Xuzhou Medical College (XZMC)

Xuzhou Medical College, was founded in the year 1958, is an institution of high education under the direct administration of Jiangsu Provincial Government. After more than fifty years of development, Xuzhou Medical College has now become the center of medical research, medical education, medical service and in the north of Jiangsu Province as well as Huaihai Economic Zone which consists of the combined parts of Jiangsu, Shandong, Henan and Anhwei.

Xuzhou Medical College started its five-year undergraduate program in 1958 and adult continuing education programs in 1960. In 1985, the college was authorized to confer master’s degree. In 1993, the college began its joint PhD training programs with many famous medical universities in the nation. In 2005, the college was approved to recruit international students. In 2013, the college was authorized to award doctoral degree.

Xuzhou Medical College offers 22 undergraduate programs, such as Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Medical Imageology, Pharmacology, Stomatology, Nursing, Biomedical Engineering, Public Administration, etc., 2 first-level discipline doctoral programs, namely Clinical Medicine and Biology, and 5 first-level discipline master’s programs, namely Clinical Medicine, preclinical medicine, Biology, Pharmacology, public health and preventive medicine. The college is also the authorization center of master’s degree in Clinical Medicine and was entitled to recommend fresh graduates to pursue for master’s degree without taking national examination. Still, the college has post doctoral research center.

The college has four campuses, covering an area of over 80 hectares. It consists of 19 departments and 14 affiliated hospitals, and has a student body of more than 11,000, including students from Hong Kong, Taiwan and the overseas. The college has now formed a comprehensive and multi-level educational system that covers a full range of programs from bachelor’s to master’s, from doctoral to post-doctoral study, from full-time to continuing education, not only for students from China mainland, but also for students from abroad and from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan as well. The employment rate stands at 95% and above. All the international graduates of the first batch have passed the examination of medical practitioners. In 2005, the college was marked as “Excellence” in the assessment of teaching level for undergraduates, which is supervised by the Ministry of Education..

In recent years, the college has extensively carried out exchange activities and has actively developed multi-model relationships and cooperation with other colleges and universities at home and abroad. It has established cooperation and academic exchange with medical colleges and universities in the US, UK, Australia, Singapore, Taiwan and Hong Kong. In 2013, the college was authorized by the Ministry of Education to recruit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It became the first medical college in Huaihai Economic Zone to recruit undergraduates from those areas.

Xuzhou Medical College has established friendly relationships with dozens of colleges, universities and institutes from around the world through years of initiatives to promote international cooperation. Various forms of cooperative programs have been effectively carried out, including the faculty and students exchange programs, visiting scholar programs.

Motto and Concept

Xuzhou Medical College’s motto is “to practice medicine with morality, to study extensively and innovate actively.” Henceforth, the college will follow this spirit to go on committing itself to medical education and research and making great efforts to foster more professionals who will dedicate themselves to health services.

Administrators

• Secretary of Party Committee: Wu Yongping


• President, Vice Secretary of Party Committee: Zheng Kuiyang


• Vice Secretary of Party Committee, Vice President: Zhao Shihong


• Vice President: Yin Xiaoxing


• Vice President: Xu Kailin


• Vice President: Cai Hongxing


• Secretary of Disciplinary Inspection commission: Ji Hong


• Vice President: Xu Haibo


• Vice President: Zheng Junnian

Academic & Department

• School of Basic Medical Sciences


• School of Basic Education Sciences


• Graduate School


• School of Clinical Medicine


• School of Anesthesiology


• Medical institute of technology


• School of Medical Imaging


• School of Nursing


• School of Pharmacy


• School of Public Health


• School of Stomatology


• School of Medical Information


• Huafang College


• School of Continuing Education


• School of International Education


• Division of Social Sciences


• School of Biomedical Sciences