Overview 

Hebei Medical University is a key university in Hebei Province. It was first named Beiyang Medical School. It was founded in Tianjin in 1894 by Li Hongzhang, Governor of Zhili and Minister of Beiyang. It is the first government-run western hospital school in modern China. After the Revolution of 1911, on January 19, 1912, the Ministry of Education of the National Government issued the "General Education Interim Measures Circular", and Beiyang Medical School was changed to Beiyang Medical School. On October 22, 1912, the Ministry of Education of the National Government issued the "Special School Order" "No. 16". According to this, in September 1913 (Republic of China), the Beiyang Medical School was renamed Zhili Public Medical College and began to recruit Undergraduate. 

The school moved to Baoding in 1915. On July 7, 1937, the Anti-Japanese War broke out and the school was forced to close. Enrollment was resumed in January 1946. In April 1949, it was renamed Hebei Medical College. In 1958, the school moved from Baoding to Shijiazhuang. In 1995, the former Hebei Medical University, Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shijiazhuang Medical College merged into Hebei Medical University. In 2013, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine resumed its independent organizational system. In 2016, the Ministry of Education, National Health and Family Planning Commission, and Hebei Provincial People's Government formally signed an agreement to jointly build Hebei Medical University. During the "13th Five-Year Plan" period, the school formulated the development goal of "building a high-level medical university with distinctive characteristics". 

The school adheres to the excellent school spirit of "respect, dedication, rigor and innovation". After 127 years, especially the construction and development of the 40 years of reform and opening up , it has become a comprehensive medical university integrating teaching, scientific research and medical care. In 2005, the school put forward the school motto of "Mingde Learned and Exercising Fang Zhiyuan". In 2015, the school established the school philosophy of "student-oriented and teacher-first". At present, the school has two campuses, five directly affiliated hospitals, 19 secondary colleges (departments), 28 undergraduate majors, including 4 national-level characteristic majors and 4 provincial-level characteristic majors. Fourteen majors were selected as national first-class undergraduate majors, and 10 majors were selected as provincial-level first-rate undergraduate majors. 

There are currently 20,980 full-time students, including 4,542 doctoral and master students, and 421 international students. The school has 4 mobile post-doctoral research stations for basic medicine, clinical medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, and biology. It has 6 first-level disciplines for doctoral degree authorization, 47 second-level disciplines for doctoral degree authorization; 9 first-level disciplines for master's degree authorization, 51 second-level disciplines for master's degree authorization; 1 doctoral degree authorization category, master's professional degree authorization There are 4 categories, degree-authorized disciplines have covered biology, basic medicine, clinical medicine, public health and preventive medicine, integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine, pharmacy, etc. 

The school has a complete medical education system for cultivating bachelor, master, doctor and post-doctorate. The school system has a total of more than 17,000 faculty members (including directly affiliated hospitals), including 1,180 full-time professional and technical personnel, 1,813 associate high-level professional and technical personnel, 363 doctoral supervisors, and 2,450 master supervisors. In this team, there are a group of experts and professors with profound knowledge and high reputation at home and abroad, including 4 academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, 1 winner of the National Outstanding Youth Science Fund, 1 national outstanding professional and technical talent, and the National Hundred and Thousand Talents Project 6 candidates, 1 winner of the National High-level Talent Special Support Program ("Ten Thousand Talents Program") Teaching Teacher Award, 49 experts enjoying special government allowances from the State Council, 1 national superintendent, 5 national model (excellent) teachers, science and technology. 

In the Ministry's Innovative Talent Promotion Plan, 1 young scientific and technological innovation leader, 3 Yanzhao scholars, 9 high-end talents in Hebei Province, 53 outstanding provincial management experts, 80 young and middle-aged experts with outstanding contributions, famous teaching teachers of Hebei Province There are 17 candidates, 2 candidates for the Hebei Province Hundred Talents Program, 14 first-level candidates for the "Three Three Three Talent Project", and 28 Hebei Province model (excellent) teachers. The school has 5 directly affiliated hospitals, namely the First Hospital, Second Hospital, Third Hospital, Fourth Hospital, and Stomatological Hospital of Hebei Medical University. Among them, 4 are general hospitals of tertiary and A, and one is tertiary. Specialized hospital with 9252 beds. According to the requirements of the school's professional training objectives, the school has built a total of 52 off-campus practice and training bases to undertake the teaching tasks of the school's undergraduate professional practice and training. 

The school is not only the medical education and medical treatment center of Hebei Province, but also the medical research center of Hebei Province. There are 1 national key discipline (foundation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine), 1 national key cultivation discipline (forensic medicine), 1 key discipline of the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (foundation of integrated traditional Chinese and western medicine), 16 national key clinical specialties, Hebei Province There are 4 "Double First Class" construction disciplines, 1 Hebei Province National Key Discipline Cultivation Project Supporting Discipline, Hebei Province 4 Strong Feature Disciplines, Hebei Province 12 Key Disciplines, 2 Provincial and Ministry Co-construction (Ministry of Education) key laboratories, 3 provincial-level collaborative innovation centers, 1 provincial new-type think tank, 1 provincial philosophy and social science research base, 2 provincial key humanities and social science research bases of the Department of Education, 31 provincial key laboratories, research laboratories, and engineering centers. 

There are 4 research laboratories of traditional Chinese medicine. In addition, the school also undertook to edit and publish 8 national and provincial academic journals. In recent years, the school has continuously strengthened international exchanges and cooperation, and has become an important window for foreign cultural and academic exchanges in Hebei Province. It has established close cooperative relations with 33 medical schools and scientific research institutions in 12 countries including Japan, South Korea, the United States, Belgium, Russia, Ireland, and the United Kingdom. More than 100 foreign experts have been hired as honorary positions in the school. There are international students. 421 people are studying at school. School History In 1894, the Qing government approved the Beiyang Medical School established by Li Hongzhang in Tianjin;

 In 1912, it was renamed Beiyang Medical School; In 1913, it was renamed Zhili Public Medical College; In 1915, Zhili Public Medical College moved from Tianjin to Baoding; In 1921, the Medical College, Agricultural College, Higher Normal School, and Law and Political Science merged to form Hebei University, and the Zhili Public Medical College was renamed as the Department of Medicine of Hebei University; In 1932, the Medical Department of Hebei University was established independently as Hebei Provincial Medical College; In 1937, after the outbreak of the Anti-Japanese War, the school was forced to close, and enrollment was suspended for 9 years; 

The Hebei Provincial Medical College reopened in Baoding in January 1946, and the first class of students after the resumption of enrollment began in the same year; In 1947, Hebei Provincial Medical College temporarily moved from Baoding to Tianjin to continue running the school; Tianjin was liberated in January 1949 and renamed Hebei Medical College in April of the same year; In 1952, Hebei Medical College moved back to Baoding from Tianjin; In 1958, Hebei Medical College moved from Baoding to Shijiazhuang; 

In 1970, Tianjin College of Traditional Chinese Medicine merged into Hebei Medical College and was renamed Hebei New Medical University; In 1979, Hebei New Medical University restored the name of Hebei Medical College (the independent establishment of the Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine was named Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine); Anshan Health School, established in 1949, was later renamed Angang Health School and Huashan Metallurgical Medical College; 

Moved to Shijiazhuang in 1988 and changed its name to Shijiazhuang Medical College; In May 1995, Hebei Medical University, Hebei University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Shijiazhuang Medical College merged to form Hebei Medical University. (In 2009, Shijiazhuang Health School was merged into Hebei Medical University. In April 2013, Hebei College of Traditional Chinese Medicine resumed its independent organizational system and separated from Hebei Medical University.) After separating in 2013 in Hebei Medical College, School school is still called Hebei Medical University.