University Profile
Founded in 1951, Southern Medical University, formerly the First Military Medical University of PLA, was designated as a national key university in 1978, and in 2006 it was entitled as Chinese Government Scholarship University by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. There are more than 13,000 in-campus students, including about 360 international students, studying in 14 subordinate schools of SMU. Nowadays a discipline layout with stress on medical science and other 6 has been formed in SMU, who grants bachelor’s degree in 22 subjects and master’s degree as well as doctoral degree in all major medical sciences. SMU boasts 3 national key disciplines, 3 national key disciplines of Traditional Chinese Medicine, 10 provincial key disciplines and 12 provincial key labs. It has 1 academician of Chinese Academy of Science, 1 academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering and more than 900 professors and associate professors. SMU has established exchange and cooperative relations with universities and institutes in more than 20 countries and regions, and it has trained foreign students from more than 50 countries. Located in Guangzhou area, the university has two garden-like campuses with satisfying facilities for living and study. Students from around the world are warmly welcome!
Majors and Programs
Bachelor’s Degree (5 Years)
1. Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (M.B.B.S, 6 years) ※
2. Clinical Medicine
3. Basic Medical Science
4. Stomatology
5. Preventive Medicine
6. Traditional Chinese Medicine
7. Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Bachelor’s Degree (4 Years)
1. Biomedical Engineering
2. Pharmacy
3. Laboratory Medicine
4. Nursing
Master’s Degree (3-6 Years) / General Scholar (1-2 Years)
1. Clinical Medicine
2. Basic Medical Science
3. Public Health and Preventive Medicine
4. Biomedicine Engineering
5. Traditional Chinese Medicine
6. Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
7. Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Doctoral Degree (3-6 Years) /Senior Scholar (1 Year)
1. Clinical Medicine
2. Basic Medical Science
3. Public Health and Preventive Medicine
4. Biomedical Engineering
5. Traditional Chinese Medicine
6. Traditional Chinese Pharmacy
7. Integration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Western Medicine
Campus Life
¥5000 per academic year per person
Scholarship
Living expenses for undergraduate scholarships: 800 RMB per person per month
Living expenses for graduate scholarships: 1,100 yuan per person per month
Living expenses for PhD scholarships: 1,400 yuan per person per month
Chinese Student Scholarship living: 800 RMB per person per month (with a graduate degree from the more than 1,100 yuan per person per month)
Ordinary living expenses scholarship student: RMB 1,100 per person per month
Higher Education Scholarship living: 1,400 yuan per person per month
Studying these types of scholarships for one academic year period, the school issued a one-time resettlement allowance 600 yuan; learning period of less than one academic year, the school issued a one-time resettlement subsidy 300 yuan.
Applicant Qualifications
Guangzhou, located at the north of the Pearl River delta, is an important trading center as well as a busy port and the capital city of the province of Guandong . The city has an area of over 7434.4 square kilometers and a population of 10.4 million.
The climate of Guangzhou is sub-tropical. The average year-round temperature is 23.2C. August is the hottest month, with an average temperature of 29C. January is the coldest month, with an average of 13C. The rainy season falls between April and August. Average annual rainfall is 1,720 mm.
Like Athens of Greece and Rome of Italy, Guangzhou also has a history of more than 2,200 years.
There are a lot of interesting legends concerning its past. One of the beautiful stories which gives the city its name Goat Town says that five gods riding on five goats brought the first grain to the city. So, it is also known as the City of Five Goats. Besides tales and stories, here and there stand monuments of the city's democratic and revolutionary past. The monument to the Anti British struggle at San Yuan Li is in remembrance of the 1841 uprising against a British invading force. The Huang Hua Gang Park keeps alive the spirit of the 72 martyrs killed in an 1911 uprising against the Manchu dynasty. The National Peasant Movement Institute is the former cadre-training school founded and run by Mao Zedong and Zhou En Lai in 1925-1926. The Guangzhou Memorial Garden is in memory of those who lost their lives during the Communist Uprising in 1927.
Tuition Fees
Estimated Cost for Self-financed International Students in SMU (RMB):
Application fee: ¥800 per person
Tuition fee (Instructed in Chinese) :
Medical Science:
¥31600 (Bachelor ), ¥38000( Master / General Scholar ), ¥47500( Doctor / Senior Scholar ) per year
Engineering & Sciences:
¥23700 (Bachelor ), ¥28500( Master / General Scholar ), ¥35600( Doctor / Senior Scholar ) per year
Teaching materials: at one’s own expense
Accommodation: ¥5000 per academic year per person