Hebei Medical University

Hebei Medical University, formerly known as Beiyang Medical School, was founded in Tianjin in 1894 by Li Hongzhang, the governor-general of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang. It was the first government-run western medical college in modern China. After the Xinhai Revolution, the Ministry of Education of the Republic of China issued Order No. 16 in October 1912. According to this order, Beiyang Medical School was renamed Zhili Public Medical Specialized School in 1913 and began to admit undergraduate students. In 1915, the school moved to Baoding. The school was forced to close on July 7, 1937, when the War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression broke out in full force. The school resumed enrollment in January 1946. It was renamed Hebei Medical College in April 1949. The school was relocated from Baoding to Shijiazhuang in 1958. In 1995, the former Hebei Medical College, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shijiazhuang Medical College were merged and renamed Hebei Medical University. Hebei College of Chinese Medicine was re-established as an independent institution in 2013. In 2016, the Ministry of Education, the National Health and Family Planning Commission and the People's Government of Hebei Province officially signed an agreement to jointly build Hebei Medical University. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period, the university set the development goal of "building a distinctive high-level medical university".

Adhering to the fine school spirit of "virtue, dedication, rigor and innovation", after 120 years of construction and development, especially more than 30 years of reform and opening up, the school has become a comprehensive medical university integrating teaching, research and medical care. In 2005, the school put forward the motto "Virtue, Learning, Practice, Wisdom and Roundness". In 2015, the school established the educational philosophy of "student-centered, teacher-first". At present, the school has two campuses, five hospitals, 14 secondary colleges and 18 undergraduate programs, including 4 national characteristic programs and 4 provincial characteristic programs. There are 11,807 full-time students on campus.

The university has four postdoctoral research stations in basic medicine, clinical medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and biology. It has the authority to confer doctoral degrees in 37 disciplines and master's degrees in 52 disciplines, and has a complete medical education system for training bachelor's, master's, doctoral and postdoctoral students.

The school system has more than 15,000 staff members, including 1,005 senior professional and technical personnel, 1,537 associate professional and technical personnel, 117 doctoral supervisors, and 1,414 master's supervisors. Among this team are a group of knowledgeable and highly regarded experts and professors at home and abroad, including three academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, one national outstanding professional and technical talent, one national "Ten Thousand Talents Program" teaching master, eight national excellent (model) teachers, one selected member of the "Young Thousand Talents Program", and four selected members of the National "Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Project". Two Yanzhao Scholars, four high-end talents of Hebei Province, 11 teaching masters of Hebei Province's Higher Education Institutions, 126 experts enjoying special government allowances of The State Council, 65 provincial-level outstanding experts, and 118 middle-aged and young experts with outstanding contributions.

The university has five affiliated hospitals, four of which are Grade-A tertiary general hospitals and one of which is a grade-A tertiary specialized hospital, with 9,139 beds. There are also five non-affiliated hospitals, five teaching hospitals and 28 internship bases.

The school is not only the medical education and medical treatment center of Hebei Province, but also the medical research center of Hebei Province. It has one national key discipline (Fundamentals of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine), one key cultivation discipline (Forensic medicine), one key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Fundamentals of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine), 16 national key clinical specialties, one discipline supported by the Hebei Provincial Key Discipline Cultivation Project, four strong and characteristic disciplines of Hebei Province, and 12 provincial key disciplines. Two provincial and ministerial co-built (Ministry of Education) key laboratories, three provincial collaborative innovation centers, one provincial new think tank, one provincial research base for philosophy and social sciences, two provincial key research bases for humanities and social sciences of the education department, 20 provincial key laboratories, research rooms and engineering centers, and six provincial research institutes. In addition, the university also undertakes the editing and publication of eight national and provincial academic periodicals.

In recent years, the school has continuously strengthened international exchanges and cooperation and has become an important window for cultural and academic exchanges with the outside world in Hebei Province. It has established close cooperative relations with 27 medical colleges and research institutions in 12 countries including Japan, South Korea, the United States, Belgium and France, and has appointed over 100 foreign experts to honorary positions. There are 446 international students studying at the school. In addition, the university adheres to the principle of serving local development and actively provides intellectual support to local governments and enterprises. It has signed 43 cooperation agreements with many enterprises and institutions, covering talent cultivation, scientific research, production services, etc.