Southern Medical University
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Type : Medicine University
Location : Guangzhou
SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
Southern Medical University (SMU), the former First Military Medical University, was founded in October 1951 and notarized as one of the premier medical universities in 1978. The university was handed over to the local government of Guangdong Province and meanwhile renamed as Southern Medial University, in line with the command by the State Department and the Central Military Committee of PLA in August 2004. At present, SMU has become one of the 8 prestigious universities authorized by the Ministry of Education to run the pilot 8-year medical education program.
SMU, located at the foot of the picturesque Baiyun Mountain in Guangzhou, has two campuses, the main campus and the Shunde campus, covering an area of nearly 1.68 million square meters, with a construction area of 0.845 million square meters.
In 2008, the university was included in the Guangdong provincial 211 Project, one for key and priority colleges and universities. Among the provincially-run, SMU is ranked first concerning the pass rate of scientific research program and second in terms of the funds obtained. In recent college ratings of Chinese mainland universities, SMU has been ranked around the 100th in terms of the comprehensive strength, at the third among the medical universities and the sixth among the universities in Guangdong Province. At present, it becomes a candidate university jointly to be constructed by the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Family Planning Committee and Guangdong Provincial Government.
ACADEMIC DISCIPLINES
SMU owns 5 state-level key academic disciplines and another 6 ones approved by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine; its clinical medicine as an academic discipline has been ranked as the top 1% of the worldwide universities by ESI.
SMU now has 99 master¡ˉs programs, 10 primary disciplines with 75 doctoral programs authorized to confer doctor¡ˉs degree, and 7 post-doctoral mobile research centers. SMU is ranked at the first place in Guangdong Province and the second among the mainland medical universities in terms of the number of academic disciplines authorized for conferring the doctoral degree.
To date, SMU has built its complete multidisciplinary system with medicine as the hub and science, engineering, law, management, literature and linguistics and pedagogy, the supports.
INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGES
SMU has close links with 38 educational and medical research institutions from 19 countries (regions), including the U.S., Europe and Japan. Annually, the international academic exchanges by the staff members register more than 400 person-times and overseas experts and scholars are invited to host more than 70 lectures and forums in SMU. Over the past 5 years, 400-odd students went abroad for further academic studies.
The university has undertaken 68 short-term training courses for over 1,600 medical experts and health officials from 198 countries. The joint doctoral program for science on health management between ISCTE-IUL Business School in Portugal and SMU has been approved and included by the Ministry of Education. Totally, the university has co-established 3 laboratories and institutes with foreign prestigious universities or scientific institutes and consequently gained 40 internationally cooperative programs, making a breakthrough from zero both in the international cooperation in key state-funded projects and in Guangdong Province introduction of scientific innovation team.
TALENT CULTIVATION
SMU is the one of the 13 medical university authorized by the Ministry of Education to run the pilot 8-year medical education program. It became one of the first universities authorized to run “Excellent Clinical Doctors Education” by the ministry in 2013. Currently, the university has 17 affiliated schools, offering 29 undergraduate specialties, with a teacher-to-student ratio of 15:23. The university has been undertaking 57 national high quality projects for talent cultivation. To date, SMU has 19,540 active full-time students, including 14,375 undergraduates, 1,263 doctoral degree candidates, 2,992 master’s degree candidates and 910 international students and a total number of 26,621 students for continuing education programs.
or the recent consecutive two years, the university has been ranked the top in terms of the number of National Teaching Achievement Award. Right now, SMU is the National Continuing Education Base for Medical Professionals and one of the four National Entry Examination Bases for Cardiologic Specialty, the first Guangdong provincial Examination and Examiner’s Training Base for Clinical Skills. In recent years, SMU is ranked the first in terms of the number of the National and Provincial Excellent Doctoral Dissertations. Her undergraduates have won the first-class prize for their scientific works in the “Challenge Cup” National College Student Extracurricular Academic Science and Technology Works Competition and the gold prize for “Challenge Cup” National College Students Entrepreneurship Competition for the recent 7 years consecutively.
FEATURED PROGRAM
| STARTING DATE | DURATION | APPLICATION DEADLINE | TUITION FEE | SAVE FOR LATER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MARCH, 2022 | 1 SEMESTER | FEBRUARY, 2022 | RMB 12,000 IN TOTAL |
| STARTING DATE | DURATION | APPLICATION DEADLINE | TUITION FEE | SAVE FOR LATER |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SEPTEMBER, 2022 | 1 YEAR | AUGUST, 2022 | RMB 23,000 IN TOTAL |
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TUITION FEE
ACCOMMODATION FEE
The international students dormitory is well equipped including air conditioners, internet services and hot water supply system.
OTHER FEES
SOUTHERN MEDICAL UNIVERSITY
The main campus of Southern Medical University provides a building to accommodate the international students. This dormitory is well equipped including air conditioners, internet services and hot water supply system. Therefore it is surely to provide clean living, and ideal learning environment for its students. On the Shunde campus of Southern Medical University, international students live with the Chinese students in the dormitories and their daily needs are also well satisfied.
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DORMITORY
INTERNATIONAL STUDENT DORMITORY
| ROOM TYPE | ROOM PRICE | NOTE |
|---|---|---|
| DOUBLE ROOM | RMB 9,000 | Per Person Per Year |
| SINGLE ROOM | RMB 18,000 | Per Person Per Year (for doctoral students only) |
| ROOM TYPE | ROOM PRICE | NOTE |
|---|---|---|
| DOUBLE ROOM | RMB 9,000 | Per Person Per Year |
| SINGLE ROOM | RMB 18,000 | Per Person Per Year (for doctoral students only) |
