capital medical university capital medical university capital medical university (cmu) (chinese: 首都医科大学) is a public research university in beijing, china. capital medical university was founded in 1960, with the original name of beijing second medical college. capital medical university首都医科大学 (chinese)former namesbeijing second medical collegemotto扶伤济世、敬德修业typepublicestablished1960 (1960)chairmanhu wen liangpresidentrao yiacademic staff11,924 (march 2023)students15,187 (march 2023)undergraduates6,945 (march 2023)postgraduates6,699 (march 2023)locationbeijing, china39.8647046°n 116.353359°e﻿ / 39.8647046; 116.353359campusurbanaffiliationsbeijing-hong kong universities alliance (bhua)websitewww.ccmu.edu.cnchinese namesimplified chinese首都医科大学traditional chinese首都醫科大學transcriptionsstandard mandarinhanyu pinyinshǒudū yīkē dàxué academics rankings and reputation university rankingsglobal – overallthe world601-800 (2023)usnwr global884 (2022) regional – overallthe asia99 (2022)usnwr asia232 (2022) national – overallusnwr national93 (2022) capital medical university is listed as one of the top 400 universities in the world university rankings. cmu is consistently ranked among the top medical schools in china and has ranked in the top 1 or 2 best nationwide, together with peking union medical college among chinese medical universities in the recognized best chinese universities ranking. as of 2022, its "dentistry & oral sciences", "medical technology", "biomedical engineering", and "nursing" were ranked in the top 200 in the world , while "biological sciences", "human biological science", "human biological sciences", "public health", and "clinical medicine" were placed in the top 300 in the world by the academic ranking of world universities. its "clinical medicine" also ranked 209th globally by the u.s. news & world report. 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 2 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 2021 73 nature index 2021 young universities (leading 150 young universities) 2022 120 nature index - academic institutions - china times higher education (the) year rank valuer 202137times higher education top universities with best student-to-staff ratio 202236times higher education top universities with best student-to-staff ratio 202299times higher education asia university rankings 2023601-800times higher education world university rankings 202335times higher education top universities with best student-to-staff ratio u.s. news & world report best global universities ranking year rank valuer 2022 884 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 65 cuaa china university ranking