Xi'an Medical University

It was founded in 1951, named of Shaanxi Health School. After being named of Shaanxi Health Cadres’ Institute and Shaanxi Medical Junior College, it was renamed as Xi'an Medical University by the Ministry of Education in 2006. The University consists of Guangguang Campus, Weiyang Campus and Gaoxin Campus. It has 5 affiliated hospitals, including Xi'an Medical College Affiliated Hospital (Shaanxi Provincial People's Hospital), First Affiliated Hospital, Second Affiliated Hospital, Affiliated Baoji Hospital and Affiliated Hanjiang Hospital. In 2017, the University was identified as a “First-class College” construction candidate by Shaanxi Province. There are 14 teaching units, including Clinical Medical School, Nursing School and Pharmaceutical School. It offers general undergraduate education, postgraduate education and continuing education. General undergraduate education offers 18 majors such as Clinical Medicine, Nursing and Pharmacy. The University has the right of degree-conferring in one first-level discipline of master's degree program, that is the Clinical Medicine. Also, it is the authorized degree-conferring centre for 16 second-level discipline of master's degree programs, including General Medicine, Internal Medicine and Surgery. The University has 1 provincial-level research center for Respiratory Disease Prevention and Treatment Project, 1 key provincial-level laboratory for Ischemic Cardiovascular Disease, 1 key provincial-level laboratory for Prevention and Treatment of Brain Diseases and 7 university-level research institutes (center). At present, the University aims at vigorously implementing the strategy of “Strengthen University by Talents”. The quality of its education and teaching, the level of scientific research and the ability of social services all need to be improved with our full effort. More than 10,000 teachers and students here are striving together to create a first-class University and develop Xi’an Medical University to Northwestern Medical University as soon as possible!