Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences is the first application-oriented undergraduate medical college named after "Health" in China. Guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, we deeply implement the spirit of the Party's 20th National Congress, and adhere to the important speech spirit and instructions for Shanghai's work made by General Secretary Xi Jinping. We firmly commit to the socialist direction of education, fulfill the fundamental task of moral cultivation, and bravely assume the responsibility of cultivating talents for the Party and the nation. We implement the strategic deployment of "two first trials" and comprehensive reform of higher education. With the strong leadership and support of the municipal Party committee, government, education and health work party committee, and education commission, we closely focus on the development of the medical and health care industry and the demand for high-level applied medical and health care talents. Based in Shanghai, radiating throughout the Yangtze River Delta, and serving the entire nation, we align with the strategies of "Building a Strong Education Nation" and "Healthy China." We adhere to the educational orientation of being "application-oriented, distinctive, and internationalized," and have refined the educational characteristics of "integration of medicine and engineering, integration of medical care and elderly care, and integration of medical care and health insurance." We offer 20 undergraduate majors including Clinical Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Medical Imaging Technology, Nursing, Rehabilitation Physical Therapy, Rehabilitation Engineering, Dental Medical Technology, Medical Laboratory Technology, Health Inspection and Quarantine, Food Hygiene and Nutrition, Health Service and Management, Pharmacy, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Biomedical Engineering, Clinical Engineering Technology, Data Science and Big Data Technology, Medical Product Management, Public Affairs Management, Intelligent Image Engineering, and Midwifery. Among these, majors such as Clinical Engineering Technology, Medical Product Management, and Intelligent Image Engineering are the first of their kind in China, while Health Service and Management, and Medical Imaging Technology are the first to be established in Shanghai. Majors like Midwifery, Pharmaceutical Analysis, Health Inspection and Quarantine, and Dental Medical Technology fill the gaps in Shanghai's education system. The university has made a positive contribution to filling the gap in the training of applied medical talents in Shanghai, bridging the gap in grassroots health talents, and meeting the diverse medical needs of the people.
Located in the International Medical Park of Zhangjiang Science City in Pudong, the university currently has over 11,000 full-time students. Drawing on a 73-year history of educational excellence, we uphold the legacy of being "the messenger of health promotion, the cradle of angels in white," and "the Huangpu Military Academy for medical device engineers." We implement the "Practice + Humanities" DNA double helix talent cultivation concept, establish an early clinical practice teaching system that highlights the characteristics of general medicine, and a "temperature and multi-dimensional" ability training system for modern medical imaging technology talents. We integrate value shaping, knowledge imparting, and ability training to create the "People's Health" curriculum series, promoting the resonance and deep integration of health education and ideological and political teaching. We aim to cultivate individuals with sound personality and psychology, capable of solving practical problems and possessing the potential to lead in their industries. The employment rate of our graduates consistently ranks among the top in the city's colleges and universities, with a high degree of professional alignment and stability, making them highly sought after by employers.
The university has been approved for 2 national first-class undergraduate professional construction points, 7 provincial first-class undergraduate professional construction points, 4 municipal applied undergraduate pilot majors, 1 municipal first-class undergraduate construction leading plan, and 2 municipal "new engineering" professional construction projects. It has been approved for 1 national-level virtual simulation experiment project, 8 Shanghai-level virtual simulation experiment projects, 2 Shanghai-level experimental teaching demonstration centers, and 96 education ministry-industry cooperation projects. Our faculty members have served as chief editors for 8 national planning textbooks, 25 ministerial planning textbooks, 5 Shanghai planning textbooks, and 85 characteristic textbooks. They have been honored with 1 national teaching material construction individual title, 2 second-class national teaching achievement awards, and 16 municipal teaching achievement awards. In 2023, the university passed the Ministry of Education's undergraduate teaching work assessment with high quality, and the nursing major passed the professional certification of the Ministry of Education.
The university currently employs over 800 faculty and staff members. It boasts a high-caliber teaching team that includes national key contact experts, outstanding young and middle-aged experts contributing to national health, experts entitled to the Special Government Allowance of the State Council, young top talents under the National Ten Thousand Talents Plan, leading talents of Shanghai, leading medical talents of Shanghai, national technical experts, Shanghai technical experts, Oriental Scholars, Pujiang Scholars, outstanding academic leaders of Shanghai, Shanghai rehabilitation craftsmen, as well as recipients of the Shanghai Magnolia Talent Program, the Shanghai Oriental Outstanding Talent Program, and other high-level teachers combining both full-time and part-time roles.
The university houses key provincial and ministerial-level platforms such as the Shanghai Key Laboratory of Molecular Imaging, the city's first 5G+ Smart Healthcare Innovation Laboratory, and the Shanghai Collaborative Innovation Center for Intelligent Medical Devices and Active Health. It has been approved for the establishment of the first international collaborative innovation center in China, focusing on the Balkan Peninsula as part of the "Belt and Road" initiative—the Yangtze River Delta-Balkan Peninsula Biomedical International Technology Transfer Collaborative Innovation Center, with overseas branches physically established in North Macedonia and other countries. The university actively builds a convergence platform for scientific and technological innovation and application transformation, responsible for national key research and development plan projects, major national scientific research instrument special projects, major research plan projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, and special local scientific and technological development projects led by central government guidance. The university's faculty has contracted for vertical and horizontal research funding totaling 159,755,700 yuan, been approved for 68 National Natural Science Foundation projects, published 2,371 high-level papers, obtained 509 patents, and won 5 provincial and ministerial-level scientific research awards, with 36 policy consultation reports adopted by national and ministerial-level leaders and departments.
The university has 4 directly affiliated hospitals: Chongming Hospital, Zhoupu Hospital, Central Hospital of Jiading District, and Lingang Campus of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital, as well as 2 affiliated hospitals: Fengxian District Central Hospital and Jinshan Branch of Shanghai Sixth People's Hospital. It also includes 30 affiliated community health service centers in nicheng, datuan, Jiading Town, malu, heqing, changbai, yanji, chuanbei, huaxin, jinze, meilong, xinhong, and zhuji. The university has established the "Shanghai University of Medicine and Health Sciences Community Health Service Center Health Alliance," covering 13 districts in Shanghai, with 72 member units. It collaborates with top-tier hospitals such as Ruijin Hospital, Zhongshan Hospital, and Xinhua Hospital, and maintains comprehensive and close cooperation with hundreds of high-level medical service institutions, medical device companies, and testing units. The university actively engages in international cooperation and exchange, conducting comprehensive, multi-perspective, and in-depth cooperation with 17 countries and regions, including France, Finland, Japan, and the UK, establishing a long-term and stable talent cultivation cooperation mechanism and actively expanding cooperation and exchange with universities and research institutions in countries along the "Belt and Road" initiative.
While continuously enhancing its strength, the university never forgets to serve society and expand its social influence. In recent years, it has hosted (undertaken) dozens of high-level academic conferences and skills competitions, such as the International Forum on "Digital Intelligence Empowering the High-Quality Integrated Development of 'Medicine, Health, Elderly Care, and Insurance'," the International Conference on Rehabilitation Innovation and Application, the Asian Nuclear Medicine Forum, the Strait Islands and Hong Kong-Macao Region Health Service and Management Talent Training Summit Forum, the China Urban Health Life Forum, the China Digital Medical Industry Forum, the Oriental Medical Education Forum, as well as the National Medical Imaging Skills Competition and the Shanghai International Nursing Skills Competition. The university has taken the lead in establishing the first Health Medicine Education PBL Alliance in China. It has been selected by the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security as the main training base for the Health and Social Care project of the World Skills Competition in China. Students representing Shanghai have won consecutive gold medals in the health and social care category at the National Skills Competition and a bronze medal at the Special Edition of the World Skills Competition in 2022, achieving a breakthrough for China in this category. The university conducts counterpart assistance projects in Hainan, Xinjiang, Tibet, Yunnan, Qinghai, and Henan, continuously improving the medical level and service capacity in remote areas and cultivating urgently needed talents for the medical industry.
In the new era, facing new challenges and opportunities, the university, guided by Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, upholds the original mission of "health for all" and actively integrates into the process of Chinese-style modernization. It promotes the formation, growth, and development of new quality productive forces, unswervingly striving towards the goal of becoming a high-level, comprehensive health, international, and application-oriented technical medical university. The university is committed to making new and greater contributions to achieving the second centenary goal and realizing the Chinese Dream of the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.
(Data as of March 2024)
