Tongji Medical College
medical school in Wuhan, Hubei, China
Tongji Medical College (TJMC, simplified Chinese: 同济医学院; traditional Chinese: 同濟醫學院; pinyin: Tóngjì Yīxúeyuàn) is the medical school of Huazhong University of Science and Technology, located in Wuhan, China. Formerly Tongji Medical University, it became part of the newly established HUST in 2000. More than 10 graduates of the medical school have been awarded memberships to the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering.
The Tongji Medical College is a medical school in China. It has one member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chen Xiaoping) and one member of the Chinese Academy of Engineering (Ma Ding), and one member of the US National Academy of Medicine (Frank B. Hu), more than 1,400 full and associate professors, over 1,800 lecturers, and over 7,500 staff. Doctorate degrees can be conferred in 31 subjects and specialties, with 116 tutors for doctoral candidates, and there are 51 subjects and specialties for which master's degrees can be granted with over 540 tutors for graduate students. Post-doctoral mobile stations have been set up in basic medicine, public health, preventive medicine and clinical medicine.
Historical evolution
Summary of history
Tongji Medical College was founded by Dr. Erich Paulun in 1907 as German Medical School in Shanghai. In 1927, it became the medical school of National Tongji University.
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The record creator and administrative purpose are central evidence, because official documentation reflects both action and institutional priorities. The source revision retrieved here is dated Jun 17, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7821095. VIAF identifies the subject as 250105071. The Library of Congress control number is n2012184515. Authority coordinates are 30.585, 114.255. 3 of 5 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2000, 1907 and 1927.
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