collageThree years of supervised laboratory-based research (five years part-time) examined by thesis and viva voce. PhD students are typically science postgraduates, medical students combining clinical training with the PhD, or clinically qualified doctors undertaking scientific training.
Research is in the areas of clinical transplantation, organ preservation, transplant immunology, orthopaedic research, regenerative medicine, urology and vascular research and covers basic biology through to clinical therapies. Specific research training relevant to your own project is provided in the laboratory in which you work. Further training is provided within the Biomedical Campus and elsewhere in the University and includes postgraduate workshops on research techniques, research seminars, and postgraduate student education seminars on generic subjects such as intellectual property rights, statistics, bioinformatics, communication skills, writing a thesis or paper, entrepreneurship, etc.
Continuing
Those who wish to progress to a PhD after completing an MPhil will be required to satisfy their potential supervisor, Head of Department and the Faculty Degree Committee that they have the skills and ability to achieve a higher degree and have funding in place.
How to Become a Medical Doctor in China (6 Steps)
China trains a massive number of medical students every year, without them all becoming doctors afterwards. For various reasons, the medical profession has been less popular in recent years, but this doesn’t mean there is no continued demand for doctors across the country. In fact, foreign doctors can now find more roles than ever before.
Let’s have a look at what it takes to become a medical doctor in China and how foreign-trained doctors can also access the job market.
1. Chinese Language Requirements
If you want to study or work in China, you will need to speak Mandarin Chinese. This is essential for coming to pursue a medical degree or practicing as a doctor in China.
Moreover, living and working in China without knowledge of the language is only really possible as an international employee in big cities. For jobs in hospitals, interacting with people on a regular basis, Chinese fluency is essential.
2. If possible, study in Chinese medical schools
It is easier and quicker to qualify as a doctor in China if you study medicine in China. Chinese qualification has been made possible for foreign students since 2011, which means that you can enroll to study medicine there full time even if you are not a Chinese citizen.
Required tests and residency
Once you have graduated from medical school and finished your residency training, all medical students have to pass the National Medical Licensing Examination in order to begin work as doctors. If successful, you then obtain approval from the Ministry of Health to practice medicine as a profession – effectively, your medical license.
4. Being Licensed in China
In China, the medical licensing process is run by the Ministry of Health. You will have to pass the National Medical Licensing Examination, either at the end of your studies or as an incoming foreign trained doctor, to certify your ability to practice as a doctor. Once this is done, the Ministry of Health will allow you to work in Chinese hospitals.
5. Finding Jobs in China
In order to work as a non-Chinese medical doctor in China, you need to go through the recognition process for your degree, as well as obtain a visa issued by the Chinese Exit and Entry Administration Department. Effectively, the process for getting employment includes obtention of this work visa and more information on doing so can be found here.https://3c866e6d0220f38d82acb265b0cfd7d1.safeframe.googlesyndication.com/safeframe/1-0-38/html/container.html
In order to find work as a doctor in China, foreign trained doctors with their practicing certificate have to go through a prescriptive process which starts with an application for registration in the Health Administrative Department in charge of the hospital or medical center they are planning to work in. A number of documents must be submitted at this stage, including a work visa, the practicing certificate, as well as their valid foreign medical license.
Once registered successfully, doctors can start working in the hospital where employment was offered initially.
6. Procedure for foreign-trained doctors to become a doctor in China
If you have completed your medical studies outside of China and are already recognized as a doctor in your country of origin, you will need to obtain a “Foreign physician practicing certificate” to become a doctor in China. This is granted after a formal exam and certification, granted by the Ministry of Health. You’ll need to apply for, and take, the National Medical Licensing Examination just like any Chinese trained doctor would do.
English Medium Medical Program in China Universities
Medical education in China is normally a five-year Bachelor degree, plus one-year internship (or clinical rotation, during which students are actively involved in patient care) before the final degree is awarded. Clinical specialization usually involves a two- or three-year Master degree. Acceptance is based on the national entrance examination used for all universities. There are 45 colleges in China that teach in English and accept foreign medical students for 2016/2017 intake.
The degree conferred is known as Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS).
1. Wuhan University, Wuhan
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
School of Medicine of Wuhan University was founded in 1923. It includes 5 schools, 6 research centers and 3 A-Level Grade Ⅲ affiliated hospitals. The hospitals have 5080 beds, 15 million out-patients per year, 50,000 in-patients per year, 25,000 major operations and a full list of disciplines covering 100 clinical and auxiliary departments and 30 laboratories.
It has a competent staff with an impressive figure of 2500, 1125 of whom are professors, chief physicians, associate professors and deputy chief physicians. The school now has more than 5,100 students, including 3,000 undergraduates, 1,500 graduates and 600 foreign students. Through academic exchanges, the school maintains good relationships and collaborates with hospitals and institutes in America, Britain, France, Germany, Finland and Japan as well as Hong Kong and Taiwan.
Clinical Medicine (MBBS) is mainly to train the international students capacities of body structure and function in human beings, human behavior, and normal state of mind; Causes of common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases including mental illnesses, the impact of environmental, social, behavioral and psychological factors on the occurrence and development of diseases and the importance of disease prevention; Pathogenesis, clinical symptoms, diagnosis and preventive ways of common diseases and frequently-occurring diseases; Basic knowledge of pharmacology and clinical principles of rational drug use; Normal pregnancy and delivery, common obstetric emergency treatment, principles of prenatal and postnatal health care, and family planning; Health education and disease prevention, common diseases, disabilities, rehabilitation, hospice care, and general practice; Knowledge of clinical epidemiology; Basic patterns of development and spread of infectious diseases, and prevention of common infectious diseases.
Program Description
This program includes three parts:
(1) Chinese culture and natural science courses. In order to facilitate their learning and life in China and contact with patients in their medical practice, the Chinese language shall be a compulsory course during the whole undergraduate medical program in English for international students in China.
(2) Basic medical sciences, behavioral science, humanities, social science and medical ethics, preventive medicine and clinical medicine. It is also required to pass the examinations of these courses respectively.
(3) Internship. The institutions shall meticulously organize the reasonable arrangement of the internship. The duration of the internship is one year (at least 48 weeks).
WHU is recognized by WHO and the graduates of MBBS program are eligible to take the Medical Licensing Examinations held by the medical councils in different countries such as USMLE, PLAB, AMC, MCI, PMDC, HPCSA, SCHS etc.
Internship
The internship is arranged in the 6th year with duration of 1 year (at least 48 weeks). Students can choose to do the internship/training in China, their home country or any other country. During the internship period, the tuition fee is still RMB 40,000 per year.
Study Duration – 6 years (inclusive of 1 year internship)
Tuition Fee – RMB 40,000 per year
2. Huazhong University of Science and Technology, Wuhan
Clinical Medicine (MBBS)
Objectives:
This program aims at cultivating elementary doctors of high quality that guarantees that they can engage in medical practice with effectiveness and security after graduation under the guidance of senior doctors, and that they have proper foundation to go on study through their lives and make advanced study in a certain discipline field of the medical science.
Program description:
Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology was first founded in 1907. Before merging with HUST, it was a key medical university and directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Health. The comprehensive strength in teaching and research ranks the top of China’s medical university.
5 Tri-A hospitals totally with 5400 beds are attached to Tongji Medical College, among which both Tongji Affiliated Hospital and Union Affiliated Hospital are top-ranking hospitals in China. Complete medical departments, solid technological strength, advanced diagnostic equipment and rich clinical experience make them China’s standardized clinical teaching base, as well as the diagnostic and therapeutic center in central China. The MBBS program is composed of 6 years and goes through 5 periods:
| 1st year : | pre-medical study with English instruction |
| 2nd year : | theory study with English instruction |
| 3rd -4th year : | basic and clinical medicine study with bilingual instruction in English and Chinese |
| 5th year : | clinical medicine study and practice with Chinese instruction |
| 6th year : | internship in hospital with Chinese instruction |
Main Courses:
Human Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Medical Microbiology, Surgery, Internal Medicine, Medical Immunology, Biochemistry, Physiology, Pathology, Pathophysiology, Pharmacology
Note：With the purpose of enhancing the students’ language skills in communication with patients, and getting prepared for the clinical internship in China, the teaching instruction of MBBS program is arranged as above. Text books, exams and graduation thesis will all be in English.
Study Duration: 6 years (inclusive of 1 year internship)
Tuition fee: 40,000 RMB/year
3. Zhejiang University, Hangzhou
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)
Zhejiang University (ZJU) is a comprehensive national university founded in 1897. It is directly under the administration of MOE.The syllabus of MBBS program is set according to the MOE regulation and IIME requirements and students can choose to do the internship/training in China or their home country.The discipline of Clinical Medicine ranks the 7th in China with the Internal Medicine, Surgery, Paediatric and Oncology as key national disciplinesZJU is recognized by WHO and the graduates of MBBS program are eligible to take the Medical Licensing Examinations held by the medical councils in different countries such as USMLE, PLAB, AMC, MCI, PMDC, HPCSA, SCHS etc.
Program DescriptionThe main courses in pre-clinical medicine stage include Biochemistry, Anthroponomy, Embryology, Physiology, Pathogen Biology, Pathology, Pharmacology, pathophysiology and Diagnostics etc.According to the regulations of MOE, students also need to take Chinese Language and Chinese Culture courses to pass HSK (the Chinese Proficiency Test) grade 4 which is a requirement for the internship in China.ZJU is recognized by WHO and the graduates of MBBS program are eligible to take the Medical Licensing Examinations held by the medical councils in different countries such as MCI, PMDC, USMLE, HPCSA, SCHS etc.
Main CoursesThe program takes six years to complete.
| Year Courses | 1st Semester | 2nd Semester |
| 1st Academic Year (Pre-Med) | Calculus, General Chemistry , Introduction to Modern Biological Science, Physical Education, Chinese | Calculus, General Chemistry, General Physics, Organic Chemistry, Cell Biology,, Chinese, Physical Education |
| 2nd Academic Year (Pre-Clinic) | Anatomy I, Biochemistry (including Lab), Histology, embryology, Chinese | Anatomy II, Medical Genetics, Physiology, History of Medicine, Chinese and toxicology, |
| 3rd Academic Year (Pre-Clinic) | Pathology, Pathophysiology, Immunology, Medical Psychology, Chinese Traditional Medicine, Medical Chinese, Survey of China | Microbiology, Pharmacology, Preventive medicine, Introduction of Surgery, Diagnostics |
| 4th Academic Year (Pre-Clinic and Clinic) | Forensic medicine, Biomedical Informatics, Introduction to Family Medicine, Social medicine and ethics, Epidemiology, | Medicine I, Surgery I, Radiology, Obstetrics & Gynaecology. |
| 5th Academic Year (Clinic) | Medicine III, Surgery III, Paediatrics | Infectious diseases, Neurology, Psychiatry, Dermatology and Venereology, Ophthalmology, Otorhinolaryngology, Stomatology, Emergency medicine. |
| 6th Academic Year (Clinic) | Senior clerkship | Senior clerkship |
The students must score 190 in HSK (Hanyu Shuiping Kaoshi, the Chinese Proficiency Test) Level IV or above and pass HSKK (HSK Speaking Test) Intermediate Level before taking the senior clerkship in China.
InternshipThe internship is arranged in the final year. You can choose to do the internship/training in China or their home country.If you want to do internship in China, you need to pass the HSK 4 to contact with the patients and the tuition fee for this year is as normal RMB 42,800 per year. The internship will be carried out in the 6 Grade III Class A affiliated hospitals of Zhejiang University. These hospitals have a total capacity of over 7700 beds, 8780,000 emergency visits and 238,000 inpatients.
Study Duration – 6 years (inclusive of 1 year internship)Tuition Fee – RMB 42,800 per year
4. Sun Yat-sen University, Guangzhou
General Information about MBBS Course:
In 2006, for the first time, the Sun Yat-sen University enrolled a total of 101 foreign students majoring in clinical medicine with five-year full English teaching. They were mainly from India, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, etc. Their curriculum, training requirements and quality control were in line with those for Chinese students, but in full English teaching. Specifically, the university opened courses of Chinese, Medical Chinese etc. for MBBS students, which were taught by selected excellent teachers; besides, outstanding Chinese students from eight-year educational system were chosen as teaching assistants to help MBBS students to solve difficulties in study. After three and a half years of theoretical study, six months of clinical clerkship and one year of internship in one of the affiliated hospitals of Sun Yat-sen University, the majority was capable of completing all courses and passed the graduation exam. 81 students met the requirements set by “Detailed Regulations of Sun Yat-sen University on Bachelor’s Degrees” and got a degree.
In 2007, we enrolled 95 MBBS students. After five years of study, 91 students met the requirements and graduated with a degree.
The enrollment was suspended in 2008, 2009 and 2010. During this period, drawing lessons from the past, the university improved the teaching quality for MBBS students by exploring ways from different perspectives, including optimizing curriculum, building excellent courses, editing English-language teaching materials, training teachers, innovating teaching quality monitoring mechanism, establishing English training courses and so on. After three years’ efforts, we gradually established a quality assurance system for MBBS students and achieved some improvements.
In 2011, we re-enrolled MBBS students, but the five-year educational system had been changed into one of six years. Up to 2013, we had 119 clinical undergraduates in full English classes (including 2011 Batch and 2012 Batch), representing a proportion of 6.6 % among all international students in our university. Those students are mainly from India (43, 36%), Thailand (21, 18%), Mauritius (18, 15%), Malaysia (9, 8%), Nepal (9, 8%), and other countries (18, 15%).
Academic Strength & Environment
Zhongshan School of Medicine (ZSSOM) lies in the north campus of SYSU, which is in Guangzhou. It has a history of more than 140 years and Dr Sun Yat-sun once studied here. The School covers an area of more than 40,000 square meters, and holds the high-tech equipments which worth over one billion RMB. There are also a bound of provincial-level, university-level, college-level laboratories, such as Educational-Ministry’s Key Laboratory of the Prevention and Control of Tropical Diseases, and of the Stem Cells and Tissue Engineering.
Currently, it offers 15 full-time undergraduate specialties. The undergraduate courses cover 89 subjects, among which 4 have been entitled the honor of “National Elite Courses”, and the clinical medicine is the construction spot of national-level featured major. It is one of the earliest and most influential disciplines in SYSU, honored as “Elite Specialty of the Province”. It ranks the 4th among medical colleges in China.
In the school, there’s a faculty of 353, including 43 professors, 56 associate professors, 121 technicians, 49 doctoral supervisors and 98 master supervisors etc. Many of them are the overseas personnel in the national “A Thousand Talents Program”, Cheung Kong Scholars, the winners of National Outstanding Youth Fund, and the national well-reputed educators.
Program Description
The curriculum planning shall include the following three parts:
- Chinese culture and natural science courses, including an overview of China’s culture, Chinese language, Chinese medical terminology, mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, physical education, etc. It is required to pass the examinations of these courses respectively.
- Basic medical sciences, behavioral science, humanities, social science and medical ethics, preventive medicine and clinical medicine. It is also required to pass the examinations of these courses respectively.
- Internship. The institutions shall meticulously organize the reasonable arrangement of the internship. The duration of the internship is one year (at least 48 weeks).
In order to facilitate their learning and life in China and contact with patients in their medical practice, the Chinese language shall be a compulsory course during the whole undergraduate medical program in English for international students in China.
Main Courses:
Anatomy, Histology and Embryology, Physiology, Biochemistry, Pharmacology, Pathology, Preventive Medicine, Immunology, Diagnostics, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics And Gynecology, Pediatrics, Chinese Medicine, etc
Study Duration – 6 years (inclusive of 1 year internship)Tuition Fee – RMB 48,000 per year
5. Sichuan University, Chengdu
Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) Program
West China School of Medicine of Sichuan University offers MBBS Program taught in English to the overseas’ students. English is the language of instruction for the MBBS program and Chinese is a compulsory subject. The program comprised of two years of basic medical science, three years of clinical science training and one year of intership.
1.Recognition
West China school of Medicine of Sichuan University has been licensed by Ministry of Education,P.R China to enroll overseas students for the MBBS course in an English medium.There are only 52 medical schools out of 150 who have the authority to enroll international MBBS students in English medium in the list of year 2010. West China school of Medicine is listed in The World Directory of Medical Schools published by WHO.The International Medical Education Directory (IMED),Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECMFG) and the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research (FAIMER). Since it’s beginning in 2001 the university has enrolled nine batches of medical students from Nepal, India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Singapore, USA, Canada, Korea, Fiji, Cameroon etc into the MBBS courses. Six batches of international MBBS students have graduated from this medical school as of 2011. The MBBS graduates have excelled in the medical council licensing examinations in their respective countries including Nepalese Medical Council Licensing Examinations and Medical Council of India Screening Test Examinations while other graduates have passed USMLE licensing Examination to practice in USA and Australia Medical Council Licensing Examination to practice in Australia. Graduates of this medical school have been employed in reputed government or private hospitals in their home countries.
2. Duration of Course
Course duration is of 5 years + 1 year internship. The internship can either be done at the university hospitals or in one’s home country in a hospital recognized by the Ministry of Health of the concerned country. If the students want to do internship in the hospitals of the university they must pass HSK examination, as per regulations of MOE of China before the 6th year internship.
3.Medium of Teaching
West China School of Medicine, Sichuan University has been conducting MBBS courses in English medium since 2001.Most of the faculties have been educated in USA and Canada. Hence they can excellently teach the MBBS courses in English medium. Every year the university sends more than 200 faculties to USA and Canada for education and training. West China School of Medicine is one of the best and the largest in China. Over 50% of the doctors have experiences of work or being trained in foreign medical institutions.
Study Duration – 6 years (inclusive of 1 year internship)Tuition Fee – RMB 45,000 per year
General and Minimum Entry Requirements for Chinese Universities
- Have an educational background equal to high school graduation in China or have passed Grade Twelve (10+2)/F Sc./A Level / STPM / Matriculation or equivalent with average score of above B+ or over 70%.
- Applicants must be non-Chinese citizens with a valid passport, above the age of 18 and under the age of 30 and healthy.
- Come from the English-speaking countries, or IELTS score reaches 6.0 or TOEFL score reaches 530.
China Medical University, founded as 1st medical university by the state organization of commie. Some years ago before that, in 1932, the university was opened as two colleges, namely the medical college of red army and the health-protection college of red army for local farmers and employees, in the town of RuJin, JianXi region. The year of the foundation of the university and authorizing by the government to confer bachelor degrees, graduate levels and PhD diplomas is 1939.
China Medical University Scholarship
China Medical University is offering Scholarship Program for international students of the academic year 2019-2020. To get more information contact our consultants.
Master’s degrees are advanced academic programs that are available in many different study areas. Master programs can typically be completed in about two to three years. Depending on the school, they can even be earned online.
Surgery is typically a part of a medical program. Through classroom curriculum, labs, and hands-on training, students learn the basics and intricacies that go along with surgical skills. Areas of study may include obstetrics, orthopedics, emergency, heart, and brain.
The china higher education for a couple of years has been voted as one of the best among the Asian countries. This country has over 150 both public and private owned universities distribution on all provinces of china. The higher education is research based.
Request Information about Master Degrees in Surgery in China 2021/2022
MS (Master of Surgery)
Shihezi University280, ChinaEligibility criteria: Recognized MBBS degree. A representative list of MS specializations are: Obstetrics and gynecology Ophthalmology Neurosurgery Orthopedics ENT Traumatology and Surgery Anesthesia Tenure: As per MOE guidelines, PG medical education in broad specialities is a 3-year course.
collage