wenzhou medical university wenzhou medical university wenzhou medical university (wmu）; chinese: 温州医科大学; pinyin: wēnzhōu yīkē dàxué), designated as a key university in wenzhou, zhejiang, is an institution of higher learning under the leadership of zhejiang provincial government. wenzhou medical university温州医科大学motto仁肃勤朴 求是奋发 (pinyin: fènfā qiúshí)typepublicestablished1912 (1912)presidentli xiaokunacademic staff1000 (medical)administrative staff10112 (including hospitals)undergraduates19314postgraduates3102locationwenzhou, zhejiang, people's republic of chinacampussuburban, 1.27 km2website (in english) wmu.edu.cn (in chinese) history wenzhou medical university (wmu) is a higher institution under the administration of zhejiang provincial government. it can trace its origin back to the former zhejiang specialized medical school established in 1912. in august 1958, a group of faculty was sent from zhejiang medical college in hangzhou to help establish the second zhejiang medical college in wenzhou, whose name was changed to wenzhou medical college in accordance with its location. in 2013 wenzhou medical college was officially renamed wenzhou medical university. in 2015, it was shortlisted as one of the co-development universities by the ministry of education, national health commission and zhejiang provincial government. in 2017, it became a priority development university in zhejiang province. campuses wmu is composed of three campuses, located respectively at chashan (main campus) xueyuan road dongtou district (binhai campus) these cover a combined area of about 73 ha. (=1,100 mu) with a floor space of 460,000 m2. chashan campus entrance the library (图书馆) qiu shi building (求是楼) the sports centre organization schools and departments 15 schools school of stomatology school of basic medical sciences school of the 1st clinical medical sciences, school of information and engineering school of the 2nd clinical medical sciences school of ophthalmology and optometry, school of biomedical engineering school of laboratory science and life science school of pharmaceutical sciences school of nursing school of public health and management school of marxism school of sports science school of foreign language studies school of international studies school of mental health school of innovation and entrepreneurship education affiliated hospitals the 1st affiliated hospital the 2nd affiliated hospital & yuying children's hospital the affiliated eye hospital the affiliated dental hospital 19 non-directly-governed affiliated hospitals wenzhou, taizhou, lishui, wenling, cixi, dongyang, yiwu, zhuji, zhoushan, yueqing, ruian, cangnan, xiangshan, xinchang, hangzhou international cooperation australia queensland university of technology north america new england college of optometry, usa pacific university, usa state university of new york college of optometry, usa university of texas health science center at houston, usa university of saskatchewan, canada ... europe fr:institut supérieur d'optique, paris, france medical university of graz, austria université de bourgogne, france university of central lancashire, england university of pécs, hungary ... austria medical university of graz, austria asia universiti tunku abdul rahman, malaysia university of miyazaki, japan confucius center, burapha university, thailand burapha university, thailand fuji tokoha university, japan hokuriku university, japan gachon university, korea ... taiwan, hong kong and macao chung shan medical university, taiwan i-shou university, taiwan macau university of science and technology, macau ... events special olympics sports health center brightness project alliance for smile marrow for life people inspired by norman bethune rankings in 2021, academic ranking of world universities ranked wenzhou medical university within the 501-600 band globally.university rankingsglobal – overallarwu world501-600 (2021) people noteworthy alumni prof. shen xiaoming vice president, shanghai jiaotong university former president, shanghai second medical university winner, national award of science and technology (twice) (the late) dr. zhou jian – senior researcher began research on human papilloma virus (hpv) from 1984. co-invented the hpv vaccine successful research and development on gardasil, bacterin for preventing cervical cancer with prof. ian frazer from university of queensland, australia in 2005 prof. wang guangjie tenure professor of new england college, usa 1st place in usa od license examination in 1991 prof. miao tianrong – winner, award of national science conference, for his creative logarithmic visual chart prof. qian li – his abdominal surgery greatly influenced domestic surgeons, and was later renamed in his honour. anniversaries wenzhou medical university celebrated its 60th anniversary on 28 october 2018. wenzhou medical college at 50 in 2008