North Sichuan Medical University

About NSMU

North Sichuan Medical University (NSMU) is a government-run college of medicine in Sichuan Province and is located in the second largest higher education centre of Sichuan Province—Nanchong, a famous city, the origin of the Three Kingdoms Culture. Its two campuses occupy an area of over 823,693 square meters.

Campus, Organization and Staff

NSMU has its national and international enrolment; its two campuses enrol nearly 15,000 thousand students in undergraduate and postgraduate program. With the guidance of its motto, Commitment, Fraternity, Honesty, and Creativity, it has developed into an important national and provincial centre of higher medical education, disease prevention, and rheumatism treatment since its establishment in 1951.

There are 12 undergraduate and graduate specialties in NSMU: clinical medicine, imaging medicine, laboratory medicine, stomatology, anaesthesiology, nursing, integrated medicine of TCM and Western medicine, forensics, ophthalmology, biomedical engineering, health service management and medical English. The college has over 10 teaching departments including preclinical and clinical medicine, 7 research departments including a prestigious rheumatism research centre, 3 preclinical experimental centres, 1 clinical medicine skill centre, 2 clinical medicine skill centre, 2 clinical hospitals, 9 affiliated hospitals, two clinical medicine schools, and 39 teaching hospitals.

NSMU has over 500 members of the faculty holding Master’s or Doctorate degrees. More than 240 faculties have obtained the academic title of Professor and Associate Professor. In addition, there are over 50 returned scholars and experts. Over 20 of them enjoy special government subsidies or have been given positions of national leadership in their field.

The college has first-class clinical training centre; an advanced multi-media courseware making system, a 1000m-campus network of leading technology. All classrooms are equipped with multi-media teaching facilities, occupying more than 45,000m2. The total value of the college’s equipment for teaching and scientific research has amounted to more than 300 million Yuan (RMB).

International Exchange

NSMU has made remarkable achievements in the area of international exchange and cooperation. It has launched inter-institutional academic partnerships and exchange programs with medical schools and institutions in more than 30 countries worldwide, such as France, the U.S.A, Germany, Australia, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan, Singapore and Thailand etc.