Sanquan Medical College, founded in 2003, was identified as an independent college by the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China in December 2003. In February 2009, a cooperative education agreement was signed by Xinxiang Medical University and Zhongmei Healthcare Group, marking the beginning of a brand-new era of Sanquan.
Characterized by a unique educational pattern of “classical academy + school”, Sanquan now comprises of 15 schools (or departments), the School of Basic Medicine and the School of Nursing for example, 6 academies such as Renzhi and Xihe, and 30 administrative departments for teaching affairs, student affairs, etc. In our full-time undergraduate (including students upgrading from junior college to university) and junior college programs, 24 undergraduate majors and research directions, and 7 college majors have been established, covering medicine, management, science, engineering and literature. Sanquan now has 22,049 students on campus guided by 1318 full-time teachers, 31% of whom have associate professor or equivalent titles and 42% own master or higher degrees, as well as 260 experts from higher education institutions or enterprises.
Under the principles of "society-oriented development strategy, all-rounded quality education, talent-focused medical cultivation”, Sanquan is dedicated to becoming a regionally renowned and practice-focused university , while steadily following its mid-term development strategy of “transformation, quality and distinction". By giving full play to the critical opportunities emerged from the“Healthy China 2030”and reforms of national educational system, Sanquan has always been forging its characteristics and strengths, and established a major cluster with 5 medical services including modern medical equipment and technology, biomedicine, elderly care and rehabilitation, modern health, and medical management, with modern medical services at its core. Sanquan has always been proactively contributing talent and knowledge support to local economical and social progress. More than 42,000 students have graduated from Sanquan in the past 18 years, and their Alma Mater has grown into a higher education institution with prominent advantages and uniqueness.
After acquiring the qualification for employing foreign experts in 2015, Sanquan has successively introduced prof. Li Mingwen of UCD to establish the research team for assisted reproductive medicine; prof. Ying Qilong of USC to perform as the chief scientist of stem cell center for stem cell transformation and utilization researches; and prof. Choi Seog Soon and Moon Soo from Shingu College to carry out the talent training reform of oral medicine technology and application research of high-end oral products. Sanquan made its way into the World Directory of Medical Schools (WDMS) of WHO (Part 3) in 2018, and embarked on recruiting international students in the same year. The year 2020 then witnessed Sanquan's entry into the World Higher Education Database of the International Association of Universities (IAU) supported by the UNESCO (Part 4). Since getting qualification of accepting foreign students in 2018, 118 foreign students from Pakistan, India, Indonesia, Tanzania, Ghana and other countries along the Belt & Road have been enrolled. And in May 2019, our joint education project with Chatham University from the U.S was also approved. To summarize, with "introducing" and "going out" acting in parallel, our journey of international cooperation is now on its new stage.
Sanquan also enjoys an array of awards and honorary titles, such as a Model Institution for Quality Education in China, China's Advanced Independent College, China's Excellent Private Education Institution, Top 50 Independent College of China, Outstanding Private School of Henan, School with Wonderful Campus Culture of Henan, College with Distinguished Graduate Employment of Henan, and“2019-2021 Institution Preparing for Master's Degree Granting” of Henan Province, etc.
