Taipei Medical University

Taipei Medical University (TMU) is a private medical university in Xinyi District, Taipei, Taiwan, founded in 1960 as Taipei Medical College and renamed Taipei Medical University in 2000, and it is placed joint 608th in the 2027 QS World University Rankings while standing in the 326-350 band of the 2027 Times Higher Education ranking.台北医学大学（简称 TMU）是位于台湾台北市信义区的私立医学大学，1960 年以「台北医学院」之名创办，2000 年更名为台北医学大学，在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中并列第 608 位，并在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育排名中位列 326—350 区间。

The university enrols more than 6,000 students across eleven colleges, operates a network of affiliated teaching hospitals, and its research output recorded by OpenAlex stands at 41,522 works with 2,679,868 citations.学校在十一个学院中招收逾 6000 名学生，运营附属教学医院网络；OpenAlex 记录的科研产出为 41522 篇论文、2679868 次被引。

History

• Taipei Medical University traces its origin to Taipei Medical College, founded on 1 June 1960 by Dr. Hu Shui-wang and Dr. Hsu Chien-tien, who together with other physicians and educators ran the school using their own personal books as textbooks.学校源于 1960 年 6 月 1 日由胡水旺博士与徐千田博士创办的台北医学院，二人连同其他医师与教育工作者办学，甚至以私人藏书充当教材。
• The fledgling college started with just three buildings and grew through private donations, and 1 June was adopted as the college's anniversary.初创的学院仅有 3 栋建筑，依靠私人捐款逐步壮大，6 月 1 日被定为其校庆日。
• At the college's second board meeting, held in 1960, the trustees agreed that the institution's mottoes would be "Honesty" and "Simplicity".在 1960 年召开的学院第二次董事会会议上，董事们议定学校校训为「诚」与「朴」。
• In 1963 the motto, rendered in Chinese as cheng pu, was inscribed by the scholar and publisher Wang Yun-wu and announced on 9 August of that year, with his calligraphy displayed in the plaza in front of the teaching building.1963 年，校训「诚朴」二字由学者与出版家王云五亲题，于当年 8 月 9 日颁发到校，其墨宝矗立于教学大楼前广场。
• In its early decades the college established the schools of medicine, dentistry and pharmacy, welcoming their inaugural classes of students.建校后数十年间，学院陆续设立医学、牙医与药学等学科，迎来首届学生。
• The institution's first teaching hospital opened in 1976, sixteen years after the college's founding, beginning the clinical network that later expanded across Taipei and New Taipei.学校首所教学医院于 1976 年启用，即学院创办 16 年之后，开启其后扩展至台北与新北的临床网络。
• Taipei Medical University Hospital, established in 1976, remains the oldest of the university's affiliated hospitals and stands next to the campus, composed of three buildings.1976 年设立的台北医学大学附设医院至今仍是学校最早的附属医院，由三栋建筑组成，紧邻校区。
• In 2000 the institution was renamed Taipei Medical University, marking its transition from college to full university.2000 年，学院更名为台北医学大学，标志着其由学院升格为完整大学。
• Wan Fang Medical Center, one of the university's affiliated hospitals, was the first privately owned and publicly run hospital in Taipei, and it is located in the Wenshan District near its own metro station.附属医院之一的万芳医院是台北首家民营公营医院，位于文山区，紧邻其专属捷运站。
• Shuang-Ho Hospital, the newest of the hospital group, opened in 2008 and is the largest hospital in New Taipei City, with a helicopter landing pad supporting 24-hour air emergency services.双和医院是医院群中最新的一所，2008 年启用，为新北市规模最大的医院，设有直升机停机坪以支持 24 小时空中紧急医疗服务。
• In 2009 a Ministry of Education incentive programme promoting university-industry cooperation selected TMU to receive more than 50 million New Taiwan dollars in grants over three years.2009 年，教育部推动校企合作的激励计划选中台北医学大学，在三年内提供逾 5000 万新台币的补助。
• In 2010 the university won the 20th Taiwan National Quality Award, and it has also been accredited by the World Health Organization as an International Safe School.2010 年，学校获第 20 届台湾国家品质奖，并获世界卫生组织认证为「国际安全学校」。
• The university received the Taipei City Green Procurement award and the Ministry of the Interior's Green Building Award for its environmental and energy-saving efforts.学校因其环保与节能举措获得台北市「绿色采购」奖与内政部「绿建筑」奖。
• TMU expanded its clinical network to mainland China, where the affiliated TMU Lihuili Hospital operates in Ningbo.学校将临床网络延伸至中国大陆，其附属李惠利医院在宁波运营。
• The university's cancer care expanded with the creation of the Taipei Cancer Center as part of its affiliated hospital group.学校成立台北癌症中心，作为附属医院群的一部分，扩展其肿瘤诊疗能力。
• TMU maintains 105 international sister schools, reflecting decades of growth in global academic exchange and student mobility.学校与 105 所国际姊妹学校维持合作，体现数十年间在全球学术交流与学生流动上的成长。
• All three of the university's principal affiliated hospitals have earned Joint Commission International status, an international hospital accreditation.学校三所主要附属医院均取得国际医院认证机构「国际联合委员会」（JCI）的认证。
• In 2026 the university was ranked in the 251-300 band for Medicine and Health in the Times Higher Education subject rankings, placing second in Taiwan.2026 年，学校在泰晤士高等教育学科排名的医学与健康领域位列 251—300 区间，居全台第二。
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, TMU rose from the 401-500 band to the 326-350 band, ranking second in Taiwan and its best result ever.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校由 401—500 区间跃升至 326—350 区间，居全台第二，为历史最好成绩。
• The university's 2027 ranking jump was attributed by the institution to talent cultivation, interdisciplinary research and stronger international links.校方将 2027 年排名的跃升归因于人才培育、跨领域研究与更强的国际连结。
• By the mid-2020s TMU had developed its health-science identity around its colleges of medicine, pharmacy and public health and around its teaching-hospital network.到 2020 年代中期，学校已围绕医学院、药学院与公共卫生学院及其教学医院网络形成健康科学办学特色。

Academics

• TMU is composed of eleven colleges and one center of general education, together with twelve undergraduate schools and fourteen graduate institutes.台北医学大学设十一个学院与一个通识教育中心，另有 12 个学系与 14 个研究所。
• Its colleges include medicine, oral medicine, pharmacy, nursing, public health, medical science and technology, humanities and social science, biomedical engineering, management, nutrition and interdisciplinary studies.其学院包括医学院、口腔医学院、药学院、护理学院、公共卫生学院、医学科技学院、人文暨社会科学院、生物医学工程学院、管理学院、营养学院与跨领域学院。
• The College of Medicine alone comprises seven academic units with up to 550 faculty members and almost 1,500 students across undergraduate, master's and doctoral programmes.仅医学院就下设 7 个学术单位，拥有最多 550 名教师，本硕博学生近 1500 人。
• The university hosts MB, MD, PhD and master's programmes, enrolling more than 4,000 undergraduates and about 1,000 postgraduates.学校开设医学士、医学博士、博士与硕士项目，本科在校生逾 4000 人、研究生约 1000 人。
• TMU research focuses on traumatic brain injury, regenerative medicine, cancer, reproductive medicine, biomedical materials and dental research.学校科研聚焦创伤性脑损伤、再生医学、癌症、生殖医学、生物医学材料与牙科研究。
• The annual funding TMU receives for research exceeds 600 million New Taiwan dollars.学校每年获得的科研经费超过 6 亿新台币。
• The university is affiliated with a network of teaching hospitals including Taipei Medical University Hospital, Wan Fang Medical Center and Shuang-Ho Hospital.学校附属教学医院网络包括台北医学大学附设医院、万芳医院与双和医院。
• The university's College of Pharmacy and College of Oral Medicine reflect the institution's origins in the schools of dentistry and pharmacy founded in the 1960s.学校的药学院与口腔医学院体现其源于 1960 年代创立的牙医与药学学科。
• The university has developed cross-disciplinary degrees in smart healthcare, combining artificial intelligence with clinical practice in a virtual hospital setting.学校开设智慧医疗跨领域学位学程，将人工智能与虚拟医院情境下的临床实践相结合。
• In 2026 TMU won the best academic-group award in the 104 Job Bank university brand-power survey, ranking second nationally in the medicine and health group.2026 年，学校在 104 人力银行「大学品牌力」调查中获最佳学群奖，医药卫生学群位居全台第二。
• Several TMU scholars were named among the world's top two per cent most-cited scientists in 2026, underscoring the university's research intensity.2026 年，学校多位学者入选全球前 2% 高被引科学家名单，凸显其科研强度。
• TMU collaborates with institutions such as Tohoku University in Japan and National Chengchi University in Taiwan on academic and clinical partnerships.学校与日本东北大学、台湾国立政治大学等机构在学术与临床方面开展合作。
• The university is part of the Taiwan Medical University System, which groups it with National Taipei University and National Taipei University of Technology in a cross-institutional alliance.台北医学大学是「台北联合大学系统」成员，与国立台北大学、国立台北科技大学等校组成跨校联盟。
• TMU's clinical research draws on links with Columbia University and other international medical institutions, where alumni such as Jen-Tien Wung have taught.学校临床研究依托与哥伦比亚大学及其他国际医学机构的联系，校友王仁德等曾在该校任教。
• The College of Public Health extends the university's teaching and research into epidemiology, health policy and environmental health.公共卫生学院将学校的教学与研究延伸至流行病学、卫生政策与环境健康领域。
• The university joins Taiwan's clinical trial consortium, working with strategic partners to optimise trial processes and attract international drug trials to Taiwan.学校加入台湾临床试验联盟，与策略伙伴协作优化试验流程，争取国际新药试验来台。
• TMU reported 41,522 research works and 2,679,868 citations in OpenAlex, a high citation total for a specialised medical university.OpenAlex 记录学校共 41522 篇论文、2679868 次被引，对于一所专科医学大学而言被引总量相当可观。
• The university's affiliated hospital group includes six hospitals, among them Taipei Medical University Hospital, Wan Fang, Shuang-Ho, the Taipei Cancer Center and the TMU Lihuili Hospital in Ningbo.附属医院群含 6 所医院，包括台北医学大学附设医院、万芳、双和、台北癌症中心以及宁波的李惠利医院。
• The College of Nursing and the College of Nutrition extend the university's health teaching into nursing practice, dietetics and clinical nutrition, complementing its medical and pharmacy faculties.护理学院与营养学院将学校的健康类教学延伸至护理实践、膳食与临床营养，与医学院、药学院相互补充。

Campus

• The main Xinyi campus is located on Wuxing Street in Xinyi District, a few blocks from Taipei 101 and Taipei City Hall.主校区（信义校区）位于信义区吴兴街，距台北 101 大楼与台北市政府仅数个街区。
• The campus is made up of about ten school buildings, each equipped with instructional rooms and research facilities, with Taipei Medical University Hospital adjacent.校区由约 10 栋校舍组成，每栋配有教室与研究设施，台北医学大学附设医院紧邻校区。
• A second campus, the Shuang Ho campus, is located on Yuan-Tong Road in Zhonghe District, New Taipei City.第二校区「双和校区」位于新北市中和区圆通路。
• The library, housed on the second to fourth floors of the United Medical Building, contains 150,000 volumes plus DVDs and films in Chinese, English, Japanese and other languages.图书馆位于联合医学大楼的二至四楼，藏书 15 万册，另有中文、英文、日文及其他语言的影音资料。
• The university operates free shuttle buses from the hospital to the Taipei City Hall MRT station every 15 minutes and to Liuzhangli station every half hour.学校提供免费接驳车，每 15 分钟一班往台北市府捷运站，每半小时一班往六张犁站。
• TMU has pursued a green-university agenda, engaging environmental-health professors to advance carbon reduction and sustainable campus management.学校推行绿色大学议程，聘请环境健康领域教授推动减碳与校园可持续管理。
• Sports facilities on campus include an indoor pool, an aerobics room, a gym, a baseball field, basketball courts and tennis courts.校园体育设施包括室内泳池、有氧教室、健身房、棒球场、篮球场与网球场。
• Student housing includes one on-campus dormitory and three international dormitories off campus, all within walking distance or reachable by bus.学生住宿含校内宿舍 1 座与校外国际宿舍 3 座，均步行或乘公交可达。
• Students live close to Taipei's cultural landmarks, with Taipei 101, the Taipei World Trade Center and the Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall all within a short ride of the campus.学生紧邻台北的文化地标，台北 101、台北世界贸易中心与国父纪念馆均在距校区短程可达范围内。
• The United Medical Building, which houses the library and teaching spaces, anchors the main campus and is joined to the adjacent university hospital.联合医学大楼容纳图书馆与教学空间，是主校区的核心建筑，并与毗邻的大学附设医院相连。
• The campus's green-building practices earned it the Ministry of the Interior's Green Building Award and Taipei City's Green Procurement recognition.校区的绿建筑实践为学校赢得内政部绿建筑奖与台北市绿色采购的认可。

Reputation

• In the 2027 QS World University Rankings, TMU was placed joint 608th.在 2027 年 QS 世界大学排名中，学校并列第 608 位。^[1]
• In the 2027 Times Higher Education World University Rankings, TMU stood in the 326-350 band, its highest position and the second best in Taiwan.在 2027 年泰晤士高等教育世界大学排名中，学校位列 326—350 区间，为其历史最好成绩，居全台第二。
• In the 2026-2027 US News Best Global Universities ranking, TMU was listed at 864th.在 2026—2027 年《美国新闻与世界报道》全球最佳大学排名中，学校位列第 864 位。
• In the 2026 ShanghaiRanking Academic Ranking of World Universities, the university appeared in the 701-800 band.在 2026 年软科世界大学学术排名中，学校位于 701—800 区间。
• In the 2026 Times Higher Education subject ranking for Medicine and Health, TMU ranked in the 251-300 band globally and second in Taiwan.在 2026 年泰晤士高等教育医学与健康学科排名中，学校位列全球 251—300 区间，居全台第二。
• TMU has been listed among the top 100 medical universities in the QS Asia University Rankings, reflecting its specialised standing in medicine.学校曾入选 QS 亚洲大学排名医学类前 100，体现其在医学领域的专科声誉。
• OpenAlex records 41,522 research works and 2,679,868 citations associated with the university.OpenAlex 记录该校共 41522 篇论文、2679868 次被引。
• All three of TMU's main affiliated hospitals hold Joint Commission International accreditation, an internationally recognised hospital quality standard.学校三所主要附属医院均持国际联合委员会（JCI）认证，属国际认可的医院质量标准。
• The university earned the 20th Taiwan National Quality Award in 2010 and has been recognised by the World Health Organization as an International Safe School.学校 2010 年获第 20 届台湾国家品质奖，并获世界卫生组织认证为国际安全学校。
• TMU's ranking trajectory, rising from the 401-500 band in 2026 to the 326-350 band in 2027, illustrates its improving global standing.学校的排名轨迹由 2026 年的 401—500 区间升至 2027 年的 326—350 区间，显示其国际地位不断提升。
• In the mid-2020s TMU's three hospitals were among the first in Taiwan to reach HIMSS EMRAM Stage 7, the highest level of electronic medical record maturity.在 2020 年代中期，学校的三个医院成为台湾最早达到 HIMSS EMRAM 第 7 级（电子病历成熟度最高等级）的医疗机构之一。

Student life

• TMU's motto is cheng pu, meaning "Honesty and Simplicity", inscribed in 1963 by Wang Yun-wu and displayed in front of the teaching building.学校校训为「诚朴」，意为「诚实」与「朴素」，1963 年由王云五题写并立于教学大楼前。
• The university marks 1 June as its anniversary, recalling the founding of Taipei Medical College in 1960.学校以 6 月 1 日为校庆日，纪念 1960 年台北医学院的创立。
• Residential life is served by one on-campus dormitory and three off-campus international dormitories, with furnished two-bed rooms at Liuzhangli and rooms on four floors on Wuxing Street.住宿生活由 1 座校内宿舍与 3 座校外国际宿舍承载，六张犁宿舍为配备家具的双人间，吴兴街宿舍则占用四个楼层。
• The university supports about 80 student clubs and provides a computer lab, meeting rooms and offices for them.学校支持约 80 个学生社团，并为其提供计算机教室、会议室与办公空间。
• Campus dining includes a food court in the basement of the United Medical Building, a 7-Eleven convenience store and a French-Italian restaurant called Mr. J.校园餐饮包括联合医学大楼地下一层的美食广场、一家 7-Eleven 便利店以及一家名为 Mr. J 的法意餐厅。
• TMU engages in international medical missions through Taiwan's International Cooperation and Development Fund, helping to run a medical mission to Sao Tome and Principe.学校通过台湾国际合作发展基金参与国际医疗援助，协助开展赴圣多美和普林西比的医疗任务。
• The university's sports facilities, including its pool, gym and courts, support student athletics, while its green-campus agenda shapes everyday campus sustainability practices.学校的泳池、健身房与球场等体育设施支持学生运动，其绿色校园议程则塑造日常的可持续发展实践。
• The 2025 TMU Global Festival, held overseas for the first time in Kuala Lumpur, marked a milestone for the university's international alumni network.2025 年首度移师海外（吉隆坡）举办的「全球校友日」，成为学校国际校友网络的一个里程碑。
• Students at TMU benefit from the university's low-carbon medical initiatives, with its three hospitals certified to the highest electronic medical record standards.学生受益于学校的低碳医疗举措，其三所医院均通过最高等级电子病历标准认证。

Notable people

• The college was founded by Dr. Hu Shui-wang and Dr. Hsu Chien-tien, two physicians who, with other medical professionals, ran the school in its earliest years.学院由胡水旺博士与徐千田博士创办，两位医师与其他医学专业人士在最初数年共同经营学校。
• The scholar and publisher Wang Yun-wu, who inscribed the university's motto, is remembered for his role in shaping the institution's early identity.为学校题写校训的学者与出版家王云五，因塑造学校早期精神标识而为后人所记。
• The university is currently led by President Mai-Szu Wu, with Ray-Jade Chen serving as chairman of the board.学校现由校长吴麦斯领导，陈瑞杰担任董事长。
• Chen Shih-chung, who served as Minister of Health and Welfare, is among the university's alumni.曾担任卫生福利部长的陈时中是学校校友。
• Hsueh Jui-yuan, a Vice Minister of Health and Welfare, and Lin Tzou-yien, Minister of Health and Welfare from 2016 to 2017, are also TMU alumni.卫生福利部次长薛瑞元，以及 2016 至 2017 年任卫生福利部长的林奏延，亦为学校校友。
• Winston Dang, who led Taiwan's Environmental Protection Administration from 2007 to 2008, is a TMU alumnus.2007 至 2008 年主政台湾环境保护署的邓振中为学校校友。
• Yang Sui-sheng, Magistrate of Lienchiang County from 2009 to 2014, is also an alumnus of the university.2009 至 2014 年任连江县县长的杨绥生同样是学校校友。
• Jen-Tien Wung, an anesthesiologist and neonatologist, professor at Columbia University and developer of Bubble CPAP, is a prominent alumnus.麻醉与新生儿科医师、哥伦比亚大学教授、「气泡式持续气道正压（Bubble CPAP）」发明人王仁德是学校杰出校友。
• The university's leadership in health sciences draws on a faculty that includes clinical professors at its affiliated hospitals.学校在健康科学领域的领导力依托一支含附属医院临床教授的师资队伍。
• TMU's alumni community numbers more than 49,000 worldwide, many of them working in medicine, nursing and public health.学校全球校友逾 49000 人，其中许多从事医学、护理与公共卫生工作。
• Visiting laureates and researchers, including the Tang Prize winner in biopharmaceutical science who lectured at TMU in 2025, engage with the university's students.包括 2025 年到访演讲的唐奖生技医药奖得主在内的获奖学者与研究者，与在校学生交流互动。
• The university's faculty includes researchers listed on global highly-cited scientist rankings, reflecting the depth of its medical and health research.学校教师团队中包括入选全球高被引科学家名单的研究者，体现其医学与健康研究的深度。