Jinzhou Medical University

Jinzhou Medical University was founded during the War of Liberation as the Liaoji Military Region Health School, which was established in Taonan City, Jilin Province in 1946. In 1949, it was relocated to Jinzhou City, Liaoning Province. In 1958, Jinzhou Medical College was established. In 2006, it was renamed Liaoning Medical College. In 2016, it was renamed Jinzhou Medical University. After more than 70 years of development, it has become a provincial public institution of higher learning with a focus on medicine, featuring multiple categories, levels and forms of education.

The university currently has more than 13,000 full-time students and recruits students from 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the Central Government. The university is a qualified institution by the Ministry of Education to teach clinical medicine in English and a Chinese Government Scholarship institution for international students. It actively aligns with the Belt and Road Initiative, with a total of 45 countries of origin. The school currently has 93 teaching and practice bases for various specialties, including 3 affiliated hospitals and 7 non-affiliated hospitals, making contributions to the regional health care industry.

Jinzhou Medical University began to admit international students in 1997. In 2012, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as a "university qualified to teach clinical medicine in English for international students" and became the first HSK online test site authorized by the Office of Chinese Language Council International/Confucius Institute Headquarters in western Liaoning Province. In 2014, it was officially listed by the Ministry of Education as an institution accepting Chinese government scholarships for international students. In 2015, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as an institution qualified to admit students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. In 2021, it passed the quality certification for international students. The college has now established a relatively complete education system for international students, with two academic levels of undergraduate and postgraduate education, and two categories of Chinese government scholarship students and self-funded students. The college actively aligns with the national "Belt and Road Initiative", with a total of 51 countries of origin and 312 international students on campus. In 2020, the proportion of international students released by Shanghairanking Consultancy ranked eighth in the country, and the level of international education remained among the top in the province. Over the years, the college has significantly enhanced students' overall quality through measures such as organizing students to participate in various competitions, innovatively holding international cultural festivals and conducting inter-provincial exchanges.