Chongqing Medical University (CQMU), originally named as Chongqing Medical College, was founded in 1956, partially moved and established from Shanghai First Medical College (the present Shanghai Medical College of Fudan University). With nearly 7 decades of development, CQMU has become a major public medical university that is jointly supported by the Ministry of Education of China, National Health Commission and Chongqing Municipal Government. CQMU is a Pilot University of International Cooperation in Chongqing.

Chongqing Medical University (Photo provided to iChongqing)

The university has a comprehensive system of education, from Bachelor to Master, Doctor and Postdoctoral in medicine and other related fields.

In the past five years, the university has added more than 4,500 new projects at all levels of the Ministry of Science and Technology and the National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC), taken the lead in undertaking 54 national key projects, published more than 10,000 SCI papers, with an average annual growth rate of 10%, and accumulated 38 new provincial and ministerial-level scientific and technological awards.