About Gannan Medical University
Gannan Medical University (GMU) is located in Ganzhou, a famous historical and cultural city in Jiangxi province, China. Organized by the People's Government of Jiangxi Province, GMU is a full-time undergraduate medical university. Professor Han Jisheng, an academician of China Science Academy, works as the honorary president of GMU. GMU was founded as Ganxian Advanced Midwifery Vocational School of Jiangxi Province in 1941, and developed to Gannan Medical Technical School with college degree authorization in 1958. GMU was updated to an undergraduate university in 1988 and obtained the master's degree authorization in 2013. It has carried out Joint PhD programs with Hunan University of Chinese Medicine in integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine since 2008, and with Suzhou University and China Medical University in clinical medicine and basic medicine since 2019.
Centering on medical majors, GMU coordinates the development of Science, Engineering and Sociology. GMU has developed into a regional top medical university with distinctive characteristics and advantages. There are 30 undergraduate majors, including 2 national distinguished majors (clinical medicine science and anesthesiology), and 8 provincial first-rate majors (Clinical Medicine Science, Applied Psychology, Pharmacy, Nursing, Anesthesiology, Medical Imaging, Preventive Medicine, and Medical Imaging Technology). It also has 4 first-level masters’ disciplines (Clinical Medicine Science, Basic Medicine, Pharmacy and Medical Technology), 3 masters’ professional degrees disciplines (Clinical Medicine Science, Nursing and Public Health), 5 education training programs for outstanding doctors of the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Health, as well as more than 120 provincial education training programs for outstanding doctors and engineers, etc.
GMU has 135 practice teaching bases for various specialties, including 3 directly affiliated hospitals and 8 non-directly affiliated hospitals, to meet the needs of students of all majors for practice and internship. The First Affiliated Hospital of the university is the only provincial tertiary A-level hospital in Ganzhou City, ranking 127th in the performance assessment of 2398 tertiary public hospitals across the country organized by the National Health Commission in 2018. In 2019, the hospital ranked 153rd in the overall influence of Chinese hospitals, third in Jiangxi Province, and 4 majors ranked among the top 100 in the country. It has been listed in the top 100 hospitals in China for two consecutive years (released by Peking University). The DRGs (disease diagnosis related groups), the core indicators of hospital management and evaluation, rank the top three in the province. In 2013, the hospital was approved as a National Educational Practice Base for college students. In 2019, it was recognized as one of the first 74 National Clinical Teaching and Training Demonstration Centers by the Ministry of Education and the National Health Commission.
Entering the new era, we will continue to carry forward the tradition vision “Hard Struggle and Plain Living” & “Be Scientific and Practical”, uphold the motto “Build Morality & Decency” & “Pursue Truth & Innovation”, and strive to implement the Five Major Projects, namely, Strengthening GMU by Talents, Quality Promotion, Discipline Construction, Scientific and Technological Innovation and Campus Environment Improvement. We will also make unremitting efforts to cultivate talents with both morality and technology, and make GMU a satisfactory university for the people.
GMU Address: Huangjin Campus, College Town, Rongjiang District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi Province, China
Zhanggong Campus, No. 1 Yixueyuan Road, Zhanggong District, Ganzhou, 341000, Jiangxi Province, China
GMU Website: www.gmu.cn
