Tianjin Medical University

Established in 1951, Tianjin Medical College is a medical institution of higher education approved by the Chinese Government after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Its founder was Professor Chu Hsien-I, an internationally recognized endocrinologist and educationist. In June 1994, Tianjin Medical College and Tianjin Second Medical College merged to form Tianjin Medical University (TMU). In December 1996, TMU became the only local "211 Project" university in Tianjin. In October 2015, TMU became a university jointly developed by Tianjin Municipal People's Government, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education. In September 2017, TMU was included in the "World First Class Discipline" development universities. TMU has been actively engaged in the cause of medical higher education in China. It is one of the first two medical institutions in China approved to run an eight-year pilot program, and also one of the first 15 medical institutions approved to run a seven-year pilot program. At present, the university has 2 campuses on Qixiangtai Road and Guangdong Road and 7 university hospitals. TMU has 19 schools(department) and an independent school, with 22 undergraduate majors. A total of 10,912 students (doing full time undergraduate study or above) are studying in the university, among them 5,432 are undergraduates, 3,641 are Master's students, 948 are Ph.D students, with 891 international students doing their degrees.