North China Coal Medical University is a prestigious government
university recognized by WHO and one of the top universities of
china in Hebei Province, China.
Once the only
medical university in China’s Coal Ministry, is located in the
major industrial city, Tangshan, Hebei Province, only couple of
hours drive from Beijing with the Yanshan Mountains on the north
and the Bohai sea on the south.
Originally
named as North China Coal Medical College was founded in 1926 by
a British Surgeon. In August of 1998, it was transformed into a
university co-administered by the government of Hebei province
as well as the Coal Ministry, and primarily administered by the
former.
After decades
of expansion and development, it has now become to a
multi-level, and multi-form educational and research institute.
The university has 1912 faculty staff with 700 professors.
The university
recruits students from all over the country. There are 11,772
undergraduates, 1300 graduate students, and 1000 students
receiving career-education. It is composed of the main campus,
the Qinghuangdao extension campus, one adult education
institute, and the autonomous college Ji-Tang Institute. It
comprises 14 schools with 68 teaching and research sections.
The university
offers 28 programs and grants medical and science degrees to
students. As China’s reform is deepening in the higher education
system, and especially since the country joined WTO, the
university has established inter-university cooperative
relationships with medical universities and research
institutions in many countries including the USA, Japan,
Germany, Austria and Hungary. It has been accepting foreign
students from Germany and Japan since 1991.
Now it has 12
affiliated hospitals, 43 teaching and
practicing hospitals with more than 10,000 in patients beds.
It publishes a
number of journals, including the Journal of Chinese Clinical
Medicine, the Journal of North China Coal Medical University,
the China Coal Industry Medicine, and the Chinese journal of
Psychological Health.
