North Sichuan Medical College is a provincial medical school located in Nanchong city, Sichuan Province, China. Founded in 1951 as North Sichuan School of Medicine in southwest region of China, the school was renamed North Sichuan Medical College in 1985. North Sichuan Medical College (NSMC) is a government-run college of medicine in Sichuan Province and is located in the second largest higher education center of Sichuan Province, — Nanchong, a famous city, the origin of the Three Kingdoms Culture.
NSMC has its national and international enrollment; its two campuses enroll nearly 15,000 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 center of higher medical education, disease prevention, and rheumatism treatment since its establishment in 1951. Its two campuses occupy an area of over 823,693 square meters. The west campus, also known as the old campus, is located in the downtown Nanchong City, and the east campus, or the new campus, is located in Gaoping District of Nanchong City.
Affiliated Hospital
The Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College is one of the best hospitals in northeast Sichuan. This hospital is the only hospital under direct jurisdiction of North Sichuan Medical College This hospital has an affiliated Nursing School, which is a technical secondary school. Nanchong Central Hospital became the Affiliated Nanchong Central Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College and the Second Clinical College of North Sichuan Medical College in the year 2005.
Other affiliated hospitals are
- The Affiliated Bazhong Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College.
- The Affiliated Suining Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College.
- The Affiliated Mianyang 404 Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College.
- The Affiliated Guang’an Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College.
Academic Program
There are 12 undergraduate and graduate specialties in NSMU: Clinical medicine (M.B.B.S), imaging medicine, laboratory medicine, stomatology, anesthesiology, and 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 center, 3 preclinical experimental centers, 1 clinical medicine skill center, 2 clinical medicine skill center, 2 clinical hospitals, 9 affiliated hospitals, two clinical medicine schools, and 39 teaching hospitals.
NSMC has over 400 members of the faculty holding Master’s or Doctorate degrees. More than 300 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. There are 3 national scientific research labs, 3 provincial key subjects, 1 key lab, 1 top quality course and 13 key courses on the provincial level.
Its library has over 930,000 books and has subscribed to more than 1,567 Chinese, English and foreign periodicals in addition to over 17,000 electronic periodicals both in Chinese and foreign languages. The college has first-class clinical training center; an advanced multi-media courseware making system, a 1000m-campus network of leading technology. All classrooms are equipped with multi-media teaching facilities. North Sichuan Medical College is famous for its Faculty of Medical Imaging, which is one of the first 5 medical imaging faculties in China. In 2005, North Sichuan Medical College began to enroll its first postgraduate students.
Fee Structures
General Medicine – 25000 RMB/Year
Hostel – 5200 RMB/Year