Hubei University of Medicine is located in thecenter of Shiyan, one of the "Top Ten Charming Cities in China". It is the only independent general Western medicine college in the adjacent areasof Hubei, Henan, Chongqing and Shaanxi, with the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. The school was founded in 1965. Having gone through multiple development stages, it was renamed Hubei University of Medicine in2010 and was approved as a master's degree awarding unit in 2013. In 2018, itentered the "Double First-Class" initiative in Hubei Province.
With nationwide enrollment, the school currently has 16 secondary colleges, offering 26 undergraduate majors, including 3national first - class undergraduate majors and 10 provincial first - classundergraduate majors. It has a student body of 12,144 full - time undergraduatestudents, 1,544 postgraduate students, and 307 international students. It hascumulatively trained more than 120,000 medical talents, including outstandingfigures such as one academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The university has a faculty of 1,338, including 951 master's supervisors, 599 teachers with senior professional titles orabove, and 461 doctors. It boasts 11 provincial excellent teaching teams, 17provincial excellent grassroots teaching organizations, and 103 national andprovincial - level talents.
Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology & Toxicologyhave entered the top 1% of the ESI global ranking, an internationallyrecognized indicator of research performance. The university has 3 first -level disciplines with master's degree authorization, 10 professional degreeauthorization categories, 3 provincial key first - level disciplines, and 3provincial advantageous and characteristic discipline groups. It hasestablished 24 provincial and ministerial scientific research platforms. Inrecent years, it has undertaken over 3,000 projects at various levels, won 63provincial and ministerial awards, obtained 493 authorized patents, published82 academic works, and released 2,762 high - quality papers. It closelycooperates with local governments and biomedical enterprises through industry -university - research collaborations.
The university is affiliated with 7 influentialhospitals, which have a combined total of over 15,000 beds, nearly 10 millionoutpatient visits, and over 500,000 inpatient admissions annually. These hospitals house 3 national key specialties and 126 provincial key specialties.Additionally, there are more than 50 clinical teaching and internshiphospitals.
The university engages in extensive international exchanges and cooperation, maintaining partnerships with many foreigninstitutions, such as the National University of Singapore. It has recruited164 domestic and foreign scholars, flexibly introduced 10 overseas scholars,and sent nearly 600 backbone teachers and outstanding students abroad for studyand exchanges.
