Nantong Medical College
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Nantong Medical College (College of Medicine, Nantong University NOW)
Nantong Medical College-(NMC, Simplified Chinese: 南通医学院; Now 'College of Medicine, Nantong University' Simplified Chinese: 南通大学医学院) is located at the end of Yangtze River, Nantong City, about 100 km north to the first industry city of Shanghai, P.R.China. NMC was founded in 1912 by Zhang Jian (1853-1926), and moved partly to Suzhou forming College of Medicine, Suzhou University in 1957. NMC is now one of the institutions of higher learning authorized by National Council of Education to confer Ph.D, Master's Degree of Science and M.D. Degrees. NMC ranks 108 in overall evaluation of China University in 1999.
Before merging into Nantong University in 2004, the college has more than 400 professors and associate professors. About 5,400 full-time students study in the college. NMC currently comprises 19 majors, such as the Faculty of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Preventive Medicine, the Faculty of Pediatrics, the Faculty of Basic Medical Sciences, the Faculty of Nautical Medicine, the Faculty of Radiation Diagnosis Medicine and the Faculty of professional Medical Training. NMC has 60 departments, 3 research institutes, 7 Affiliated Hospitals, about 70 Teaching (clinical training) hospitals and bases.
Nantong Medical College (or College of Medicine, Nantong University) edits following publications: Acta Academiae Medicinae Nantong, Journal of Communications Medicine, Journal of Tongyi Education and Research, Nantong Medical College News.
Student will study 2 years basic medicine with basic animal experiment researches, 2 years clinical medicine and 1 year clinical training (Clerkship). M.D. degrees will be issued to those who have finished the whole curriculum with high marks.
