Brief Introduction to This College

             This College is located in the Jinshan economic and technological development district of Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR). Founded in 1956 as one of the state’s key construction projects--the First “Five Years” Plan, sited by the Vice Premier Wulanfu, This College was the first medical institute of higher education built by the central government in an area inhabited by an ethnic minority. It is still the only senior medical institute located in the IMAR. In the beginning, the college was directly under the administration of the Ministry of Health but since 1958 it has been administrated by IMAR. Supported by experts and professors from Peking Medical University, China Medical University, and other medical universities throughout China, This College has trained over 20,000 medical elite over the past 50 years. These graduates of This College contribute to economic development, progress of society, technological innovation and prosperity of Chinese and ethnic minorities in the IMAR. And This College is already becoming a provincial senior medical institute with unique characteristics.

             With an occupied land area of 1,070,200 square meters for the two campuses, This College has a structure area of 320,300 square meters, including 172,400 square meters for teaching and administration. Apparatus and equipment for teaching and researching is valued at 57,444,200 RMB. The library contains 1,056,800 items of medical literature. The library at This College is a center of medical information and provides a reference-data exchange within the national network. It contains a large scale electronic reading room.

             The college is composed of 12 teaching-departments: College of Clinical Medicine, College of Basic Medicine, College of Pharmacology, College of Traditional Chinese Medicine, College of Traditional Mongolian Medicine, College of Public Health Management, College of Public Education, College of Nursing, College of Applied Medical Techniques, College of Graduates, Adults Training Center, and the library. There are two adult training schools and one school of health techniques. There are 31 specialties for undergraduate and three-year programs. In addition, there are 6 leading and 4 key disciplines on clinical medicine, 1 key laboratory, 5 key laboratories on basic and preventive medicine, 5 exemplary centers for experimental teaching of the IMAR. There are 132 student communities and clubs. The school organizes rich campus cultural activities,and achieves great achievement in science and technology field. With a Multi-profession, multi-level multi-form educating structure, the college puts a high premium on undergraduate,as well as that of postgraduate students, junior college students, international students.

             Since 1978, the school started to recruit graduates. In 1981, the college obtained master's degree authorization. At present, 21 specialities and disciplines are authorized to confer master's degree, and to confer a master's degree on coequal knowledge personnel. In 2003 This College became training pilot unit of the master’s degree of clinical medicine. Together with the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and the Capital University of Medical Sciences, the school develops combined training in five professional doctoral disciplines. The school has 10315 full-time college undergraduates, 760 full-time teachers, 374 master tutors, 5 part-time doctorate tutors, of whom 57 Experts enjoy special government allowances, 23 young and middle-aged experts are named “Yong and Middle-aged Experts who have made outstanding contributions to the Autonomous Region or the State” , 25 first or second level talents of “National Key Talent Project", "New Century Hundred, Thousand, Ten-thousand Talent Project”, 321 higher education "111 Talent Project" of the Autonomous Region.

             Mongolian Medicine Research Institute, Mongolian Medical Museum Cardiovascular Research Institute, Osteology Research Institute of Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region are in This College. Since 2004, the school has undertaken 386 research projects of various levels (19 sponsored by State Natural Science Fund), 27 technological progress awards of national, ministerial or provincial level, and 22 teaching achievements. “The disease monitoring and control “ is one of journal series of the Chinese preventive medicine association, “Journal of Inner Mongolia” was named "Chinese colleges characteristic periodicals" by Science Division of Education Administration, and was named as "the source of scientific papers statistical journal" by Scientific and Technological Information Research Institute of China.

             The college has the first affiliated hospital, the second affiliated hospital and the Affiliated People’s Hospital which have advanced technics and equipments and totally possess 2600 beds. The Baotou Steel Workers’ Hospital, the First Machinery Factory’s Hospital are the third and fourth affiliated hospitals to the college. The college has 24 clinical teaching hospitals and 31 practical teaching bases both within and outside Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region. Among them, the First Affiliated Hospital has the new inpatient building covering an area of 66000m 2, the Second Affiliated Hospital has the new clinical comprehensive building covering an area of 17000m 2and the main part of the new medical technology building of the People’s Affiliated Hospital which covers an area of 77000m 2 has been topped off. There are enough clinical teaching bases and superior teaching environment and medical conditions in This College.

             The College improves a more open teaching mode, and enhances the international communication among universities in different countries. This College has established long-term cooperation relations with the Beijing University, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Chinese Medicine Academy of Military Medical University, and Capital Medical University. This College promotes multi-level academic exchanges and co operations with colleges and scientific research units which are located in Japan, the United States, Britain, Australia, and Russia, Mongolia and other countries and regions.

             In recent years, the national leaders, Bu he, Wuyunqimuge, leaders of Ministry of Education, ZhouYuanqing, leaders of autonomous region, such as YangJing, Bateer, Wu lan repeatedly carried out inspection and guidance. They affirmed achievements the school acquired in reform, development and construction. Leaders of countries and regions express their keen desire on their inscriptions on school, comrade Liu yunshan captioned＂cultivate angels in white, service people of nationalities ", Buhe comrade captioned "development of medical education, improvement of people's health level" Comrade WuYunJiMuGe captioned " pursue aspiration with the moral and medical education, utilize their Chinese and west medicine to help people", comrade LianJi captioned "fifty years’ hard working, vigorous efforts will continue its renewal".