| Sun Yat-Sen College
of Medical Sciences
Approved by the Central government of the People’s Republic
of China, on October 26, 2001, the former Sun Yat-sen
University and Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
were merged together to form the present Sun Yat-sen University or Zhongshan University.
After merger, the former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical
Sciences has been changed to Sun Yat-sen College of Medical
Sciences.
Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences originated
from South China Medical School which was established in 1866
and was the earliest institution of learning and practice
of western medicine in China. Sun Yat-sen himself studied
medicine in this medical college.
Location: Sun Yat-sen College of Medical
Sciences is located in Guangzhou, capital of Guangdong
province and the largest industrial and commercial city
in Southern China. Guangzhou, with a population of over
10 million, is adjacent to Hong Kong and Macau, just about
2 hours journey by bus.
Campus: The Guangzhou North Campus (The
campus of former Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences
) , out of the four campuses of the Sun Yat-sen University,
is the campus for the students of Medical Sciences. It
is situated at the center of Guangzhou City. The picturesque
university campus has a land area totaling 386000 square
meters, and the construction area of 600.000 square meters.
Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Sciences is a comprehensive
medical school with multi-specialties, multi-curriculum
and multi-programs. There are 40 various research institutions,
including research centers, laboratories and two mobile
post-doctorate research stations. There are 77 academic
departments and 8 undergraduate programs of studies. There
are 30 specialties which are accredited to confer doctoral
degrees and 50 specialties accredited to confer master’s
degrees.
Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Sciences library has a
collection of more than 500,000 volumes of books and over
5,000 different titles of periodicals in Chinese and foreign
languages. The number of staffs of this medical college
is as large as 7,000, among them, about 1,100 are high
– ranking teachers, doctors and other professionals. Currently,
there are over 4,000 students studying medicine. Since
1954, this medical college has admitted about 300 foreign
students from 56 countries of 5 continents. In 1987, the
University began to enroll foreign postgraduate students
for the medical study, including doctorate candidates.
On the campus, a special building is provided for foreign
students with facilities and services for boarding, accommodation,
study and entertainment.
Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences used to be
one of the 8 key medical universities, ranking 4th among
all 118 medical universities and institutes in China.
(Visit: rank2000.netbig.com/en,
click “medicine” of “Key Universities Ranking”) .
From this webpage, it is clear that the 8 key medical
universities used to be as follows:
| Beijing Medical University |
Rank 1st |
| Shanghai Medical University |
Rank 2nd |
| West China Medical University |
Rank 3rd |
| Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences |
Rank 4th |
| Shanghai Second Medical University |
Rank 5th |
| Beijing Herbalist Medical University |
Rank 6th |
| Pharmaceutical University |
Rank 7th |
| Tianjin Medical University |
Rank 8th |
Sun Yat-sen University of Medical Sciences Ranked
1st in China
visit
http://rank2001.netbig.com/en, click "Medicine"
of "classified ranking"
Furthermore, after merger of Sun Yat-Sen University
of Medical Sciences into Sun Yat-Sen University, the present
medical School of Zhongshan University (Sun Yat-Sen University)
has been graded as A+ in China.
(Refer ”Top 25 Chinese Colleges in Medicine in 2004”,
visit: www.edu.cn/20041125/3122090.shtml)
MBBS for International Students
Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Sciences has been running
medical program for its students in English medium since
1978. The university has highly qualified faculties of
its own in abundant numbers who can teach in English to
International students. Most of these faculties have been
educated and trained in USA, Canada, UK, Germany, Japan,
etc. Sun Yat-sen College of Medical Sciences ensures to
provide highly qualified faculties who can teach medicine
in English medium to International students.
Course Curriculum:
Graduates of this medical school are working not only
in China and South East Asia but all over the world for
the last many years. The course curriculum is updated
to the tune of the latest requirement at home and abroad
to meet the international standard for medical education.
As a member of core committee of IIME and participant
in various international forums for medical education,
the medical school has great exposure to recent development
in the field of medicine. Nevertheless, special attention
has been paid to include the specific requirements of
countries of the SAARC region. Any suggestion in regard
to course curriculum from the concerned quarter will be
welcomed.
Subjects for MBBS Program:
Anatomy, Neuro-Anatomy, Physiology, Biochemistry, Histology
Embryology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Microbiology,
Pharmacology and Community medicine (Subjects for the
first two years). General medicine, General surgery, Obstetrics
and gynecology, Forensic medicine, Community medicine,
Epidemiology, Pediatrics, Otorhinolaryngology (ENT), Ophthalmology,
Orthopedics, Dentistry, Psychiatry, Dermatology, Radiology,
Anesthesiology, Nuclear medicine, Emergency medicine and
other allied medical and surgical specialties and subspecialties
(Subjects for the last three years).
Duration of Course:
The duration of course for MBBS study is 5 years. This
is the formal course duration all over China recognized
by WHO and China Medical Council. |
