Fujian Medical University (FJMU), founded in 1937, was approved by Fujian Provincial People's Government in 2003 as a key university. It now offers bachelor, postgraduate and doctoral programs, including Clinical Medicine, Stomatology, Preventive Medicine, Medical Laboratory Tests and Analysis, Anesthesiology, Medical Imaging, Nursing, Pharmacy, Social Work, etc. It has become a comprehensive provincial medical university of research, teaching, medical treatment, prevention and social services.
The university now has over 12,800 full-time undergraduate students, over 250 doctoral candidates, over 2,800 postgraduate students and over 400 in-school international students. Six hospitals are directly affiliated to it. It maintained academic exchanges with over 30 colleges, universities, and research institutes all over the world. At the national level, FJMU has 4 characteristic majors, 3 teaching awards, 2 experiment teaching demonstration centres, 1 experimental zone for talent training model innovation, 1 teaching team, 1 outstanding doctor cultivation program, 1 off-campus educational practice base, 1 excellent course, 1 excellent open video course and 1 excellent resource sharing course, 1 national key discipline. According ESI, clinical medicine discipline of FJMU ranks into global top 1% among similar institutions.