History

With three campuses at Lin'an, Huanglong,Binjiang, one scientific innovation center at Qingshanhu, Hangzhou Medical College covers an area of about 237 acres with a gross building area of 403,600 square meters. It possesses teaching and scientific research instruments valued at CNY412 million as well as more than 13 domestic and foreign authoritative databases.The college has one directly affiliated hospital (Zhejiang Provincial People's Hospital), 14 indirectly affiliated hospitals,and over 200 off-campus practical teaching and training bases.

Faculty

Hangzhou Medical College has more than 1,160 faculty and staff members. The college has: 30 national-level talent recognitions,including Distinguished Professors of the Ministry of Education’s “Changjiang Scholars Program”, leading talents in scientific and technological innovation under the National “Ten Thousand Talents Program”, recipients of the National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars, National Distinguished Physicians, and experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council; 226 provincial-level talent recognitions, including Provincial Teaching Masters and distinguished talents under the Provincial “Ten Thousand Talents Program”; 52 national-level recognitions for honors such as the National May 1st Labor Medal and National Advanced Worker in the Health System.Leveraging key disciplines and research platforms, the college has established multiple high-level innovation teams, consolidating the talent foundation for disciplinary development and scientific research.

Academic Displines

Hangzhou Medical College aims to strengthen the construction of application-oriented disciplines and specialties with medicine as the main focus,while also developing the integration of multiple disciplines such as science and engineering.The college has a total full-time enrollment of 13,488, including junior college students,undergraduates, and postgraduate students.The college has: 1 provincial first-class discipline(Category A):Public Health &Preventive Medicine; 4 provincial first-class disciplines (Category B):Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine,Pharmacy, and Medical Technology; 6 disciplines—Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology & Toxicology, Biology & Biochemistry, Molecular Biology & Genetics, Immunology and Social Sciences, General—ranked among the global top 1 % in ESI, with Clinical Medicine at the 2.294‰; 4 national key clinical specialties:Oncology,General Surgery, Department of Urology, and Clinical Nursing; 3 primary-discipline master’s degree programs including Basic Medicine,Public Health & Preventive Medicine,and Pharmacy; 4 professional master’s degree programs including Public Health,Pharmacy, Medical Technology and Biomedicine; 22 undergraduate programs, including: 3 national first-class undergraduate academic discipline construction projects; 4 provincial first-class undergraduate academic discipline construction projects; 5 national first-class courses (Pharmacy Management, Clinical Molecular Biology Laboratory Technology, Medicinal Chemistry, Rehabilitation Functional Assessment, Nursing Fundamentals); 123 provincial first-class courses.

Talent Cultivation

Throughout the long history of Hangzhou Medical College, numerous outstanding alumni who are recognized for their moral integrity and professional excellence have surfaced.These alumni include Academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, Star of Self-Improvement Among Chinese College Students, National Excellent Directors of Township Health Center,and National May 1st Labor Medalists,among others.These achievements can be contributed to the college's vibrant campus culture, state-of-art teaching facilities, and extensive cooperation and exchange programs, which have all worked together to foster a favorable environment for students'growth.The one-year-out employment rate for Hangzhou Medical College graduates has ranked among top six in Zhejiang province for six consecutive years.

Research and Social Service

Hangzhou Medical College hosts: 1 high-level biosafety laboratory; 6 provincial-level key laboratories:Key Laboratory of Molecular Diagnosis and Individualized Therapy for Tumors; Key Laboratory of Precision Medicine for Head and Neck Tumors; Key Laboratory of Precision Ophthalmic Care; Key Laboratory of High-Level Biosafety and Biomedical Translation; Key Laboratory of Drug Discovery and Safety Evaluation for Inflammatory Chronic Diseases; Key Laboratory of Digital & Intelligent Rehabilitation Equipment for Neurological Disorders. 6 provincial-level engineering research laboratories:Zhejiang Engineering Laboratory for Gastrointestinal Tumo Diagnosis, Therapy & Drug Development; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for New Vaccines; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Key Technologies of inspection and diagnosis; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Digital & Intelligent Rehabilitation Equipment; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for Digital Medical Devices for Brain Cognition and Diseases; Zhejiang Engineering Research Center for New Drug Development against Inflammatory Chronic Diseases; 1 provincial concept validation center, which has been selected for construction layout (Infectious Disease Vaccine and Drug Concept Validation Center); 1 postdoctoral research station; multiple sci-tech service platforms, including GLP-certified institutions by the National Medical Products Administration, the National Attenuated Live Hepatitis A Vaccine Strain Preservation Center, and the Zhejiang Laboratory Animal Center. Since 2018, Hangzhou Medical College has obtained 713 research projects at provincial, ministerial, and national levels,including 260 national research projects.Other achievements include: 21 awards for projects at provincial, ministerial, and national levels; 1,223 patents authorized by the national administration; Over 500 research papers published in renowned domestic and international journals each year; Academic·journals publicly published and distributed, such as International Journal of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, Zhejiang Practical Medicine,and Zhejiang Medical Education.

Intermational Cooperation and Exchange

Adhering to open education, the college has established partnerships with 31 universities, including the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Southern Connecticut State University, University of South Wales, and University of Coimbra, to conduct joint student training programs, promote international student exchanges, and broaden global perspectives. Since 2024, the college has begun enrolling international students for Master of Basic Medicine programs. Faculty training programs have been established with Belarusian State University, Chiang Mai University, and other institutions to facilitate overseas professional development platforms for teachers. International professors and experts from the UK, Portugal, Romania, Japan, and the Netherlands have been recruited to advance faculty internationalization. The college hosts international academic conferences such as the “China-Romania Biomedical Large-scale Online Research Symposium” and the “2025 Health Science International Symposium”. International joint research organizations have been established, including the Zhejiang-Africa Health Research Institute, Zhejiang-Netherlands International Joint Laboratory for Advanced Biomaterials Innovation, R&D, and Clinical Translation in Oral Tissue Regeneration, Zhejiang-Thailand Joint Laboratory for Cardiovascular Disease Research, and Zhejiang-Finland Joint Laboratory for Rehabilitation Exoskeleton Robots, promoting international academic cooperation and exchange. At present,the college has become a member of international platforms such as “Belt and Road” International Medical Education Alliance(BRIMEA),China Education Association for International Exchange, China-CEEC Higher Education Institutions Consortium, China Association of Higher Education Branch of the Importation of Intelligence from Abroad, and the “China-Arab Universities 10+10 Cooperation Plan”, marking a significant improvement in its international education standards.

Objectives of Development

This new era is endowed with new missions,and the new journey calls for new responsibilities. Hangzhou Medical College will always adhere to the original aspiration of education and devotes itself to the training of students'character and virtue.Based in Zhejiang and facing the whole country, the college serves the grassroots and the frontline of health.With the goal of cultivating high-caliber applied medical talents with solid foundation,outstanding practical ability,strong innovative ability,national consciousness,open vision,humanistic care concepts,and truth-seeking spirit,the university aims to build a high-level applied medical university that meets the needs of local economic and social development,synergizes medical education and research,integrates industry,academia,and research,and is distinctive and domestically renowned. The college endeavors to run a good higher medical education to the satisfaction of the people as well as to contribute to the implementation of Zhejiang province's "Double Eight Strategy”(a strategy that identifies eight strengths that Zhejiang possesses as well as eight measures that could be used to further the advantages of these strengths)and the establishment of the“Key Window” (President Xi's goal for Zhejiang to become the window for demonstrating the superiority of the system of socialism with Chinese characteristics).Hangzhou Medical College strives to devote itself to the full advancement of the common prosperity of socialism with Chinese characteristics and to the modernization of the province.