Harbin Medical University

Harbin Medical University (HMU) is a provincial public medical university in Harbin, Heilongjiang, China, founded in 1926 by the physician Wu Lien-teh as the Binjiang Medical Special School.哈尔滨医科大学是一所位于中国黑龙江省哈尔滨市的省属公立医科大学，1926年由医学家伍连德创办，初名滨江医学专门学校。

It has 18 colleges, 10 affiliated hospitals, about 27,000 students and 19,000 faculty and staff, and holds two national key disciplines and nine fields in the top 1 percent of the Essential Science Indicators ranking.学校设有18个学院和10所附属医院，有学生约2.7万人、教职工约1.9万人，拥有2个国家重点学科和9个进入ESI全球前1%的学科领域。

HMU is co-built by the Heilongjiang provincial government, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education, and serves as the Chinese lead institution of the Sino-Russian Medical Universities Association.哈尔滨医科大学由黑龙江省人民政府、国家卫生健康委员会和教育部共建，并担任中俄医科大学联盟中方牵头单位。

History

• In September 1926 Wu Lien-teh founded the Binjiang Medical Special School in Harbin with an initial cohort of 25 students, opening the first modern medical education run by Chinese people in northeast China.1926年9月，伍连德在哈尔滨创办滨江医学专门学校，首批仅有25名学员，开创了国人在中国东北自办现代医学教育的先河。
• Wu Lien-teh had directed the campaign against the Manchurian plague of 1910-1911 and became the first ethnic Chinese nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.伍连德曾主持1910至1911年东北鼠疫的防疫工作，是首位获得诺贝尔生理学或医学奖提名的华人。
• The school was renamed the Harbin Medical Special School in 1928 and took the name Harbin Medical University in 1938.学校于1928年更名为哈尔滨医学专门学校，1938年改称哈尔滨医科大学。
• In November 1931 the Chinese Red Army Health School was founded in Ruijin, Jiangxi, the second root from which the present university descends.1931年11月，中国工农红军卫生学校在江西瑞金创办，成为今日哈尔滨医科大学的第二个源头。
• He Cheng became principal of the Red Army Medical School in Yudu, Jiangxi, in February 1932.1932年2月，贺诚在江西雩都出任红军军医学校校长。
• In September 1940 the health school was reorganized in Yan'an as Chinese Medical University under the leadership of Wang Bin.1940年9月，卫生学校在延安改组为中国医科大学，由王斌领导。
• After the victory over Japan in 1945 the school moved north to Xingshan, now Hegang, where it became Xingshan Chinese Medical University under Wang Bin and was soon divided into four branch schools.1945年抗战胜利后，学校北迁至兴山（今鹤岗），改称兴山中国医科大学，仍由王斌领导，并很快分为四个分校。
• The first branch school opened in Longjing in October 1947 with an internal medicine focus, and the second branch opened in Harbin in March 1948 with an eye, ear, nose and throat focus.第一分校于1947年10月在龙井成立，以内科为主，第二分校于1948年3月在哈尔滨成立，以五官科为主。
• The third branch was set up in Tonghua in April 1948 under Zheng Taishan, and the fourth branch followed in the Gu region in May 1948 under Liu Shaojiu.第三分校于1948年4月在通化设立，由郑太山负责，第四分校于1948年5月在谷地区设立，由刘绍久负责。
• In April 1949 the old Harbin Medical University merged with the first and second branch schools to form the present university, taking over part of the buildings and equipment of the old school and the military medical school.1949年4月，原哈尔滨医科大学与第一、第二分校合并组建新的哈尔滨医科大学，并接管原校与军医学校的部分校舍和设备。
• In 1954 the university was placed under the direct leadership of the Ministry of Health.1954年，学校划归卫生部直属领导。
• In June 1956 it was renamed Harbin Medical College, and in April 1958 the Ministry of Health transferred it to Heilongjiang province.1956年6月学校更名为哈尔滨医学院，1958年4月卫生部将其移交给黑龙江省领导。
• In November 1958 the name Harbin Medical University was restored, and the institution has kept it ever since.1958年11月，学校恢复哈尔滨医科大学校名，并沿用至今。
• In 2004 the university opened the Daqing campus in the Longfeng district of Daqing, its second teaching base outside Harbin.2004年，学校在大庆市龙凤区建成大庆校区，成为哈尔滨之外的第二处教学基地。
• In November 2012 HMU joined the Ministry of Education's Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program.2012年11月，哈尔滨医科大学入选教育部卓越医生教育培养计划。
• In May 2013 it was included in the national basic capacity building project for universities in central and western China.2013年5月，学校入选国家中西部高校基础能力建设工程。
• In 2014 the Sino-Russian Medical Universities Association was established with HMU as the Chinese lead institution.2014年中俄医科大学联盟成立，哈尔滨医科大学担任中方牵头单位。
• The university's 2026 centenary was held under the theme of carrying forward its red heritage and advancing the path of medicine, and it drew 39 academicians among more than 2,500 guests.学校2026年百年校庆以「传承红色基因 奋进医道学途」为主题，包括39位两院院士在内的2,500余名嘉宾出席。
• The university is jointly built by the Heilongjiang provincial government, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education, and is a key high-level university of Heilongjiang province.学校由黑龙江省人民政府、国家卫生健康委员会和教育部共建，是黑龙江省重点建设的高水平大学。
• The seven-year clinical medicine program was taught jointly with Nankai University and the Harbin Institute of Technology until the arrangement ended in 2012.七年制临床医学专业曾与南开大学和哈尔滨工业大学联合培养，这一安排于2012年结束。
• In September 2026 the university marked its centenary, having grown from 25 students to more than 6,000 graduates a year.2026年9月，学校迎来建校一百周年，办学规模从最初的25名学员发展到每年毕业6,000多人。
• It has trained nearly 170,000 medical professionals, including nine academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering: Ba Denian, Zhu Xiaodong, Yu Weihan, Wang Linfang, Yang Baofeng, Han Yaling, Zhang Xue, Tang Peifu and Jiang Tao.学校已培养近17万名医学人才，其中包括巴德年、朱晓东、于维汉、王琳芳、杨宝峰、韩雅玲、张学、唐佩福、江涛九位中国工程院院士。
• Yu Weihan, a specialist in endemic diseases, became president of the university in 1983, was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997 and led research that brought Keshan disease under control in Heilongjiang.地方病学家于维汉于1983年出任校长，1997年当选中国工程院院士，其研究使克山病在黑龙江得到控制。
• The university's motto, Mu Zhi Zhong Sheng, Bo Xue Zai Yi, is drawn from the Xunzi and calls for straight conduct and broad medical learning.学校校训「木直中绳，博学载医」出自《荀子》，寓意品行端正、医术博学。

Academics

• HMU comprises 18 colleges and schools, among them basic medical sciences, public health, pharmacy, health management, dentistry, nursing, bioinformatics, humanities and social sciences, international education and continuing education.哈尔滨医科大学设有18个学院，包括基础医学、公共卫生、药学、卫生管理、口腔、护理、生物信息、人文社会科学、国际教育和继续教育等单位。
• The Graduate School and the Daqing campus complete the teaching structure, and the university runs 11 undergraduate programs.研究生院与大庆校区构成完整的教学体系，学校共开设11个本科专业。
• The undergraduate programs cover basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, dentistry, anesthesiology, medical imaging, nursing, pharmacy, biotechnology, public affairs management and medical law.本科专业涵盖基础医学、临床医学、预防医学、口腔医学、麻醉学、医学影像学、护理学、药学、生物技术、公共事业管理和医事法律。
• The university offers four first-level doctoral programs in basic medicine, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and biology, together with 41 second-level doctoral programs and 49 second-level master's programs.学校拥有基础医学、临床医学、公共卫生与预防医学、生物学4个博士学位授权一级学科，以及41个博士点和49个硕士点。
• Six postdoctoral research stations operate in preventive medicine, clinical medicine, basic medical sciences, biology, pharmacy and clinical pharmacy.学校在预防医学、临床医学、基础医学、生物学、药学与临床药学设有6个博士后科研流动站。
• Two disciplines hold national key status and 32 are provincial key disciplines, while nine fields rank in the top 1 percent of the Essential Science Indicators list.学校有2个国家重点学科和32个省级重点学科，9个学科领域进入ESI全球前1%。
• Research platforms include one ministry-province co-built cultivation base for a state key laboratory, six ministerial or provincial key laboratories and 11 provincial key laboratories of higher education.科研平台包括1个省部共建国家重点实验室培育基地、6个省部级重点实验室和11个省级高校重点实验室。
• The university hosts the Center for Endemic Disease Control of the Chinese Center for Disease Control and Prevention and a national research center for clinical trials of new drugs.学校设有中国疾病预防控制中心地方病控制中心和国家新药临床试验研究中心。
• It also runs the Russian Language Training Center of the Ministry of Health, the Heilongjiang Provincial Medical Academy and the Heilongjiang branch of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.学校还设有卫生部俄语培训中心、黑龙江省医学科学院和中国医学科学院黑龙江分院。
• Ten affiliated hospitals provide clinical teaching, and four further non-affiliated clinical hospitals hold 2,905 beds.10所附属医院承担临床教学任务，另有4所非直属临床医院共设2,905张床位。
• The library holds more than 1.5 million books, 4,707 journals and 330,000 electronic journals and books, and provides literature searching and internet information services.图书馆藏书150余万册，订阅期刊4,707种，拥有33万种电子期刊与电子图书，并提供文献检索和网络信息服务。
• Research has concentrated on the Chinese Human Genome Project, cytogenetic studies of solid tumors, spleen-preserving surgery, experimental and clinical heart transplantation, antiarrhythmic drug targets and the etiology of Kaschin-Beck disease.科研重点包括中国人类基因组计划、实体瘤细胞遗传学研究、保脾手术、同种原位心脏移植的实验与临床应用、抗心律失常药物靶点以及大骨节病病因。
• Yu Weihan founded and edited the Chinese Journal of Endemiology, which became a core journal for research on Kaschin-Beck disease and other endemic conditions.于维汉创办并主编《中国地方病学杂志》，该刊成为大骨节病等地方病研究的核心期刊。
• The university runs a 5+3 integrated clinical medicine track that combines five years of undergraduate study with three years of standardised residency training, alongside its traditional five-year and seven-year routes.学校开设5+3一体化临床医学专业，把五年本科教育与三年规范化住院医师培训衔接起来，同时保留五年制和七年制培养路径。
• The university is listed in the World Health Organization's medical directories, the International Medical Education Directory and the World Directory of Medical Schools.学校被列入世界卫生组织医学名录、国际医学教育名录和世界医学院校名录。
• It is a full member of the Asian Medical Education Association, the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates, the Foundation for Advancement of International Medical Education and Research and the Association of Sino-Russian Medical Universities.学校是亚洲医学教育协会、外国医学毕业生教育委员会、国际医学教育与研究促进基金会以及中俄医科大学联盟的正式成员。
• An English-language five-year MBBS programme runs alongside a Chinese-language MBBS programme, and the university cooperates with five foreign universities on joint medical programs.学校在中文授课的临床医学本科之外开设五年制英文MBBS项目，并与五所国外大学开展联合医学项目。
• The university employs about 19,000 faculty and staff, a figure that includes the staff of its affiliated hospitals, and enrolls about 27,000 students.学校有教职工约1.9万人（含附属医院人员），在校学生约2.7万人。

Campus

• The main campus occupies 2.36 million square metres in the Nangang district of Harbin at 157 Baojian Road, and its older buildings follow historic architectural styles.主校区位于哈尔滨市南岗区保健路157号，占地236万平方米，老建筑多采用历史建筑风格。
• Nangang is one of Harbin's main university and hospital districts, and the campus sits alongside the affiliated hospitals that support its clinical teaching.南岗区是哈尔滨主要的高校与医院聚集区之一，校园与支撑临床教学的附属医院相邻。
• The Daqing campus opened in 2004 in the high-tech zone of Longfeng district at 39 Xinyang Road, giving the university a second teaching base outside Harbin.大庆校区于2004年建成，位于龙凤区高新区新阳路39号，使学校在哈尔滨之外拥有第二个教学基地。
• Ten affiliated hospitals, including the First and Second Affiliated Hospitals, serve as clinical teaching sites and give students access to a large patient population.包括附属第一医院和附属第二医院在内的10所附属医院承担临床教学任务，为学生提供充足的病源。
• The library building on the Harbin campus houses 1.5 million volumes and provides electronic literature search and internet information services to staff and students.哈尔滨校区图书馆藏书150万册，为师生提供电子文献检索和网络信息服务。
• The campus is laid out as a green medical quarter, with teaching buildings, laboratories and hospital blocks within walking distance of one another.校园布局紧凑，教学楼、实验室与医院街区彼此步行可达。
• The Daqing campus serves students in clinical medicine and related programs who spend part of their training in the oilfield city.大庆校区主要承担临床医学及相关专业部分阶段的教学，学生在石油城完成一段学业。
• Both campuses are connected to the university's hospital network, which stretches from central Harbin to the Daqing high-tech zone.两个校区都与学校附属医院网络相连，该网络从哈尔滨市区延伸至大庆高新区。

Reputation

• HMU was placed in the 601-700 band of the 2026 Academic Ranking of World Universities.哈尔滨医科大学在2026年软科世界大学学术排名中位列第601-700名区间。
• The university did not enter the 2027 QS World University Rankings.哈尔滨医科大学未进入2027年QS世界大学排名。
• It did not enter the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings.哈尔滨医科大学未进入2027年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名。
• HMU ranked 959th in the 2026-2027 U.S. News global universities list.哈尔滨医科大学在2026-2027年度U.S. News全球大学榜单中位列第959名。
• The university is a jointly built institution of the Heilongjiang provincial government, the National Health Commission and the Ministry of Education.学校是黑龙江省人民政府、国家卫生健康委员会和教育部共建高校。
• It is listed among the high-level universities of Heilongjiang province and receives priority support under that provincial program.学校入选黑龙江省高水平大学建设行列，并获得该省级项目的重点支持。
• Nine disciplines in the top 1 percent of the Essential Science Indicators ranking make it one of the strongest medical universities in northeast China.九个学科进入ESI全球前1%，使其成为中国东北实力最强的医科大学之一。
• HMU is a national base for training talent in basic science research and teaching, a designation awarded to a small number of Chinese universities.学校是国家理科基础科学研究与教学人才培养基地，这一称号仅授予少数中国高校。
• It was among the first group of Chinese medical universities permitted to run seven-year clinical medicine programs.学校是首批试办七年制高等医学教育的中国医学院校之一。
• The Ministry of Education included HMU in its high-level public health school construction program.学校入选教育部高水平公共卫生学院建设高校。
• As Chinese lead of the Sino-Russian Medical Universities Association, HMU coordinates medical exchange between the two countries.作为中俄医科大学联盟中方牵头单位，学校统筹两国间的医学交流。

Student life

• About 27,000 students study at HMU, including more than 3,000 graduate students and a large cohort in the 5+3 integrated clinical medicine track.学校在校学生约2.7万人，其中研究生3,000余人，另有大批5+3一体化临床医学专业学生。
• The university graduates more than 6,000 students a year, and its alumni network now numbers nearly 170,000 medical professionals.学校每年毕业6,000多人，校友网络已覆盖近17万名医学人才。
• The university observes its anniversary on 8 September, the date on which it held its centenary celebration in 2026.学校以9月8日为校庆日，2026年的百年校庆典礼即在这一天举行。
• International students enroll in the English-language MBBS programme, while Chinese students may also choose the Chinese-language MBBS track.国际学生攻读英文授课的MBBS项目，中国学生也可选择中文授课的MBBS方向。
• Clinical training takes place in ten affiliated hospitals, where students rotate through internal medicine, surgery, pediatrics, obstetrics and other departments.临床教学在10所附属医院进行，学生轮流在内科、外科、儿科、妇产科等科室实习。
• The Yu Weihan class, named after the university's former president and endemic disease specialist, recruits students into the 5+3 integrated clinical medicine track.以老校长、地方病学家于维汉命名的「于维汉班」招收5+3一体化临床医学专业学生。
• The Yu Weihan Scholarship for needy students was established in 2000 to support academically strong students from poor families.于维汉院士贫困大学生奖学金设立于2000年，用于资助品学兼优的贫困学生。
• The Russian Language Training Center of the Ministry of Health supports exchanges with Russian medical universities and gives students a route into joint programs.卫生部俄语培训中心支持学校与俄罗斯医科院校的交流，为学生进入联合项目提供通道。
• Students on the Daqing campus study in the high-tech zone of Longfeng district, within reach of the oilfield hospitals that support their clinical work.大庆校区学生在龙凤区高新区学习，可就近使用支持其临床实践的油田医院资源。
• During the 2026 centenary a delegation of Wu Lien-teh's descendants and scholars retraced his route in China, and the university reprinted the biography Discovering Wu Lien-teh, first published in 2010.2026年百年校庆期间，伍连德后裔与学者组成「循迹伍连德访问团」重走他在中国的防疫路线，学校还重印了2010年首版的《发现伍连德》传记。

Notable people

• Wu Lien-teh, the founder, was a plague fighter, medical educator and the first ethnic Chinese nominee for the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.创始人伍连德是鼠疫防治专家、医学教育家，也是首位获诺贝尔生理学或医学奖提名的华人。
• Ba Denian, a graduate of the university's eighth cohort, became an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, president of the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and president of Peking Union Medical College.毕业于该校第八期的巴德年成为中国工程院院士、中国医学科学院院长和北京协和医学院校长。
• Zhu Xiaodong became a cardiac surgeon and an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.朱晓东成为心脏外科专家和中国工程院院士。
• Yu Weihan specialised in Keshan disease, served as president of HMU from 1983 and was elected to the Chinese Academy of Engineering in 1997.于维汉专攻克山病，1983年起任哈尔滨医科大学校长，1997年当选中国工程院院士。
• Wang Linfang, a biochemist, and Yang Baofeng, a pharmacologist and former president of the university, are both academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering.生物化学家王琳芳与药理学家、前校长杨宝峰均为中国工程院院士。
• Han Yaling became a cardiologist and academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, specialising in interventional treatment of ischaemic heart disease.韩雅玲成为心血管病专家和中国工程院院士，专长缺血性心脏病的介入治疗。
• Zhang Xue, an academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, serves as party secretary of the university.中国工程院院士张学现任学校党委书记。
• Tang Peifu, an orthopaedic surgeon, and Jiang Tao, a neurosurgeon, complete the group of nine engineering academicians trained at HMU.骨科专家唐佩福与神经外科专家江涛共同构成哈医大培养的九位工程院院士。
• Zhang Tingdong, a haematologist, is known for his work on arsenic trioxide in the treatment of acute promyelocytic leukaemia.血液病学家张亭栋以三氧化二砷治疗急性早幼粒细胞白血病的研究著称。
• Li Tiantian, founder of the medical online community DXY, is also counted among the university's alumni.医学网络社区丁香园的创始人李天天同样被列为该校校友。
• He Cheng and Wang Bin led the Red Army medical school and Chinese Medical University, the revolutionary lineage that merged into HMU in 1949.贺诚与王斌先后领导红军军医学校和中国医科大学，这一红色源流于1949年并入哈医大。