In the past 120 years and especially through over 30 years of development after China’s reform and opening up to the outside world, adhering to the tradition “respect virtues and profession, and be rigorous and creative”, Hebei Medical University has become a comprehensive medical university, encompassing teaching, research and healthcare services. In 2005, HMU came up with the new motto “Benevolence, Erudition, Integrity, and Flexibility”. In 2015, Student centered, teacher first’ was also set as the university’s educational rationale. Up to now, HMU has two campuses, and five affiliated hospitals, with 14 colleges and 18 undergraduate majors. There are four national-level characteristic courses and four provincial-level characteristic courses. The total number of enrolled students at HMU is currently 11807.
HMU has four post-doctoral programs covering Basic Medical Sciences, Clinical Medicine, Integration of TCM and Western Medicine, and Biology. It has 37 doctoral programs and 52 masters programs. There is a complete medical education system covering the training of bachelors, masters, PhD and post-doctors.
HMU has five directly affiliated hospitals, with 9139 beds, including four Tertiary A grade general hospitals, and one Tertiary A grade specialty hospitals. In addition, there are 5 indirectly affiliated hospitals, five teaching hospitals and 28 sites for clinical practice.
HMU is not only the center for medical education and healthcare services, but also the center for medical research in Hebei Province. It has one national key discipline (Foundational Research on the Integration of TCM and Western Medicine), one national key nurturing discipline (Forensics), one national key discipline from the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (Foundational Research on the Integration of TCM and Western Medicine), 16 key national clinical specialties, one provincial key nurturing discipline, four provincial advanced characteristic disciplines, 12 provincial key disciplines, two key laboratories jointly supported by the province and the Ministry of Education, three provincial centers for collaborative innovation, one provincial new-type think-tank, one research center of philosophy and social sciences, two key research bases of humanities and social sciences of the Provincial Department of Education, 20 key provinciallaboratories and six provincial research institutes. In addition, HMU undertakes the editing and publishing of eight national and provincial journals.
In recent years, HMU has been strengthening its international exchanges and cooperation, which is an important platform for academic and cultural exchanges of Hebei Province. It has successively established close cooperative relationship with 27 medical schools and research institutes in 12 countries, such as Japan, South Korea, the United States, Belgium, and France. Over a hundred international experts have been conferred honorary titles of the university, and there are 446 international students on campus. In addition, the university adheres to the principle that it should serve the local community, and provide intellectual support to the local government and enterprises. HMU has successively signed 43 cooperative agreements with a number of enterprises and institutions, covering such aspects as education, research, and social services.
