Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University

Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University
复旦大学上海医学院 (Chinese)
Former names	Shanghai Medical University; Shanghai First Medical College; National Shanghai Medical College
Motto	正谊明道, Zhèngyí Míngdào
Type	Public
Established	1927
Dean	Gui Yonghao (桂永浩)
Academic staff	Teaching Faculty 554, PhD Advisor 249, Master Advisor 204
Location	Shanghai, China; 31°11′52″N 121°27′07″E / 31.19778°N 121.45194°E
Address	138 Yixueyuan Road, Shanghai
Nickname	Chinese: 上医; pinyin: Shàngyī; lit. 'Shanghai-Med'
Website	shmc.fudan.edu.cn
Chinese name
Simplified Chinese	复旦大学上海医学院
Traditional Chinese	復旦大學上海醫學院
Hanyu Pinyin
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin	Fùdàn Dàxué Shànghǎi Yīxuéyuàn

The Shanghai Medical College, Fudan University, formerly the independent Shanghai Medical University (SHMU), is one of the oldest and most prestigious medical schools in China. Clinical medicine of the Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University is consistently ranked among the top three medical schools in China and #45 globally by Times Higher Education World University Rankings as of 2022.^[1] Its "Clinical Medicine" also ranked #73 globally by the U.S. News & World Report globally.^[2]

Established in 1927, Shanghai Medical University was merged into Fudan University in April 2000 to become its medical school. On July 27, 2001, Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University was established, with Professor Wang Weiping as its first dean, and the original site of Shanghai Medical University was then designated as the Fenglin Campus of Fudan University.^[3]

Location

The college is located to the east of Xujiahui, in Xuhui District, Shanghai. It is located adjacent to Zhaojiabang Road Station, served by Shanghai Metro Lines 7 and 9.

History

East Campus of the Medical College with a statue of its founder Yan Fuqing

1927 The Medical College of Shanghai was founded, comprising part of National Fourth Zhongshan University whose main campus was in Nanjing, when Jiangsu Medical University originated in 1902 in Suzhou was merged into the university, and the degree of Doctor of Medicine was awarded to qualified graduates who completed study of 2 years in Nanjing and 5 years in Shanghai campus as designed. It was the first medical school established by a national university in China. The founding figures include a number of distinguished Chinese medical experts.^{[note 1]} In the beginning the Shanghai medical college rented Huashan Hospital as its teaching hospital which was under deficit, and in 1929, under the director Yan Fuqing, the hospital turned losses into gains. In 1930 when Yan Fuqing was the college dean, Shanghai Medical Center (Zhongshan Hospital) was initiated, and Zhongshan Hospital was opened in 1937.
1928 Fourth Zhongshan University was renamed Jiangsu University, and in May of the same year was again renamed to National Central University (which itself was to be renamed Nanjing University in 1949.)
1932 National Central University Medical College became an independent institution under the name of National Shanghai Medical College.
1937 Moved to Kunming, Yunnan because of the Second Sino-Japanese War.
1940 Relocated to Chongqing.
1946 Returned to Shanghai after the end of the war.
1952 Renamed Shanghai First Medical College.
1959 Designated by the state government as one of the sixteen national key institutions of higher education in China.
1985 Named Shanghai Medical University.
2000 Merged with Fudan University.
2001 Established as Fudan University Shanghai Medical College (aka Medical Center of Fudan University).

Campus Reconstruction

In July 2014, Shanghai Medical College's campus began a 2-year large-scale construction project and was open for use in late 2017. New facilities include new student residential colleges with residential towers, food services, and activity space, two research complexes, an indoor swimming center with rooftop soccer field, and a 20-story library tower, which was built with ¥100 million CNY (US$16.1 million) of support from Powerlong Group Development Co. Ltd. and Shanghai Haosheng Investment Group. The campus now has campus-wide high-speed Wi-Fi and 24-hour study spaces for students and staff.

Education and research

Today, the college has 27 departments in the basic medical sciences and clinical medicine, 20 national key disciplines, 1 national key laboratory, 8 Project 211 key disciplines, 9 key laboratories under the supervision of the Ministry of Education or the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China, 2 municipal key disciplines and 8 Shanghai Clinic Medical Centers. It has 4 research stations that offer postdoctoral fellowships, 29 doctoral programs and 36 master programs.

The college offers undergraduate programs in Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine and Forensic Medicine. The Clinical Medicine programs include a standard 5-year program offering the Bachelor of Medicine degree, a six-year program offering the Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree, and an eight-year program offering the Doctor of Medicine degree.

As a part of Fudan University, the college offers interdisciplinary programs while featuring its focus in medicine and clinical study. The college faculty includes a number of well-known experts and professors who are highly respected for their academic achievements and medical skills. Among them are 2 members of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, 4 members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 10 Cheung Kong Distinguished Professor of the Ministry of Education of China, and 10 faculties funded by the National Outstanding Youth Foundation. At present, the college has 249 PhD advisors and 249 master advisors.

The college has established cooperative relations and exchange programs with numerous medical schools throughout the world, including those of Harvard University, Columbia University, University of Sydney, University of British Columbia, Umeå University, Osaka University, University of Hong Kong, and Chinese University of Hong Kong.^[4]

The Ministry of Education of China has approved Fudan University as one of the thirty qualified universities in China to enroll international students in both its English-taught and Chinese-taught programs of medicine.

Academic departments

Basic medicine

Department of Anatomy and Histo-embryology
Department of Cellular and Genetic Medicine
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Department of Microbiology and Parasitology
Department of Immunology
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology
Department of Pathology
Department of Pharmacology
Department of Forensic Medicine

Clinical specialties

Department of Internal Medicine
Department of Surgery
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology
Department of Neurology
Department of Dermatology and Venereal Disease
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Otolaryngology
Department of Oncology
Department of Mental Medicine
Department of Medical Imaging
Department of Rehabilitative and Sports Medicine
Department of Anesthesiology
Department of Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Department of Clinical Diagnostics
Department of Stomatology
Department of Plastic Surgery
Department of Family Medicine^[5]

Laboratories

Basic sciences

State Key Laboratory of Medical Neurobiology
Key Laboratory of Medical Molecular Virology, Ministry of Education and Health
Key Laboratory of Molecular Medicine, Ministry of Education and Health
Laboratory of Molecular Genetics
Gene Research Center
Electron Microscopy Laboratory
Clinical Skills Learning Center

Clinical research

Key Laboratory of Clinical Pharmacology of Antibiotics, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Hearing Medicine, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Viral Heart Diseases, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Neonatal Diseases, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Hand Function Reconstruction, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Complex Carbohydrates, Ministry of Health
Key Laboratory of Myopia, Ministry of Health

Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

The Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences^[6] (simplified Chinese: 复旦学报（医学版）; traditional Chinese: 復旦學報（醫學版）) is a comprehensive national key medical journal managed by Fudan University under the supervision of the Ministry of Education of China, and is distributed domestically and internationally. Formerly known as the Journal of Shanghai Medical University, it was founded in June 1956. It mainly publishes original articles in the area of basic medicine, clinical medicine, pharmacology and preventive medicine, but it also covers a wide variety of columns including reviews, case reports, methodologies and brief communications.

The journal is indexed in internationally renowned abstracts services, e.g. American-based Chemical Abstracts Service (CA) and Biological Abstracts (BA), Amsterdam-based EMBASE or Excerpta Medica (EM), Russia-based Abstracts Journal, and various domestic medical abstracts and academic journal full-text databases.

Teaching hospitals

The college has 11 affiliated teaching hospitals which serve as the school's teaching and internship bases.^[7]

Zhongshan Hospital
Huashan Hospital
Children's Hospital of Fudan University
Red House Hospital (Obstetrics and Gynecology Hospital)
Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University
Shanghai Cancer Center
Huadong Hospital
Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center^[8]
Shanghai Fifth People's Hospital^[9]
Jinshan Hospital
Pudong Hospital

Notable alumni

Name	Chinese Name	Born	Job	Description
Chen Haozhu	陈灏珠	1927-	Professor of Medicine at Zhongshan Hospital	specializes in Cardiovascular diseases member of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Chen Zhongwei	陈中伟	1929–2004	Professor of Surgery at Zhongshan Hospital	specializes in Orthopedic Surgery and Microsurgery member of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Gu Yudong	顾玉东	1937-	Professor of Surgery at Huashan Hospital	specializes in Hand Surgery Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Shen Ziyin	沈自尹	1928–2019	Professor of Medicine at Huashan Hospital	specializes in Integrated Traditional Chinese Medicine Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Tang Zhaoyou	汤钊猷	1930-	Professor of Surgery at Zhongshan Hospital	specializes in Liver Cancer Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.
Wang Zhengmin	王正敏	1935-	Professor of Eye Surgery at the Eye and ENT Hospital of Fudan University	specializes in Otology Academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences.
Wen Yumei	闻玉梅	1934-	Professor at Shanghai Medical College	specializes in molecular biology and immunology of Hepatitis B Virus Academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering.^[10]

Notes

↑ The founding figures include Yan Fuqing (颜福庆), a public health expert (Doctor of Medicine of Yale University), who was the first dean, Le Wenzhao, a medical specialist (Doctor of Medicine of Harvard University), who was initially the acting dean, Niu Huilin, a surgical specialist (Doctor of Medicine of Cambridge University. Niu Huisheng, his younger brother, was an orthopedist and Doctor of Medicine of Harvard, who founded Shanghai Orthopedics Hospital in 1928 and was also the first director of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Medical College), Gao Jinglang, a pedologist (studied at University of Nanking and Hsiangya Medical College), Gu Jingqian, a pathologist (studied at University of Heidelberg and University of Berlin), Zhang Yun, an anatomist (Doctor of Medicine of Harvard), Lin Guogao, a biochemist (phD, Harvard), etc.

References

↑ "World University Rankings 2023 by subject: clinical and health". Times Higher Education (THE). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-11-02.
↑ "Best Global Universities for Clinical Medicine". U.S. News & World Report. 2022-10-24. Retrieved November 2, 2022.
↑ Fudan University
↑ Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: Introduction
↑ Departments of Shanghai Medical College
↑ Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences
↑ Affiliated Hospitals of Fudan University
↑ Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center
↑ Shanghai No. 5 Hospital
↑ Academicians of Shanghai Medical College

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[4] The founding figures include Yan Fuqing (颜福庆), a public health expert (Doctor of Medicine of Yale University), who was the first dean, Le Wenzhao, a medical specialist (Doctor of Medicine of Harvard University), who was initially the acting dean, Niu Huilin, a surgical specialist (Doctor of Medicine of Cambridge University. Niu Huisheng, his younger brother, was an orthopedist and Doctor of Medicine of Harvard, who founded Shanghai Orthopedics Hospital in 1928 and was also the first director of Zhongshan Hospital affiliated to Shanghai Medical College), Gao Jinglang, a pedologist (studied at University of Nanking and Hsiangya Medical College), Gu Jingqian, a pathologist (studied at University of Heidelberg and University of Berlin), Zhang Yun, an anatomist (Doctor of Medicine of Harvard), Lin Guogao, a biochemist (phD, Harvard), etc.

[1] "World University Rankings 2023 by subject: clinical and health". Times Higher Education (THE). 2022-10-06. Retrieved 2022-11-02.

[2] "Best Global Universities for Clinical Medicine". U.S. News & World Report. 2022-10-24. Retrieved November 2, 2022.

[3] Fudan University

[5] Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University: Introduction

[6] Departments of Shanghai Medical College

[7] Fudan University Journal of Medical Sciences

[8] Affiliated Hospitals of Fudan University

[9] Shanghai Public Health Clinical Center

[10] Shanghai No. 5 Hospital

[11] Academicians of Shanghai Medical College

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16 National Key Universities of the People's Republic of China (First Batch in 1959)
Beijing	Peking University Tsinghua University Renmin University of China Beijing University of Agriculture Beijing Normal University Beijing Institute of Aeronautics Beijing Institute of Technology Beijing Medical University University of Science and Technology of China^note
Shanghai	Fudan University Shanghai Jiao Tong University East China Normal University Shanghai First Medical College
Tianjin	Tianjin University
Heilongjiang	Harbin Institute of Technology
Shaanxi	Xi'an Jiaotong University Northwestern Polytechnical University
This term is no longer in use. ^note：moved to Hefei city in Anhui province in the beginning of 1970 during the Cultural Revolution.

Fudan University
President	President of Fudan University
Faculties and Schools	Shanghai Medical College
Facilities	Children's Hospital Eye and ENT Hospital Fudan University station Huadong Hospital Huashan Hospital Red House Hospital Shanghai Cancer Center Zhongshan Hospital
People	List of Fudan University people Ma Xiangbo
Related	Fudan International School Fudan University station High School Affiliated to Fudan University Nordic Centre in Shanghai S3 Asia MBA

Universities and colleges in Shanghai
Education, Higher education, and Universities in China
National	Donghua University East China Normal University East China University of Science and Technology Fudan University PLA Naval Medical University Shanghai International Studies University Shanghai Jiao Tong University Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Tongji University
Municipal	East China University of Political Science and Law Shanghai Conservatory of Music Shanghai Institute of Visual Art Shanghai Institute of Technology Shanghai Lixin University of Accounting and Finance Shanghai Maritime University Shanghai Normal University Shanghai Ocean University Shanghai Polytechnic University ShanghaiTech University Shanghai Theatre Academy Shanghai University Shanghai University of Electric Power Shanghai University of Engineering Science Shanghai University of International Business and Economics Shanghai University of Political Science and Law Shanghai University of Sport University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai Open University
Private	China Europe International Business School Chinesisch-Deutsches Hochschulkolleg New York University Shanghai Sanda University Tianhua College, Shanghai Normal University Xianda College of Economics and Humanities, Shanghai International Studies University
Defunct or Merged	Aurora University Great China University Kwang Hua University St. John's University Shanghai Medical University Shanghai Second Medical University University of Shanghai Utopia University
See also: List of universities in China

Nanjing Central University-originated schools and universities (NCUOSU)
Nanjing	Nanjing University Southeast University Hohai University Nanjing Normal University Nanjing Agricultural University Nanjing Forestry University Nanjing University of Technology Nanjing University of Information Science and Technology
Jiangsu	Jiangsu University Jiangnan University
Shanghai	Shanghai University of Finance and Economics Fudan University Shanghai Medical College Shanghai Institute of Physical Education East China University of Political Science and Law
Taiwan	National Central University
Other	Air Force Medical University Northwestern Polytechnical University University of Electronic Science and Technology of China Chongqing Medical University
Related	Nanjing Aeronautics and Astronautics University Nanjing Sport Institute Nanjing University of Arts Changzhou University China Central Academy of Fine Arts High School Affiliated to Nanjing Normal University

Authority control databases
International	ISNI VIAF
National	United States