Tongji Hospital has been undertaking the teaching tasks for more than 100 years. In 1907, Dr. Erich Paulun founded Shanghai German Medical College based in Tongji Hospital. The Medical College's undergraduate curriculum was a 5-year program, i.e. 2 years' pre-med study (i.e. pre-medicine) and 3 years' med study (i.e. post-medicine). The program was taught in German, so most Chinese students had to take 3 years to learn German. So, it was in fact an 8-year program. In 1915, Germany's Ministry of Education officially recognized the medical graduates of the Tongji Hospital academically equal to those of the German medical universities. In 1927, Medical and Engineering School was renamed Shanghai Tongji University. In 1930, it was renamed National Tongji University, and its medicine faculty was renamed Medical School of Tongji University. Tongji Hospital remained its base for medical...

I. Overview of Degree ProgramTongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science & Technology (formerly the Second Affiliated Hospital of Wuhan Medical College), resumed its graduate programs in 1978. Since 1981 and 1984, the State Council has authorized it to confer master's and doctoral degrees of Clinical Medicine (1002) for the second and third class disciplines, making it one of the first batch of doctoral and master's degrees awarding units with such authorization. In 2003, the State Council authorized it to confer master's and doctoral degrees of Clinical Medicine (1002) for the first class disciplines.  It offers 7 first-level doctoral degree programs (biology, basic medicine, clinical medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, pharmacy, nursing and stomatology), and 2 first-level professional doctoral degree programs (clinical medicine and stomatology). At present, there are 1009 graduate students and 695 doctoral students in the...

To create a world-class university and expand its international exchanges and influence, in 2017, Huazhong University of Science & Technology started the enrollment of international students for Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) 6-year program in Clinical Medicine. By the end of 2021, Tongji Hospital has enrolled 378 MBBS students from over 100 countries and regions in the world. In 2004, Tongji Hospital began to recruit international graduate students of clinical medicine. The credit system is adopted for the training of postgraduates studying in China, and the training content includes course study, scientific research and clinical practice. By the end of 2019, Tongji Hospital has enrolled a total of 206 international graduate students, including 50 doctoral students and 156 master students.Tongji Hospital boasts strong faculty resources. At the end of 2021, there were ...