Weifang Medical University is a university based in Weifang city, Shandong province, China which offers courses in Medicine. China is one of the leaders in the medical field in the modern world. After doing MBBS in WHO recognized universities , overseas students can make their way to other countries of the world or can go back to their own countries for house job and practice as a doctor.
History
The university was created as Shandong province’s Changwei Medical School back in 1951. The university was then created as the Changwei Medical College which offered undergraduate courses. In 1987, the University was restructured and became Weifang Medical University.
In 1986, the university was approved by the Chinese Ministry of Education to offer master degree courses in medicine. In 2002, the Chinese Ministry of Education granted the Weifang Medical University permission to offer graduate medical degrees.
Schools and Departments:
WFMU comprises 15 schools and departments， such as School of Humanities and Social Science， School of Public Health & Management， Nursing School， Dentistry School， Clinical Medicine Department， Anesthesiology Department Medical Radiology Department and Preventive Medicine Department.
Academics
China is one of the leaders in the medical field in the modern world. After doing MBBS in WHO-recognized universities, overseas students can make their way to other countries of the world or can go back to their own countries for house job and practise as a doctor.
Weifang Medical University (WFMU) is a state-owned medical university. It is located in Weifang, the international Kite Capital, at the center of Shandong Peninsula. WFMU covers an area of more than 1.2 million square meters with 570,000 square meters construction area. Over the past decades, a comprehensive and multi-disciplinary pattern has been formed at WFMU which offered a number of disciplines including medical sciences, health management, general sciences, law and literature, with the medical sciences as the leading discipline. WFMU is authorized to grant bachelor and master degrees and recruit overseas students. WFMU is authorized to recruit PhD candidates in collaboration with Shandong University, Southern Medical University and Huazhong University of Science and Technology, and Shandong Medical Technology Educational Centre and the Basic-level Health Management Cadres Training Centre.
Program Introduction
The foreign students’ education program is conducted professionally in English so as to create a favorable learning atmosphere for foreign students with the course duration of 5 to 5.5 years including 1 to 1.5 years compulsory internship. The internship can be finished in Chinese hospitals or in hospitals of your own country. The program will be conducted on six months semester basis. Therefore the total academic semesters will be 10 to 11 including internship. The program will not only benefit the development of the higher medical education, but also improve the cultural exchange and co-operation among the medical universities around the globe. WFMU provides South Asian teachers especially from Pakistan, India and Nepal with MBBS and BDS program so as to provide high quality education, advanced teaching equipments, co-operative administration and innovative teaching methodology.
WFMU is recognized by WHO, UNESCO, CSC, CMC, and teaches the whole course with USMLE/PLAB based exam and preparation. The university will provide provisional certificate after the completion of 4 and 1/2 years course for students who want to do their internship in third country.
The university offers 16 undergraduate programs: Clinical medicine, Dentistry，Nursing，Anesthesiology，Medical Imaging Medical Laboratory， Preventive Medicine，Pharmacy，Public Health and Management labor and Social Security， Marketing， Law Applied Psychology， Health Statistics， Biological Technology English Language. There are over 14，000 full-time 3 and 5-year- program students.
The university offers 24 Postgraduate programs
Mainly enrolling postgraduates in Physiology， Immunology， Pharmacology， Anatomy, Embryology， Pathology and Pathophysiology，Pathogen Biology Biochemistry and Molecule Biology Internal Medicine，Surgery，Gynecology，Pediatrics， Ophthalmology， Otolaryngology， Dentistry， Neurology， Oncology， Traditional and Western Clinic Medicine，Emergency，Imaging and Nuclear Medicine， Nursing， Anesthesiology， Epidemiology and Health Statistics Social Medicine and Health Cause Management and Applied Psychology. There are over 740 postgraduate’s students.
Research centers
WFMU has always focused on teaching and constantly improved quality. There is a Medical Research Center, a Modern Educational Technology Center, a Computer Center and an Animal Supplying Center. More than 10,000 sets of scientific and research instruments such as confocal laser scanning microscope(Zeiss), flow cytometer (Beckman Coulter) and image processor, which are worthy of over RMB 110 million.
There is one experimental demonstration center at the provincial level. There are six comprehensive teaching laboratories at university level — Morphology, Function, Chemicoanalysis, Clinical Skills, Computer and Human Anatomy — and 16 specialty laboratories like Gene and Histology Engineering, Dentistry, and Nursing which are equipped with advanced Imaging PACS System, Digital Network Interactive Laboratory Teaching System, BL-410 Biological Function Experiment System, and so on.
The Experimental Center of Basic Medicine is an experimental and teaching demonstration center for universities in Shandong Province. Anatomy, Medical Ethics, Pathology, Physiology, Histology and Embryology, Pharmacology and Medical Imaging are assessed as the excellent subjects at provincial level. WFMU has undertaken 90 teaching and research projects at provincial level or above and has been awarded 24 prizes in teaching, experiment and research since 2004.
WFMU has one discipline which offers post for “Taishan Scholars”, seven key provincial academic disciplines and laboratories, including Anatomy and Histological Embryology, Surgery, Medical Radiology, Ophthalmology, Immunology, Applied Pharmacology, Dental medicine. There are 24 research institutes such as Pathology, Neurophysiology, Differentiation and Cycle of Stem Cell, Molecule Cell Biology, Urology Surgery, Orthopedics, Pediatrics, Anesthesiology, Community Medicine, Health Management, Epidemiology, Health Statistics and Health Economy.
Accommodation
WFMU has a very good hostel system with fully furnished rooms, quiet study environment and nice recreation centers. The international office provides a guarantee of accommodation placement services to all international students who receive an academic offer.
WFMU hostel can accommodate 1, 2 or 3 students in a room. All rooms are equipped with beds, mattress, pillows, blankets, desks, chairs, central heaters, water heaters, internet lines,cup_boards, telephones, Televisions and suitable lighting for both study and relaxation. There are common areas where students can play and mingle. WFMU places a very high emphasis on the security of students. The university and the residences have rules and regulations regarding security covering an entire range of issues, which are designed to protect every student in residence. This is for ensuring that everyone can live here happily and safely, for example, no noise after 11 pm and showing consideration for others.
The university is going to provide separate dining hall for overseas students with foreign South Asian cooks.
FEE Structure, Food & Accommodation
- Tuition Fee: 18,000 RMB/year (Approx Rs. 1,57,500/- INR)
- Accommodation Fee: 4500 RMB /year (Approx. Rs. 39,000/-INR)
- Insurance Fee: RMB 600/year (Approx Rs. 5000/- INR)
- Living Cost (Food & Other Expensive): RMB 8,000-10,000/year (Approx Rs.70,000-85,000/- INR)