North Sichuan Medical University (), previously North Sichuan Medical College (NSMC), is a
provincial
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medical school
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with campuses in
Shunqing District
Shunqing District () is a district of Nanchong city, Sichuan Province
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and
Gaoping District
Gaoping () is a district of the city of Nanchong, Sichuan province, China.
Gaoping has an area of and a population of 600,000.
Education
One campus of North Sichuan Medical University is in the district.Nanchong
Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of th ...
city,
Sichuan Province
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,
China
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.
North Sichuan Medical University is a government-run college of medicine in Sichuan Province and is in the second largest higher education center of
Sichuan Province
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
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Nanchong
Nanchong (; Sichuanese: lan2cong1) is a prefecture-level city in the northeast of Sichuan province, China, with an area of . At the 2020 census it was home to 5,607,565 people, of whom 1,936,534 lived in the built-up (or 'metro') area made of th ...
, a famous city, the origin of the Three Kingdoms Culture. Its two campuses occupy an area of over 823,693 square meters.
NSMC has its national and international enrollment; its campuses enroll nearly 10,000 students in undergraduate and postgraduate programs.
History
Founded in 1951 as North Sichuan School of Medicine (southwest region of China), the school was renamed North Sichuan Medical College in 1985.
Academic departments and schools
*School of Basic Medicine
*School of Clinical Medicine (the Affiliated Hospital of North Sichuan Medical College)
*School of Pharmacy
*School of Social Science
*School of Nursing
*School of Continuing Education
*School of Foreign Language and Culture
*Faculty of Medical Imaging
*Faculty of Anesthesiology
*Faculty of Stomatology
*Faculty of Forensic Medicine
*Faculty of Combined Chinese and Western Medicine
*Faculty of Optometry and Ophthalmology
Campus
North Sichuan Medical has two campuses. The west campus, also known as the old campus, is in downtown Nanchong City. The east campus, or the new campus, is in
Doctorate degrees
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. More than 300 have obtained the academic title of professor and associate professor. In addition, there are over 50 returned
scholars
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and
experts
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. Over 20 of them enjoy special
government
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subsidies or have been given positions of national leadership in their field.
Facilities
There are three national scientific research labs, three provincial key subjects, one key lab, one course, and 13 key courses on the provincial level.
Its library has over 930,000
books
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and has subscribed to more than 1,567
Chinese
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,
English
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and foreign periodicals in addition to over 17,000 electronic periodicals both in Chinese and foreign languages.
North Sichuan Medical College is famous for its Faculty of Medical Imaging, which is one of the first five medical imaging faculties in China. In 2005, North Sichuan Medical College began to enroll its first postgraduate students.
Achievements
In recent years, the college has undertaken 8 national research
projects
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, five projects from the
Ministry of Education
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Chinese Medicine Administration
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, and 238 provincial key and
scientific research
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projects. It has published 3,500 scientific research papers, 65
treatises
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, among which 54 papers have been embodied by SCI and ET.
The rate of employment among graduates remains above 95%, the highest among colleges in
Sichuan Province
Sichuan (; zh, c=, labels=no, ; zh, p=Sìchuān; alternatively romanized as Szechuan or Szechwan; formerly also referred to as "West China" or "Western China" by Protestant missions) is a province in Southwest China occupying most of the ...
.
See also
*
List of universities and colleges in Sichuan
The following is List of Universities and Colleges in Sichuan.
Public
*Sichuan University (四川大学, Chengdu) - Double First Class University Plan
*University of Electronic Science and Technology of China (电子科技大学, Chengdu) - Doubl ...