Tongji Medical College

Tongji Medical University
	同济医科大学
Type	Public
Established	May 20, 1907
President	Hong Guang-Xiang
Dean	Feng You-Mei
Academic staff	3,000
Students	10,000
Location	Wuhan , Hubei , China

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Tongji Medical College (TJMC, Chinese: 同济医学院; pinyin: Tóngjì Yīxúeyuàn) is a top medical school in China. Formerly Tongji Medical University (Chinese: 同济医科大学; pinyin: Tóngjì Yīkē Dàxué), it became part of the newly established Huazhong University of Science and Technology in 2000. 10 graduates of the medical school have been awarded prestigious memberships to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and/or Chinese Academy of Engineering.

The Medical College now has one member in the Chinese Academy of Sciences, more than 1,400 full and associate professors, over 1,800 lecturers, and over 7,500 staff. Doctorate degrees can be conferred in 31 subjects and specialities, with 116 tutors for doctoral candidates, and there are 51 subjects and specialities for which master's degrees can be granted with over 540 tutors for graduate students. Post-doctoral mobile stations have been set up in basic medicine, public health, preventive medicine and clinical medicine.

Historical evolution

Summary of history

Tongji Medical College was founded by Dr. Erich Paulun in 1907 as German Medical School in Shanghai. In 1927, it became the medical school of National Tongji University.

After the founding of the People's Republic of China, in 1951 the medical school was moved from Shanghai to Wuhan, where it merged with the medical college of Wuhan University to form Central-South Tongji Medical College. Tongji Hospital, founded in Shanghai in 1900 by Erich Paulun, a German, and Wuhan Union Hospital (formerly Hankow Mission and Hankou Union Hospital) founded in 1866 by Griffith John, a British man, were attached to Tongji College as its university hospitals. In 1955, the college changed its name to Wuhan Medical College; and in 1985, it was renamed Tongji Medical University. On May 26, 2000, it became the Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology.

Shanghai German Medical school

October 1, 1907, the medical school held begins school the ceremony. The school site was set up in the Tongji University hospital opposite white gram road (now Shanghai Fengyang road).

Tongji German Medicine School

In 1908 "Shanghai German Medical School " changed its name to "Tongji German Medical School ".

Tongji Medical and Engineering School

In 1912, additional engineering course was started, and the name was changed to Tongji Medical and Engineering School. Medicine, Engineering and the German were taught in the school.
In 1922, the school moved to Wusong Town (吴淞镇)

National Tongji University Medical School

On May 20, 1924, the name was changed to Tongji Medical and Engineering University, due to comprehensive expansion of the school.
In August 1927, National Tongji University was established, and the original medicine, engineering branches were separately changed to medicine school and engineering school.
In 1937, several additional colleges and schools were built, including colleges of Literature and sciences, and law school. The University became a comprehensive university, and was renowned for its prestigious reputation in medicine and engineering.
In August 1937, Wusong Town and Shanghai city were engaged in a decisive battle of Far East field during World War II. Short after the battle, the medical school moved to East side of Shanghai city, then across provinces of Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Guangxi and Yunnan, and finally arrived in Yibin(宜宾) and Nanxi of Sichuan province in October, 1940.
In July 1946, Tongji University Medical School moved back Shanghai with ending of the World War II.

Central-south Tongji Medical College

In February 1950, the Shanghai Tongji University Medical School and its attached Tongji Hospital moved to the interland Wuhan. The Medical School, along with Wuhan University medical School, formed new established Central-south Tongji Medical College.

Wuhan Medical College

In August 1955, the Medical School changed the name to Wuhan Medical College during rearrangement of Chinese Higher Education system.

Tongji Medical University

In July 1985, the Medical School changed the name to Tongji Medical University after significant expansion of the school. Dr. Wu Zaide (吴在德) was appointed president, and Dr. Qiu Fazu 裘法祖 as honorary president.