Fujian Medical University (FMU), located in Fuzhou, the capital city of
Fujian Province, serves as a center for teaching, research, treatment,
and prevention, and provides other social services. It was founded
formerly as Fujian Provincial Medical School in 1937, with its name
changed into Fujian Medical College in 1982. In April 1996 it adopted
its present name. Currently FMU has two campuses in Shangjie and
Taijiang, with a total land area of about 87 hectares and a building
area of 379,000 square meters.
At present, the university comprises 19 schools and departments, which
offer 23 undergraduate programs, 22 doctorate programs, 59 master
programs, and 2 authorized master degree specialties. In addition to its
extensive academic programs, the University has established an
efficient clinical teaching and practice network, composed of 1
stomatological hospital, 26 clinical teaching hospitals and 10
affiliated hospitals, of which 9 are ranked among the first-rank
hospitals. In 2003 it was designated by Fujian Provincial Government as
the university for key construction and development. In the same year,
it passed the evaluation for undergraduate education organized by the
Ministry of Education.
Currently, FMU has a total number of more than 20,000 full-time
students, including approximately 2,000 postgraduates, and 10,000
undergraduates. It is also entitled to recruit students from Hong Kong,
Macao and Taiwan and students from foreign countries for its
undergraduate programs.
There is a total number of 5,398 faculty, staff members and medical
personnel in the University. Of the 835 full-time teachers, 58% have
possessed masters degrees, and 55.1% the title of associate professor
or full professor. Also FMU attached great importance to academic
research. It hosts 1 post-doctor clinical research center, 65 research
institutions, 2 provincial "Project 211" key disciplines, 13 provincial
key disciplines, 8 disciplines of prior development designated by Fujian
Provincial Department of Science and Technology, 6 key disciplines at
school level, 6 provincial key medical specialties, 5 provincial leading
specialties with medical characteristics and 3 key laboratories
designated by Fujian Province, which have undertaken great scientific
tasks, and made remarkable achievements. Since 2001, more than 100
scientific research programs have been rewarded, over 5,500 papers
published, with 86 of them recorded in SCI, and 45 academic works issued
as well. The University Library, as the main medical library of Fujian
province, holds an area of 25,233 square meters and a collection of 1,
53 million volumes.
