shanghai jiao tong university school of medicine shanghai jiao tong university school of medicine the shanghai jiao tong university school of medicine (sjtusm, chinese: 上海交通大学医学院), formerly shanghai second medical university, is a public medical school in shanghai, china. clinical medicine of sjtusm is consistently ranked first among medical schools nationally and #62 by the u.s. news & world report globally. the "clinical and health" discipline of sjtu also ranked #53 globally by times higher education world university rankings as of 2022. its "pharmacy & pharmaceutical sciences" and "public health" were ranked 35th and 76th in the world respectively by the academic ranking of world universities. shanghai jiao tong university school of medicine上海交通大学医学院former nameshanghai second medical university; shanghai second medical collegemotto博集医源 精勤不倦typepublic, research, nationalestablished1896 (1896)parent institutionshanghai jiao tong universitydeanchen guoqiang (陈国强)locationshanghai, china31°11′52″n 121°27′07″ewebsiteen.sjtu.edu.cn/academics/schools/school-of-medicine/ it is one of the two medical schools that received the highest ranking of "a+" in clinical medicine from the ministry of education of the people's republic of china. in the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th round of evaluating disciplines in degree and graduate programs organized by the ministry of education from 2009 to 2018, and the comprehensive strength of various disciplines belonged to the first echelon of the nation's medical schools. history shanghai second medical college was established in 1952 and was renamed shanghai second medical university in 1985. it was composed of the medical schools of aurora university and st. john's university and tong de medical college. it was a municipal university before 2005. in july 2005, under an agreement signed by shanghai municipal government and the ministry of education, shanghai jiao tong university and shanghai second medical university were merged into one. the new university is administered by both the shanghai municipal government and the ministry of education. in november, 2010, sjtusm became one of the first ten universities jointly supported by the ministry of health and the ministry of education. the rich historic background of over one hundred years and heroic journey of more than 50 years have eventually brought about a research-oriented medical school with all-round development in medical education, clinical services, and scientific research, as well as other social services, a medical school with outstanding features and distinct advantages, a strong faculty, and remarkable academic achievements. in the second round of evaluating disciplines in degree and graduate programs organized by the ministry of education in 2009, clinical medicine of sjtusm ranked first nationally, and the comprehensive strength of various disciplines belonged to the first echelon of the nation's medical schools.west campus of shanghai jiao tong university school of medicine list of presidents gong naiquan (宫乃泉) (1952.10 - 1953.12) sun zhongde (孙仲德) (1953.12 - 1958.2) guan zizhan (关子展) (1958.2 - 1966) lan xichun (1978.8 - 1984.3) wang zhenyi (王振义) (1984.3 - 1988. 1) wang yifei (王一飞) (1988.1 - 1997.7) fan guanrong (范关荣) (1997.7 - 2003.3) shen xiaoming (沈晓明)2003.3 - 2006.3) zhu zhenggang (朱正纲) (2006.3-2010.12) chen guoqiang (陈国强) (2010.12- present) affiliated hospitals ruijin hospital renji hospital xinhua hospital shanghai general hospital (shanghai first people's hospital) shanghai third people's hospital shanghai sixth people's hospital shanghai ninth people's hospital shanghai chest hospital shanghai mental health center shanghai children's medical center shanghai children's hospital international peace maternity and child health hospital, also of china welfare institute shanghai tongren hospital