Promoting Virtue and Medical Excellence;
Upholding Learning and Seeking Truth
Introduction to the School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University
Established in 1999, the School of Medicine, Hangzhou City University (HZCU), is always guided by Xi Jinping's Thoughts on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era, motivated by the School motto of Promoting Virtue and Medical Excellence; Upholding Learning and Seeking Truth, yearning to become a first-class medical school with distinctive features, high quality, great vitality, and a high reputation at home and abroad.
The School offers three undergraduate programs: Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing, and houses three departments, one experimental teaching center, and two research institutes, with 123 faculty members and over 1400 undergraduate and postgraduate students. It has established several provincial and municipal research platforms, including the Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drugs Study for Neural Repair in Zhejiang Province, the Hangzhou Municipal Innovative Drugs and Technology Concept Verification Center for Major Brain Diseases of Hangzhou City University, the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science, etc. The School also possesses the first high-performance small animal Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) system in the province. With numerous research achievements, including several Second Prizes in the Zhejiang Provincial Science and Technology Award and the Science and Technology Award of China Association of Chinese Medicine, the Shool's overall educational quality and performance in various aspects have been improving evidently.
1. Talents: "Primary Resource" for Activating Development
The School prioritizes faculty development, recognizing them as the "primary resource" for academic excellence. It has cultivated a well-structured, vibrant and energetic teaching team led by the university’s first member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, "dual-appointed" academician, Professor Duan Shumin, and constituted by other distinguished members such as Professor Tan Jun, a national-level professor, and Professor Zhao Tiejun, a Provincial-level professor. Notably, this team includes other six provincial and ministerial-level experts, and one scholar recognized on the "Elsevier Highly Cited Researchers." An impressive 82.9% of the faculty hold doctoral degrees.
Duan Shumin’s appointment ceremony
2. Innovation: Resource Integration for Empowering Development
The School actively promotes the construction of major scientific research platforms. In November 2022, the Key Laboratory of Novel Targets and Drugs Study for Neural Repair was designated as a key laboratory of Zhejiang Province. June 2023 marked the opening of the new building for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science helmed by Dean Duan Shumin. Moreover, the Aging and Tumor Research Center, led by Professor Zhou Fangfang, the Distinguished Young Scholars of China recipient, has made significant contributions, publishing numerous articles in top international journals.
The School is dedicated to bringing out the full potential of scientific research. In 2022, 17 provincial and national-level research projects were approved, 76 high-quality academic papers were published, and its ESI highly cited papers comprised an impressive 77.8% of total publications in HZCU.
The new building for the Institute for Brain and Cognitive Science
officially launched
The first domestic regular issue revealing the relationship between external environmental stimuli and the occurrence of gliomas
This work reveals that stress granule abnormalities are the common pathogenic mechanism mediating different subtypes of CMT, providing an important theoretical basis for the development of broad-spectrum therapeutic drugs for multiple subtypes of CMT.
3. Reform: A Student-Centered Driving Force to Quality Education
The School offers three undergraduate programs: Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, and Nursing. The Pharmacy program holds distinction as a first-class program in Zhejiang Province and a "Thirteenth Five-Year Plan" key specialty program. The Nursing program is listed in the provincial plan for cultivating first-class disciplines. The School prioritizes the quality of student admission as the first step of excellent cultivation. For three consecutive years, the Clinical Medicine program has ranked a provincial 6th place in admissions. The Nursing program has consistently ranked within the top three in the province for the past three years, and the Pharmacy program has secured a top-seven position for three years running. The School has been implementing its “quality education initiative”: over the past five years, students have secured funding for 168 scientific research projects at various levels and achieved 48 awards in subject competitions at the provincial level and above. Furthermore, students have published 41 journal papers, with 25 included in the prestigious Science Citation Index (SCI). In the 18th Zhejiang Provincial "Challenge Cup" Undergraduate Students' Extracurricular Academic, Science and Technological Works Competition, the School achieved a historic breakthrough, securing one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals. It also maintains rigorous standards for graduation quality. In the past three years, the employment rate of its graduates has consistently ranked among the top tier within HZCU, and the further education (domestic) rate has held the top position for several years (23.66% in 2021, 39.56% in 2022, and 34.54% in 2023)
Students won one gold, one silver, and two bronze medals in the provincial “Challenge Cup” competition
Visiting Loma Linda University in the United States
4. Horizons: Embracing Cooperation Integrated with Urban Development
The School strategically adapts its programs to serve the critical developmental needs of Hangzhou City. It actively contributes to the "Shared Prosperity Demonstration Zone" initiative of Hangzhou, supports the municipal "Seven Excellent Enjoyments" public service project, and plays a vital role in the pilot construction of the "Tianji Project"- a comprehensive body for intelligent elderly care, scientific research, and education.
The School also fosters deep international collaborations of distinctive features, establishing partnerships with over ten universities in countries and regions like the United States, Canada, Germany, Japan, Hong Kong SAR, and so on. These collaborations facilitate faculty and student exchanges, including academic visits and research studies. Notably, the School co-founded the International Center for Health Science with Loma Linda University Health in the United States and Sir Run Run Shaw Hospital, affiliated with Zhejiang University School of Medicine, which opened up the nation's first International Dental Hygiene Class and Respiratory Therapy Class.
Opening ceremony of International Center for Health Science
The 1st Graduation ceremony of Dental Hygiene Class
