With the renaming of Gannan Medical College to Gannan Medical University and Weifang Medical College to Shandong Second Medical University, the team of "medical universities" in China's colleges and universities has been further expanded.
Jiangxi and Shandong "Medical Universities" each +1
On December 2, "Gannan Medical College" WeChat *** released the message "Good News!".The Ministry of Education agreed to change the name of Gannan Medical College to Gannan Medical University!Recently, it was learned from relevant channels that the Ministry of Education sent the "Letter of the Ministry of Education on Agreeing to the Renaming of Gannan Medical College to Gannan Medical University" to the people of Jiangxi Province.
Gannan Medical College is located in Ganzhou City, Jiangxi Province, a famous old revolutionary area, and is a full-time general higher medical undergraduate college held by the people of Jiangxi Province. Professor Han Jisheng, academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, serves as honorary president. The predecessor of the school was founded in 1941 in Jiangxi Provincial Ganxian Senior Midwifery Vocational School, in 1958 set up a junior college in Gannan Medical College, in 1988 it was upgraded to an undergraduate college and renamed Gannan Medical College, in 2013 the first degree committee approved as a master's degree awarding unit, and since 2019, it has jointly cultivated doctoral students with Soochow University and China Medical University.
Prior to this, Gannan Medical College had been fighting for many years to change its name to the university. However, in 2020, the Ministry of Education said in response to relevant information that there is still a gap between Gannan Medical College and the setting standard in terms of the proportion of graduate students, and it does not yet have the conditions to change its name to "university".
On December 5, Shandong ** Poster News and other reports reported that on November 21, the Ministry of Education issued the "Letter on Agreeing to the Renaming of Weifang Medical College to Shandong Second Medical University" (Jiaofa Letter No. 2023 No. 143), officially approving the upgrading of Weifang Medical College to Shandong Second Medical University, and at the same time revoking the establishment of Weifang Medical College. The full-time enrollment scale of Shandong Second Medical University is tentatively set at 22,000.
Weifang Medical College is a full-time general medical college in Shandong Province, and is a university jointly established by the Shandong Provincial Department of Education, Shandong Provincial Health Commission and Weifang City. According to Weifang Medical College**, the history of the school can be traced back to the late 19th century and early 20th century, Weixian Ledao Academy established Ledaoyuan Medical School and Weixian American Presbyterian Hospital, in 1951 to build Shandong Changwei Medical School, in 1958 rebuilt Changwei Medical College, in 1987 changed its name to Weifang Medical College.
On November 6 this year, the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education issued the "Announcement on the Proposed Consent to the Establishment of Undergraduate Colleges and Universities", which publicized the proposed approval of the establishment of Jiangxi Flight University and other 8 schools. Among them, Weifang Medical College, which was declared by Shandong Province, was renamed Shandong Second Medical University.
"Bengbu Medical University" has entered the sprint stage
In addition to the above two medical universities that have been officially announced to have successfully changed their names, Anhui's "Bengbu Medical University" is also expected to appear.
On November 20, the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education issued an announcement saying that in accordance with the relevant provisions of the Higher Education Law of the People's Republic of China, the Interim Regulations on the Establishment of Ordinary Colleges and Universities, and the Interim Regulations on the Establishment of Ordinary Undergraduate Schools, as well as the results of the inspection and evaluation of the Eighth National Evaluation Committee for the Establishment of Colleges and Universities, the Party Group Meeting of the Ministry of Education deliberated and agreed to set up five schools including Anhui Public Security College.
Among the contents of the announcement is the renaming of Bengbu Medical College to Bengbu Medical University. The publicity time is from November 20 to November 24, 2023.
In July 1958, in order to speed up the construction of Anhui Province and change the situation that the people in northern Anhui were short of medical treatment and medicine, the state decided to establish Bengbu Medical College with the assistance of the former Shanghai Second Medical College (now Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine) and Anhui Medical College (now Anhui Medical University).
In recent years, Bengbu Medical College has been working to change its name to a university. In 2018, the 8th Party Congress of the university put forward the goal of building a "first-class high-level medical university in a well-known region in China". The Anhui Provincial Department of Education introduced in 2020 that after repeated research and demonstration in the early stage, in accordance with the working procedures for the establishment of universities, at the end of 2019, Bengbu Medical College was renamed Bengbu Medical University, and the province has officially declared to the Ministry of Education.
On February 13 this year, the official website of the Anhui Provincial Department of Education released the "Announcement on the Establishment of the First Batch of Colleges and Universities to be Declared in 2023", stating that according to the "Higher Education Law of the People's Republic of China", "Interim Regulations on the Establishment of Ordinary Colleges and Universities", "Interim Provisions on the Establishment of Ordinary Undergraduate Schools" and other relevant regulations and the "Notice of the Development Planning Department of the Ministry of Education on Doing a Good Job in the Application for the Establishment of the First Batch of Undergraduate Schools in 2023" Requirements, the proposed declaration to the Ministry of Education of Bengbu Medical College to change the name of Bengbu Medical University to be publicized. The publicity time is from February 13th to February 17th.
Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chongqing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine were unveiled
In addition to the above three "medical universities", two universities in the field of traditional Chinese medicine have completed the renaming and setting up this year.
According to information disclosed by Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine** (which has been renamed Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine**), on June 6, 2023, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was renamed Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
According to the school's official website, Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was founded in 1956, originally known as Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, located in Baoding City, Hebei Province, in 1957 began to recruit undergraduate students majoring in traditional Chinese medicine, and in 1958 was named Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In 1962, it merged with Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the school was named Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was affiliated to Hebei Province. In 1969, Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was reorganized and moved to Shijiazhuang City, and merged with Hebei Medical College to form Hebei New Medical University. In 1983, the independent setting was restored and enrollment began. In 1995, it merged with Hebei Medical College and Shijiazhuang Medical College to form Hebei Medical University. In 2013, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was restored, and on June 6, 2023, with the approval of the Ministry of Education, it was renamed Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.
In recent years, Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Hebei Province have been actively promoting the renaming of the school.
In December 2021, the Hebei Provincial Department of Education mentioned in response to netizens' inquiries, "At present, under the strong leadership of the Provincial Party Committee and the Provincial Government, our province is relying on Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine to build Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, providing all-round support and guidance in terms of construction funds, talent introduction, education and teaching, etc., and has achieved remarkable results." In the next step, we will continue to take strong measures to increase our efforts to build Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine as soon as possible. ”
In addition, on May 22 this year, the Department of Development Planning of the Ministry of Education issued the "Announcement on the Proposed Consent to the Establishment of Undergraduate Colleges and Universities" through the official website of the Ministry of Education. Among the 7 schools that have been announced, the Ministry of Education plans to agree to the establishment of a new Chongqing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which is declared as Chongqing City, and the nature of the school is public.
According to the official website of the college, Chongqing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was formerly known as Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Training School founded by the Ministry of Health of the Southwest Military and Political Commission in 1951, and was successively renamed Chongqing School of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chongqing School of Traditional Chinese Medicine in Sichuan Province. In 2001, Chongqing School of Traditional Chinese Medicine was merged into Chongqing Medical University as a whole, and the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chongqing Medical University was established.
In 2022, with the consent of the Chongqing Municipal People** and the approval of the Ministry of Education, the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Chongqing Institute of Pharmaceutical Implantology will be integrated to form Chongqing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. Chongqing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine is organized by the Chongqing Municipal People, supervised by the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission, based on the School of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chongqing Medical University, and fully integrates the high-quality resources of traditional Chinese medicine teaching and research in the city, such as Chongqing Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chongqing Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Chongqing Institute of Pharmaceutical Planting.
In 2020, Chongqing Morning News published an article quoting the person in charge of Chongqing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, saying, "Chongqing is one of the seven provinces and cities in the country that have not independently set up a college (university) of traditional Chinese medicine, and the construction of Chongqing College of Traditional Chinese Medicine has been the wish of all sectors of society for many years."
*: The Paper.