Wuhan University School of Medicine

History

• In 1906, Zhang Zhidong founded in Wuchang the Hubei Army's Military Medical Academy. The school was closed in 1909 and reopened in 1913 as the Hubei Medical School.
• In 1926, the school was incorporated into the National Wuchang Zhongshan University, the forerunner of Wuhan University.
• In 1928, National Wuhan University discontinued medical education for lack of funding. A new medical school was set up as the Hubei Provincial Medical School.
• In 1938, the school moved to Enshi due to Anti-Japanese War.
• In 1945, the school moved back to Wuhan and changed its name to the Wuchang Provincial Medical School.
• In 1957, the school moved to its current site in Wuhan.
• In 1993, the school was renamed as Hubei Medical University.
• In 2000, the school merged with Wuhan University.

  Education

Institutions

• Colleges : Wuhan University School of Basic Medical School, First Clinical College, Second Clinical College, School of Stomatology, College of Pharmacy, School of Public Health, HOPE School of Nursing, and Vocational and Technical Medical College.
• Research Institutes : Institute of Medical Virology, Medical Structural Biology Research Center, and Animal Center.
• Affiliated Hospitals : People's Hospital, Zhongnan Hospital, and Stomatological Hospital.

Famous alumni

Teachers

• Xia Liangcai, graduated from Sichuan Huaxi University teeth Institute and the United States University of Michigan, a member of the American College of Surgeons, the famous oral medicine educator, Chinese Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, one of the founders.
• Gui Xien

  Students

• Li Wenliang, a Chinese doctor who tried to issue the first warning about the COVID-19. Li graduated from Wuhan University School of Medicine as a clinical medicine student in a seven-year combined bachelor's and master's degree program.