CHONGQING MEDICAL UNIVERSITY

Chongqing University of Medical Sciences (CQUMS), the former Chongqing Medical University, was founded in 1956. It was originally a branch of the Shanghai First Medical College. After 50 years of development, CQUMS has become a respected Key Medical University offering “Bachelor, Master, Doctor and Post-doctoral Degrees” to talented students.

The main campus of CQUMS occupies an area of 580,000 square meters. Buildings occupy an area of 780,000 square meters. The total assets of this university including teaching, scientific research and medical treatment amount to $79,566,416USD. This includes a library with more than 800,000 books. At the end of 2003, the university acquired, in “The City of Universities” of Chongqing, an area of 1,533,410 square meters (2,300 mu) to be used as the “Jingyun Second Campus”. Construction of the second campus has already been started.