Collective of Ideological and Political Work, Yunnan Advanced Collective of Poverty Alleviation, Yunnan Advanced Collective of Ethnic Unity and Progress, Yunnan Advanced Unit of Medical Insurance Fund Management and Safe Campus, and is a national public institution conservation demonstration unit.

(Statistical data deadline: November 30, 2021)