College and University mergers in China

Since the early 1990s, as a part of Chinas higher education reform, individual
universities and colleges began to merge with much larger universities into one
comprehensive educational entity. As a result, funding and resources for
higher education are much better used to enhance medical educational quality
and improve institutional efficiency, which have greatly promoted the progress
in areas of medical science and education in China. For international students
who come to study in China, these university mergers are good choices
because you can make friends with students majoring in diverse disciplines
and have more interesting optional courses.
The introduction to the merger situation of three renowned medical universities
in China is as follows:
Binzhou medical university.
Tongji Medical University was previously known as a german medical school
initiated by Doctor Bolon in Shanghai in 1907, which is then given a name
called the Medical College of National Tongji University in 1927. Moved to
Hankou in 1951, it was named as the Central-south Tongji Medical College
after the merger with the Medical College of Wuhan University. The Tongji
hospital and Hankou Union Hospital respectively established in 1900 and 1866
were affiliated to the Central-south Tongji Medical College which was given the
official name of Tongji Medical University in 1985. In January 1997, Tongji
Medical University was included in the list of the national key universities with
211 Project which was initiated by the Ministry of Education of China. Tongji
Medical College was the final official name of Tongji Medical University after
joining forces with Huazhon Unversity of Science and Technology.

West China University of Medical Sciences

Qingdao University.

As one of the top medical universities in China, the former West China
University of Medical Science provided courses in stomatology, biomedicine,
basic medicine and clinical medicine. The West Union University was jointly
established by missionary organizations from the America, Britain and Canada
in 1910. It was then merged with Sichuan University which was founded in
1896. The West China Center of Medical Science, SCU was then first
introduced to Chinese and the rest of the world and was then recognized as a
prestigious medical academy.
Norman Bethune Medical University
Norman Bethune University of Medical Science was named after Norman
Bethune, the famous Canadian thoracic surgeon who contributed his whole life
to this institution. Established in 1939, it gradually became an essential center
for professional medical training and education. It joined forces with Jilin
University in 2000 and then the well-known Norman Bethune College of
Medicine of Jilin University was introduced to the public for the first time. The
focus of the university was on the development of the medical education.