Zhejiang University School of Medicine is one of the first modern medical schools in China, and the first medical school combined with teaching hospital. ZJU Med has mainly two preexistences. The first one was Zhejiang Medical School, which was founded in June 1911, by Han Qing-quan; this school was one of the first medical school in China, and later it was renamed for several times, such as the mostly-common-known Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine. The second root of ZJU Med was the National Chekiang University School of Medicine which was founded in August 1945. In February 1952, the Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine and the National Chekiang University School of Medicine were merged to form Zhejiang Medical College. In April 1964, Zhejiang Medical College was promoted to Zhejiang Medical University. In 1998, the four separated universities, namely Hangzhou University, Zhejiang University, Zhejiang Agricultural University, and Zhejiang Medical University were reunified to establish the new Zhejiang University, and the faculty of Zhejiang Medical University became the medical faculty of the new Zhejiang University after this reunification. The old campus of ZJU Med was just next to the famous West Lake, called Hubin Campus of Zhejiang University. The new or present medical campus is ZijinGang Campus, which is currently the main campus of Zhejiang University.
Faculties
In the past more than one hundred years, ZJU Med never stopped gathering magnificent masters and educating excellent medical talents. Up to now, the total number full-time professors has reached to 966 including 451 Ph.D supervisors, 1001 Master Degree supervisors. Among them there are 3 members of China Academy of Sciences, 4 members of China Academy of Engineering, 9 members of Cheung Kong Chair Professor, 43 State"1000-elite Program" Experts, and 14 winners of National Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar. The current Dean of ZJU Med is Duan Shumin. Currently, ZJU Med has accommodates a total of over 5,800 students, including 2500 undergraduates, 1700 Master's Candidates, 1500 Doctoral Candidates and 600 international students.
Education and Research
Zhejiang University School of Medicine has been pursuing high quality education and aiming at developing extraordinary medical practitioners. The school is composed of 5 major departments: Basic Medicine, Public Health, Clinical Medicine, Dental Medicine and Nursing. Apart from these academic departments, there are 7 affiliated teaching hospitals. Currently, ZJU Med has 4 national key disciplines, 45 national key clinical specialties, 1 national key laboratory, 23 provincial key laboratories and “Medical Technology and Diseases Prevention” 985 Technology Innovation Platform. Zhejiang University School of Medicine has a great platform for international cooperation and exchanges. It established collaboration with University of California, Los Angeles School of medicine in the field of talents education, faculty development, scientific research in Translational Medicine and other medical engineering areas. It also built wide collaboration with over 20 leading medical schools overseas including Columbia University, The University of Melbourne and University of Toronto. In the year of 2015, Zhejiang University and University of Edinburgh Joint Institute started to enroll students together in Haining Campus. In recent years, Zhejiang University School of Medicine leaped to the top rank among all medical schools in terms of research fundings and research output. Up to date, 19 programs have won National Science & Technology Awards including one special prize in 2017 ，one first prize in 2015 and one first prize in 2013. Philanthropist and movie director Run Run Shaw donated HK$341 million to help fund the University and its two medical institutes. In September 2013, the Shaw Foundation announced its latest donation - HK$200 million for Zhejiang University's two medical institutes over the next two years to "push forward medical education reform and cultivate medical talent".
