Sunday, July 13, 2008

Wenzhou Medical College

Brief Introduction

Wenzhou Medical College, designated as a key university in Zhejiang, is an institution of higher learning under the leadership of Zhejiang Provincial Government. Its history can be traced back to Zhejiang Specialized Medical School established in Hangzhou in 1912, named “Zhejiang Second Medical College” at that time. In August 1958, part of Zhejiang Medical College was moved from Hangzhou to Wenzhou and began recruiting 5-year fulltime program students, hence the name Wenzhou Medical College (WMC).

WMC now offers 3 doctorate programs, 27 master programs, 26 bachelor programs and 1 7-year program leading to Master’s degree, involving medicine, science, administration, laws, engineering, arts and education. The program of Ophthalmology & Optometry, a creation combines Ophthalmology and Optometry into one program, is the most well-known key discipline among all the 17 provincial key disciplines in WMC.
WMC now has a total enrollment of over 11900 undergraduates and more than 600 postgraduates. It has over 800 professional staff among which some excellent ones are honorably put on the list of Talent Incubation Project, a governmental program aimed at training high-level professional manpower to implement the national strategy for social and economic development in the new century.

WMC is composed of three campuses, located respectively at Chashan, Xueyuan Road and Xiushan , covering an area of about 73 ha. (=1,100 mu) with a floor space of 460,000㎡. The college library has a collection of about 760,000 books and 1,189 categories of magazines and periodicals in Chinese or in foreign languages. Academic journals published and issued by WMC are Journal of Wenzhou Medical College, Chinese Journal of Optometry & Ophthalmology, Journal of Hepatopancreatobilliary Surgery, Zhejiang Traumatic Surgery and Laboratory Medical Education, of which the former 3 have been selected into “core scientific journals of China”. WMC has 10 affiliated hospitals with a total of nearly 7,000 beds.
Active in international cooperation in recent years, WMC has established cooperative relationships with over 20 colleges, universities or academic institutions abroad such as Sino-US joint OD program, staff/student exchange program, etc. WMC began accepting overseas students since 1999.

At present, all the faculty and staff are striving to attain the goal of becoming a high quality university that will enjoy high prestige for its own features and excellent academic performance, focused on the undergraduate education while actively developing graduate studies, with medical programs as its core harmonized by multi-disciplinary areas adapting to regional needs.

Why study in WMC:

1. Recognized by WHO, CMC & CSC.

2. Authorized to enroll international students and began English medium program since 1999

3. Fully English Medium classes.

4. Syllabus entirely based on International standard.

5. Government owned , top 10 in china and highly reputed worldwide.

6. 10 In-house hospitals.

7. Internship in student's home country or China

8. Multinational students body with American, Canada , Australian, Japanese, Korean ,South Asian & EU students.

9. Located in the famous international city-Wenzhou, which is one of top 10 most vigor cities in china

10. Scholarship is also available.

11. Eligible to appear USMLE, PLAB AND INIDA SCREENING TEST, etc.

12. BDS Program cooperate with Dental College of LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY, USA

International Cooperation:

  1. New England College of Optometry(USA)
  2. University of Texas(USA)
  3. University of Washingtom(USA)
  4. Pacific American University(USA)
  5. University of Houston(USA)
  6. University of California, Berkeley(USA)
  7. Mount Sinai School of Medicine(USA)
  8. LOMA LINDA UNIVERSITY(USA)
  9. University of Queensland(Australia)
  10. Deakin University (Australia)
  11. University of New South Wales(Australia)
  12. University of Ottawa( Canada)
  13. Canadian Orthopedic Foundation(Canada)
  14. University of Manchester(UK)
  15. MIYAZAKI Medical University(Japan)
  16. Aravind Eye Care System( India)

FEE STRUCTURE FOR MBBS PROGRAM 2008-2009

Following fee to be paid per academic year in Chinese Yuans (Rmb)

1. Application 300

2. Registration Fees 400

3. Tuition Fees for the Medical Program 32,000

4. Hostel fee 4,000

5. Insurance 600

6. Resident Permit Fees 1,000

7. Book fee 1,600

8. Health reconfirm Fees 400

For admission contact:

SMART CONSULTANTS
(Regd. No. 91/2006)

Opp: Dr.V.Jagadish Prasad Hospital, D.No. 15-1-10
Main Bazar, Ramavaram, Kothagudem, Khammam District,
Andhra Pradesh, India, Pincode - 507 118.

Mobile : 9441835951,

e-mail: smartdoctors@gmail.com

Honorary Chairman : Ramesh Kumar Makkad

Secretary : Kranthi Kumar – 9440468639.