guangzhou medical university guangzhou medical university guangzhou medical university (gmu, chinese: 广州医科大学), formerly known as guangzhou medical college, is a chinese medical school located in guangzhou, china. guangzhou medical university广州医科大学 (chinese)motto诚信务实，自强不息，敢为人先，追求卓越motto in englishintegrity and pragmatism, self-improvement, dare to be the first, pursuit of excellencetypepublicestablished1958 (1958)undergraduates10,000postgraduates1,300locationguangzhou, guangdong, china46.7865°n 130.3635°e﻿ / 46.7865; 130.3635campus4 campuses - dongfeng road west, longdong, haizhu and jianggaoaffiliationsasrmuguangdong-hong kong-macao university alliance (ghmua)websitewww.gzhmu.edu.cnchinese namesimplified chinese广州医科大学traditional chinese廣州醫科大學transcriptionsstandard mandarinhanyu pinyinguǎngzhōu yīkē dàxué history it was established in 1958. the internship program began in 2013. “nan yue outstanding graduate student” campaign started in 1993 in guangdong province. motto gmu's motto, chosen from chinese is诚信务实，自强不息，敢为人先，追求卓越. the motto is literally translated as “pragmatic integrity, self-discipline, always to be the first and pursuit of excellence”, and has been in use since the 1950s. academics students approximately 1,500 undergraduates and 550 postgraduates (master and doctors) enroll from mainland china, hong kong and macau each year. 23,300 students study full-time, including 10,000 undergraduates, 1,300 graduate students, and 12,000 continuing education students. international students: 218 full-time undergraduates are studying mbbs in english medium, mostly from india and nepal. rest are from tanzania, bangladesh, pakistan, australia, france, ghana, cameroon, comoros, united states, south africa, saint vincent, sudan, uganda, singapore, united kingdom, zambia, sierra leone, equatorial guinea, mozambique, and other 21 countries campus guangzhou medical university has two campuses, panyu and yuexiu, covering an area of 372,300 square meters and a construction area of 481,900 square meters. there are 22 colleges, seven directly affiliated hospitals and 11 non-directly affiliated hospitals, and 28 research institutions. guangzhou medical university has 20 research institutes: guangzhou institute of respiratory diseases the sino-french hoffmann institute guangzhou institute of snake venom institute of neuroscience institute for chemical carcinogenesis cancer research institute institute of humanities and social sciences institute of integrated chinese and western medicine guangzhou institute of obstetrics and gynecology guangzhou institute of cardiovascular disease guangzhou institute of orthopedics urology institute and institute of higher education academic programs specialties include clinical medicine, medical examination, medical imaging, nursing, anesthesiology, stomatology, preventive medicine, pharmacy, therapeutic recreation, public service administration (psa), biomedical engineering, psychotechnics, biotechnology, chinese and western integrative medicine, law, statistics, information management and systems, marketing management and food quality inspection. internship physician internships run 48 weeks. students apply for posts in the 8 affiliated hospitals of guangzhou medical university. before the internship, students must pass to hsk 3 (han yu shui ping kao shi). mbbs degree the university offers bachelor of medicine and bachelor of surgery degrees. undergraduates who meet degree requirements receive a graduation certificate and a medical degree. graduates can apply to take the medical licensing examination in order to practice medicine. some countries may require students to complete academic accreditation first. rankings and reputation university rankingsglobal – overallthe world601-800 (2023)usnwr global1129 (2022) regional – overallusnwr asia320 (2022) national – overallusnwr national126 (2022) academic ranking of world universities (arwu) academic ranking of world universities (arwu), also known as the shanghai ranking, is one of the annual publications of world university rankings. it's the first global university ranking with multifarious indicators. year rank valuer 2023 13 arwu best chinese universities ranking - ranking of chinese medical universities nature index nature index tracks the affiliations of high-quality scientific articles and presents research outputs by institution and country on monthly basis. year rank valuer 2022 118 nature index - academic institutions - china times higher education (the) year rank valuer 2023601-800times higher education world university rankings 20239times higher education top universities with best student-to-staff ratio u.s. news & world report best global universities ranking year rank valuer 2022 1129 u.s. news best global universities ranking cuaa (chinese universities alumni association) universities ranking of china released by cuaa (chinese universities alumni association, chinese: 中国校友会网) is one of the most foremost domestic university rankings in china. year rank valuer 2022 144 cuaa china university ranking