Founded more than 80 years ago in the year of 1934, Guangxi Medical University or, GXMU, is a high-level teaching-and-research-oriented medical university. GXMU is one of the 22 oldest medical institutes in China. It is now one of the key universities with strong support of the Regional government. It is also the center of medical education, research, treatment and prevention, as well as health care in Guangxi.
GXMU boasts a well-developed medical education system, offering undergraduate, postgraduate and doctoral programs, as well as other training and continuing educational programs. GXMU currently has 20 institutes offering 25 undergraduate programs, 6 affiliated hospitals and11 non-affiliated hospitals. It ishome to over 22,000 full-time students, including more than 800 international students, and growing. Over the years, more than 50,000 full-time medical students have graduated from GXMU, many of whom have gone on to become the backbone of medicine here locally in Guangxi. GXMU has also educated and trained more than 1,000 international students frommore than 70 countries and regions. It is a well-established and internationally recognized medical university.
In 1978 GXMU began to enroll international students, making it one of the first 8 medical universities ever authorized by Chinese government; In 1981 GXMU was one of the earliest Master Degree awarding universities in China; In 1984 GXMU was the first university in Guangxi and among the second batch in China entitled to award doctoral degree; In 2007 GXMU was one of the universities accredited by the Ministry of Education to enroll MBBS international students instructed in English; In 2011 GXMU successful passed the accreditations on clinical medicine and nursing education conducted by the Ministry of Education.
For years, generations of professors and students of GXMU have devoted themselves to the study, research and treatment of various diseases, including common and frequently-occurring diseases in Guangxi, as well asendemic diseases. Some of these are thalassemia, liver cancer, and nasopharyngeal carcinoma. They have also won various acclaims and honors from the frontline of medical research field.
Guided by the motto of “Social Commitment and Self-improvement, Rich in Knowledge and Righteous in Practice”,GXMU aims to increase the level of medical practice for the wellbeing of all society. All of the 17 affiliated hospitals areupper first-class hospitals. Among them are the First Affiliated Hospital, Oncology Hospital, and Stomatology Hospital, all of which are the largest comprehensive or specialized hospitals in Guangxi. These hospitals have a very high patient turnover where treatment and operations are performed with a verygood clinical outcome GXMU has built very close relationships with medical institutions in 40 countries, and has sent large numbers ofits dedicated teachers to further their studies and researches in 50 plus countries, including America, England, France, Germany and Japan. Such a move has helped GXMU to firmly establish itself as an international medical learning and research institute worldwide.
