Anhui Medical University (AMU)

The Anhui Medical University (AMU) is the maiden seat of higher learning in the Province of Anhui to open its doors for Doctoral and Post-Doctoral students. In fact, it is the oldest medical university in the province.
This University has also been awarded for its contribution to scientific research. The university has bagged 76 prizes at the provincial level in the field of scientific research. It was the numero uno in 2005 and 2006 consecutively as it won the first prizes of Chinese Medical Science and Technology.

LOCATION
The Anhui Medical University is located in the city of Hefei, the capital of Anhui province in Shanghai. You can traverse the distance from Shanghai to the institution by Bullet Trains in three hours.

TRACING THE ROOTS
The roots of this prestigious seat of higher learning in the Medical sector have been traced to the Southeast Medical College set up at Shanghai in 1926. The founders were a group of Chinese medical scholars who had their education in Japan. Subsequently, the university was shifted to the capital of Anhui Province — Hefei.

STUDENTS
As per the University records of 2010 about 16,000 students are pursuing their studies in this seat of higher learning. Of them, 8,867 students are enrolled in the various undergraduate programs and 2,728 at the Masters level, while 179 are carrying out research activities at the doctoral levels and 7,187 are registered in the School of Extended Education.
A number of students from across the world are studying at the various departments of the university.

ACADEMIC STAFF
The academic staff of the Anhui Medical University consists of individuals who have made a mark in their respective fields. One faculty member is a member of the Committee of Clinical Pharmacology of Chinese Pharmacological Society while another is a Director of the Committee of Dermatology and Venereology of Chinese Medical Society. The title of “Wanjiang Scholar”, a specially appointed professorship has been bestowed on two faculty members of the university.
Moreover, five other faculty members of the University are experts on the Advisory Board of College-level Medical and Pharmaceutical Disciplines of the Ministry of Education. The Ministry of Health has named five faculty members of the university as “Young and /or Middle-aged Experts with Spectacular Contributions.” the Ministry of Education has also specified two faculty members of the University as “Teaching Cadre” title holders.

LIBRARY
The Center Library in Anhui Province is the library of Anhui Medical University. Biological and medical literature is made available by the library for nationwide readers via cyber-space and the Internet. The University publishes more than a score of national-level learned journals and these are issued nationwide.

RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
The Anhui Medical University runs 46 research institutes both at the provincial and university levels. The University has conducted a total of 209 scientific research programs, including the prestigious ‘Project 863’ and ‘Project 973’, as well as the similar ventures of National Science and Technology, and the National Natural Sciences Foundation.

Anhui

Anhui is one of the provinces of the People’s Republic of China and is located on the eastern part of the country across the basins of the Yangtze and the Huai River. On its border in the eastern side is the Jiangsu province, in the southwest is the Hubei province, in the southeast, the Zhejiang province, in the south, the Jiangxi province, and the provinces of Henan and Shandong in the northwest and north respectively. The city of Hefei is the capital of the province.

NOMENCLATURE
The province derives its name from the two erstwhile cities of Anqing and Huizhou in the southern part of Anhui. The two cities together are now known as Huangshan City. Wan is the abbreviation used to denote the city of Anhui. This is because in the days of yore, there used to be a river, a mount and a state with the name of Wan in the Anhui province.

ADMINISTRATIVE UNITS
With a total area of 139,600 square kilometers, Anhui province is the 22nd largest province in the country. For administrative convenience, the province is divided into one thousand eight hundred and forty five small towns, one hundred and five counties and seventeen prefectures.

POPULATION
According to the 2012 census, the total population of the province stands at 59,900,000, making it the eighth most populated province in the People’s Republic of China. Altogether 99 per cent of the population belongs to the Han community while the Huis constitute 0.6 per cent of the population.

LANGUAGES & DIALECTS
Jianghuai, Mandarin, Gan, Wu and Huizhou are the common forms of languages and dialects used in the province.

TRACING THE ROOTS
The roots of contemporary Anhui Province have been traced to 1666 when Anhui and Jiangsu were split as separate provinces during the reign of the Manchu Qing Dynasty. The present province has retained the same borders from that time onwards. The capital of this province was shifted from Anging to Hefei in 1946. Though Anhui was separated into the two administrative regions of Wanbei (North Anhui) and Wannan (South Anhui) following the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949, the those two provinces were brought together in 1952.

TOPOGRAPHY
The topography of the Anhui province is diverse. While the northern and north central areas of the province are flat and densely populated, being parts of the North China Plain and the Huai He River basin, the land becomes undulating as one proceeds southwards. The south eastern and south western parts of the province are covered by a series of hills and mountain ranges, prominent among them being the Dabie Mountains, occupying a major portion of the south western areas. The Yangtze River flows through South Anhui.

CUISINE
Because of the comparatively simple methods of cooking combined with the use of traditional herbs and elements of cooking from the northern, south central parts of the province, Anhui cuisine is regarded as one of the eight great traditions of Chinese cuisine.

Academic & Department

• School of Stomatology


• College of Clinical Medicine


• School of Public Health Administration


• School of General Education


• School of International Education of Anhui Medical University


• School of Life Science


• School of Humanities and Social Science of AHMU


• School of Pharmacy


• Introduction to Degree and Graduate Education


• School of Adult and Continuing Education


• School of Public Health of Anhui Medical University


• School of Medical Sciences


• First School of Clinical Medicine