Harbin Medical University Explained

Harbin Medical University
Established:1926
Type:Public
President:Zhang Xue
Campus:Urban
Affiliations:WHO
IMED
MCI
BMCI
ASRMU
Website:www.hrbmu.edu.cn
Module:
Child:yes
S:哈尔滨医科大学
T:哈爾濱醫科大學
P:Hā'ěrbīn Yīkē Dàxué
Order:st

Harbin Medical University (HMU) is a public university located in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China.

HMU is appointed as a national education and training base for biomedical scientists and teaching talents by the National Bureau of Advanced Health Care Education, and a key university of Heilongjiang Province in the national "211 Project".

History

Harbin Medical University (HMU) is located in Harbin, Heilongjiang province. HMU has a scenic green campus of 2.36 million square meters with buildings of ancient architecture styles.

HMU was founded in 1926. It originated from the merger of the old Harbin Medical University (a.k.a. Harbin Special Medical School, founded by a pioneer medical doctor in China, Dr. Lien-teh Wu) and the former first and second branch schools of Xingshan Chinese Medical University (a.k.a. Chinese Red Army Health School founded in 1931 in Ruijin, Jiangxi).

Academics

Affiliated Institutions

The affiliated institutions of HMU includes:

Organizations based in HMU includes:

Reputation & Recognition

Harbin Medical University is enlisted in the official medical directories of World Health Organization(WHO), International Medical Education Directory (IMED) and World Directory of Medical Schools (WDOMS).

Its Doctor of Medicine (M.D.) degree is recognized by the Medical Council of India (MCI), Bangladesh, Jordan and many other Asian countries without a requirement for degree audition and validation. In countries of North America, Europe or other continents, such as USA, Canada, UK, Australia, M.D. graduates of HMU can obtain a medical license after passing specific board exams required in those countries.

Membership

Harbin Medical University is a full member of the following international organizations and associations:

Medical Programs

HMU has clearly defined medical programs. It is among the first group of medical universities with a seven-year medical program and has been working with Nankai University and Harbin Institute of Technology in jointly teaching these seven-year program students (ended in 2012). HMU cooperates with five foreign universities for joint medical programs. It has four first-grade doctorate degree programs including basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and biology; 41 second-grade doctorate degree programs, and 49 second-grade master's degree programs. The 11 undergraduate programs include basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, dentistry, anesthesiology, medical imaging, nursing, pharmacy, biotechnology, public affairs management, and medical law. Currently, HMU has five postdoctoral research programs in preventive medicine, clinical medicine, basic medical sciences, biology, and pharmacy, one research program in clinical pharmacy and pharmacology, and the postdoctoral research program in collaboration with Zhonglong Enterprises. There are over 10,000 full-time students, including over 3000 graduate students.

HMU has a reasonable discipline structure. There is one national key discipline, 32 provincial key disciplines, one incubation base of national key laboratories in biomedicine jointly established by the ministry and the province, six key laboratories of the ministry and the province, and 11 provincial key laboratories of higher education. Positions are available for national and provincial specially-invited professors.Undergrade five-year MBBS programme is available in English language. Chinese language MBBS programme is also available.

The following three-year MD/MS & PhD specialties are available in English:

Faculty

There are over 10,000 faculty and staff.

Scientific Achievements

Significant breakthroughs have been made in China Human Genome Project, cytogenetical research on solid tumor, basic and clinical research on series of spleen preservation operation, experiment and clinical application of homogeneous in situ heart transplantation, research on the best target of antiarrhythmic drugs and etiology of Kaschin-Beck disease. In order to make full use of HMU resources, HMU cooperates with some enterprises, e.g. the Pharmaceutical R&D Center between HMU and Harbin Pharmaceutical Group, to facilitate the transformation of pharmaceutical technology to new products and lead the pharmaceutical industry at the northeastern old industrial base to rapid development.

There are five medical schools (affiliated hospitals). Allogeneic organ transplantation is a speciality of HMU. There are 2905 beds in the other four non-affiliated clinical hospitals.

HMU library has a collection of over 1.5 million books, 4707 journals and 330,000 electronic journals and books and provides electronic literature search and internet information services.

Rankings and reputation

Usnwr W:1027
Usnwr W Year:2022
Usnwr W Ref:[2]
Usnwr Asia:278
Usnwr Asia Year:2022
Usnwr N:109
Usnwr N Year:2022

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU)

Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), also known as the Shanghai Ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. It's the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators.

CUAA (Chinese Universities Alumni Association)

Universities Ranking of China released by CUAA (Chinese Universities Alumni Association, Chinese: 中国校友会网) is one of the most foremost domestic university rankings in China.

YearRankValuer
202021[4] CUAA China Regional University Ranking
2020105[5] CUAA China University Ranking
202115[6] CUAA China Non Double First Class University Ranking
202185[7] CUAA China University Ranking
2022104[8] CUAA China University Ranking
2023103[9] CUAA China University Ranking

Nature Index

Nature Index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on monthly basis.

YearRankValuer
2022206[10] Nature Index - Academic Institutions - China
2023145[11] Nature Index - Academic Institutions - China

Center for World University Rankings (CWUR)

Center for World University Rankings (CWUR) is a leading consulting organization providing policy advice, strategic insights, and consulting services to governments and universities to improve educational and research outcomes.

Notes and References

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  2. Web site: Harbin Medical University in China - US News Best Global Universities. 28 January 2023.
  3. Web site: ShanghaiRanking's Best Chinese Universities Ranking. ShanghaiRanking Consultancy. 1 April 2023. 1 April 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20230401075139/https://www.shanghairanking.com/rankings/bcur/202321. dead.
  4. Web site: 2020年地方双一流大学排名:200余所高校上榜!. 知乎. 28 January 2023.
  5. Web site: 校友会2020中国大学排名(艺体语政医等类). 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. 28 January 2023.
  6. Web site: 2021校友会中国双非大学排名20强. 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. 28 January 2023.
  7. Web site: 2021校友会中国大学排名30强(副榜). 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. 28 January 2023.
  8. Web site: 2022校友会中国大学排名. 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. 28 January 2023.
  9. Web site: 2023校友会中国大学排名. 艾瑞深数据技术研究院. 22 July 2023.
  10. Web site: 2022 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index. Nature Index. 12 February 2023.
  11. Web site: 2023 tables: Institutions - academic - Annual tables - Nature Index. Nature Index. 22 July 2023.
  12. Web site: World University Rankings 2023 - Global 2000 List - CWUR. Center for World University Rankings. 16 June 2023.
  13. Web site: Harbin Medical University in China - US News Best Global Universities. U.S. News & World Report. 28 January 2023.