◆ Introduction

     Shandong University, under the direct jurisdiction of the Ministry of Education, is a key comprehensive university with a long history, a variety of disciplines, strong academic strength, and distinctive characteristics, which has great influence both at home and abroad. Shandong University is a member university of Project 211 and Project 985, two national key construction projects to support the development of high-quality universities.

    Shandong University School of Medicine, as the main body of former Shandong Medical University, is one of the earliest medical schools in our country, with a long history dating back to Medical School of Cheeloo University founded in 1911. In 1952 Medical School of Cheeloo University, Shandong Provincial Medical College and East China Norman Bethune Medical College were united as Shandong Medical College and was renamed as Shandong Medical University in 1985. In July 2000, with the merge of Shandong University, Shandong Medical University and Shandong University of Technology, the Department of Preclinical Medicine and the Department of Clinical Medicine of former Shandong Medical University were combined into the present School of Medicine.

     The school has 27 preclinical and clinical research institutes, 13 teaching labs, 2 affiliated hospitals, 5 teaching hospitals and 7 training hospitals. There are 934 preclinical and clinical teaching staff members, among whom are 335 professors, 1 academician of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 specially invited professor by "Cheung Kong Scholar Award Program'', 1 winner of National Outstanding Youth Foundation, 2 members of the first and second levels of national "Hundred, Thousand and Million Talents Project", 1 member of " New Century Outstanding Talents Supporting Program", 1 specially invited professor of " Taishan Scholars Construction Project" of Shandong Province, 1 tutor of "100 National Excellent Doctoral Dissertations", 1 teaching celebrity of Shandong Province, 148 PhD tutors and 589 M.S. tutors.

     The School of Medicine attaches great importance to disciplinary development. It owns 4 ministerial and provincial key research labs (Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education for Experimental Teratology, Key Laboratory of Ministries of Education and Public Health for Cardiovascular Remodeling and Function Research, Key Laboratory of Ministry of Public Health for Otolaryngology and Key Laboratory of National Administrative Bureau of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Shandong Province for Blood Diseases). It also has 3 provincial key disciplines (Human Anatomy and Histology & Embryology, Internal Medicine, Gynecology and Obstetrics), 26 key disciplines of Shandong Province. Almost all disciplines in the Medical School, including the Preclinical Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Biology and Biomedical Engineering, have the ability to recruit Ph.D candidates and Postdoctoral Research Fellows.

     In the new century, the School of Medicine is ready to carry on the past and open a way for future. Adhering to Cheeloo University's good tradition of being pragmatic and seeking the truth, developing the spirit of dedication, taking advantage of academic disciplines of the comprehensive university, all the staff will continue to make the school one of the first-class medical schools in the country and recognized internationally for its high level of research.

◆ Contact Information

   TEL: 86-0531-88382725
   FAX: 86-0531-88382502
   E-mail: lixuemei@sdu.edu.cn , wangzhixuan@sdu.edu.cn
   Address: 44 WenHua Xi Road , Ji'nan, Shandong , China
   Shandong University
   School of Medicine
   Dean's Office
   Post Code: 250012
   Website: http://en.sdu.edu.cn/