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Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine

Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine was formally approved under the“211 Project” as a state key university for full development in November, 1997. In July, 2005, Shanghai Jiaotong University and Shanghai Second Medical University merged to form the new Shanghai Jiaotong University,  jointly supported by Shanghai Municipal Government and the Ministry of Education. In November, 2010, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine became one of the first ten universities jointly supported by the Ministry of Health and the Ministry of Education. The rich historic background of over one hundred years and heroic journey of more than 50 years have eventually brought about a research-oriented medical school with all-round development in medical education,clinical services, and scientific research, as well as other social services, a medical school with outstanding features and distinct advantages, a strong faculty, and remarkable academic achievements.In the new round of evaluating disciplines in degree and graduate programs organized by the Ministry of Education in 2009, clinical medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine ranked first nationally, and the comprehensive strength of various disciplines belonged to the first echelon of the nation's medical schools.
Education is a matter of fundamental importance for generations to come, and good teachers constitute the base of first-class education. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has always attached great importance to the building of an excellent and well-qualified faculty, and attracted talents of various kinds and created conditions for them to stay on by such flexible arrangements as allowing experts and scholars to hold positions both in Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine and other institutions, work in Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine for a specified period of time of a year, lead or conduct Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine research projects through "Remote control", pursue targets of their own choice while maintaining a close tie with Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, etc. In recent years, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has continuously pushed forward the strategy of en chancing the strength of the school through the building of a strong faculty, focused on the national strategy of attracting genuine talents and improving academic environment, intensified the introduction of outstanding domestic and overseas talents, and made further efforts to gather outstanding talents at different levels. At present, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine boasts a faculty composed of academicians, experts listed in "the Training Program of A Thousand Prospective Leaders" established by the Central Organization Department, chief scientists heading national-level “973 Projects”, forum professors under “Changjiang Scholar Program" sponsored by the Ministry of Education, and winners of grants from the National Outstanding Youth Foundation.
In the more than 50 years since its founding, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has greatly expanded its scale, from the two undergraduate programs and thirty three years vocational programs in its early days to the current 8-year program of clinical medicine(courses taught in French), 8-year program of clinical medicine,and Seven years program of oral medicine, as well as 7 undergraduate programs. At the same time, by following the basic principle of putting students at the core of all our work, and constantly revising the teaching concepts and creating new teaching models,the quality of teaching has also improved greatly, producing fruitful achievements. Over the years, in the practice of medical education, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has formed its tradition and style characterized by emphasizing the close combination of basic knowledge and clinical practice so as to achieve the goal of cultivating students with all-round development and creative ability. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has under its administration 7 affiliated general hospitals, 5 affiliated special hospitals, and sixteen teaching centers for clinical practice,with the total number of officially approved beds reaching 13,249,constituting one of the richest resources for clinical training among all medical schools in the country.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine offers an excellent environment for academic development and enjoys superiority in many discipline sand areas. Currently Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has 16 state key disciplines and promotional disciplines, 3 state key laboratories and engineering centers, 6 key laboratories and engineering centers under the Ministry of Education, 4 key laboratories under the Ministry of Public Health, 3 WHO cooperative centers, and a number of key disciplines under the “211 Project.” Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has produced remarkable results in scientific research and has all along been a leader in the number of research programs received, the amount of funding granted, and the number of key projects undertaken among medical schools at home. In the period of the 11th Five-Year Plan alone,Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine received 17 national awards, including State Second-class Awards of Natural Science, State Second-class Awards for Science and Technology Advancement, and State Second-class Awards for Technological Inventions. As the greatest honor for Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine, the former President of SSMU and Academician Wang Zhen-yi won the State Supreme Science and Technology Award for the year of 2010. Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has been active in carrying out international academic exchanges.In recent years, guided by the strategy of building an internationalized school, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has accelerated the pace of actively broadening exchange scope and expanding cooperative fields, showing ever greater influence internationally.
Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine has a beautiful campus full of vigor and vitality, the newly-constructed well-equipped teaching center and research building with as well as the elegant French-style buildings of the former Aurora University interspersing the luxuriant surroundings. A new 65.6-acre campus in Minhang District is also under planning. Following the fine tradition of exploring medical sciences to the limits through diligence and dedication, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine will, as always, exert its utmost for the development of the nation's medical education.