Clinical Medicine (MBBS in English)

Soochow University is situated in Suzhou, a city crowned as "Paradise on Earth". Originally founded in 1900, SUDA, with the long-term evolvement, has developed top teaching experience in the area of MBBS, including Clinical Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Medical Psychology, among which Clinical Medicine is taught in English. What’s more, Soochow University has established cooperative and exchange relationships with over 100 universities and institutions in United States, France, Germany, Australia, Russia, Korea, Singapore, Thailand, etc. One in 25 students is an international student on the campus. If you are ready to study MBBS in China, Soochow University is strongly recommended for you by SICAS.

Introduction

The Soochow University is recognized by WHO and the graduates of MBBS program are eligible to take the Medical Licensing Examinations held by the medical councils in different countries such as MCI, PMDC, USMLE, HPCSA, SCHS etc.

Teaching ObjectivesThe course aims to educate students to study basic theory and elementary knowledge in medicine, gain basic clinical skills of some common diseases diagnosis processing, have the primary treatment ability to urgent, difficult and severe symptoms, and be qualified for careers in hospitals, the medical and health units, medical science research departments as well as other organizations related medicine.

Major courses

Survey of China, Advanced Mathematics, Chinese, Medical Chinese, Physiology, Biochemistry, Regional Anatomy, Pathology, Medical Microbiology, Medical Immunology, Medical Basic and Clinical pharmacology, Diagnostics, General Surgery, Parasitology, Pathophysiology,Radiology, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Infectious Diseases, Ophthalmology, Oncology, Internal Medicine, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, etc.

Degree Awarded

On completing the requirements of the teaching program and passing the graduation examinations successfully, international medical undergraduates will be granted a graduation certificate and conferred a medical degree by the Soochow University,if they meet the degree regulations of the Soochow University. The English copy of the degree will state MBBS (Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery).

Career After obtaining MBBS Degree, the graduates can apply to take the medical licensing examination in the medical council in order to get registered and practice medicine. According to the regulations in different countries, the students may need to do the degree accreditation first. A MBBS degree holder can find jobs in government as well as private hospitals, nursing homes and other health facilities. Except this, one can also start his own clinic or pursue study for master's degree.

Brief Introduction
Located in Suzhou, an ancient city popularly called “the Paradise on Earth”, Soochow University is a key comprehensive provincial university in Jiangsu Province and also one of China’s top 100 universities under the“Project 211” directed by the Ministry of Education. Better equipped and more robust, Soochow University has grown into a first-rate university in China, covering a wide range of academic disciplines including philosophy, economics, science of law, pedagogy, literature, history, natural science, engineering, agriculture, medical science and management science and enjoying a fairly high reputation both at home and abroad.

Degree Programs 
At present, Soochow University runs twenty post-doctoral research stations, six Ph.D. programs of primary disciplines, eighty-five Ph.D. programs (including self-designed majors), one professional doctoral program of primary disciplines, 209 master’s degree programs(including self-designed majors), ten professional master’s degree programs as well as 108 undergraduate programs.

Disciplines & Laboratory
In addition, the university has four national key disciplines, twenty-four provincial and ministerial key disciplines (including six incubators for national key disciplines), one national engineering laboratory, one incubator for national key laboratory, twelve provincial and ministerial key laboratories, and three provincial and ministerial engineering centers. It also houses one national base for training personnel in the basic disciplines of liberal arts, one national base for training personnel in the basic disciplines of natural science, one key research base of the Ministry of Education for humanities and social sciences and one key research base of the State General Administration of Sports for social sciences. 

Faculty & Staff Members
The university has now about 50,000 students, including 12,744 postgraduates, 22,853 undergraduates and 9,010 adult education students. Among its 4098 faculty and staff members, four are full-time employed academicians (including one member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences who is also a member of the Third-World Academy of Sciences and three members of the Chinese Academy of Engineering), six are part-time employed academicians and 1,633 are full professors and associate professors.

International Exchange
China’s reform and opening-up policy has provided the university with excellent opportunities for international academic exchange and cooperation. Soochow University has established cooperative relationships with more than 100 universities and institutions in Japan, France, Korea, Singapore, Germany, U.S.A., Canada, Australia, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Every year the university accepts over 2,000 international students to study Chinese language and literature and other relevant majors.

Soochow University consists of five campuses with a total area of more than 3,118 mu and a floor area of around 1.56 million square meters. The university library has a collection of about 4 million volumes and subscribes to about 2,800 domestic and foreign journals and magazines. It also has advanced equipment in the Center of Analysis and Measurement and the Center of Information Networks. The university has a publishing house which publishes academic journals such as Foreign Silk and Soochow University Journal in four discipline-oriented series.

Goal 
In recent years, Soochow University has been relying on strong economic strength and favorable cultural geographic conditions of Southern Jiangsu and exploring effective ways to serve local economy and social development, which is now regarded as its own distinct feature and motive power for running the school. The university has set up a goal to build it into a high-level university and make it “first-class at home and well known abroad”. Now with unprecedented insight and courage, it is moving steadily toward the realization of this goal.

Dormitory for overseas students

The dormitories are mainly offered to the long-term students and the short-term students groups. There are 164 rooms for boys and 125 rooms for girls, which can hold about 560 people. Inside the room there are beds (not bedding), desks, air-condition, a water heater, a television, telephones, a refrigerator, Internet lines and an attached shower room.

Every student can have free use of Internet (if he has a laptop), 50 KVA of electricity (80 KVA for single occupancy) and 4 cubic of water per month. Overuse of water and electricity will be charged accordingly. The room is charged for the whole semester, from 20 th February to 20 th July, or from 20 th August to 20 th January. Every student staying in the dorms before or after this period, or he wants to pay by days will be charged by 35 RMB/bed per day (60 RMB for single occupancy). Any student who wants to keep the dorm in winter or summer holidays should notify the Office of Overseas Students and pay 1000 RMB every room per month. The accommodation fees will not be refunded during the semester without any special reason. An extra fee 400 RMB should be paid for bedding when the students move in.

When the students want to apply for the room, they need go to the school of overseas education to sign the agreement and pay the accommodation fee first. After that they go to the front desk of the dormitory, pay the key deposit 50 RMB and get the key.

If any student who wants to book a room, he can do it beforehand by telephone, fax, e-mail, letter, etc.

Room Price

Single occupancy (each bed) RMB1400/month; 7000/semester (5 months)

Double occupancy (each bed) 800/month; 4000/semester (5 months)

Dongwu Hotel

Building	Beds	Equipments	Public  equipments	Above 3 months  (room)	1-3 months  (room)	15-30  days  (room)
Building 5	Single bed	TV, Air-condition	Shower room,  bathroom,  telephone	40RMB(Electricity fee  excluded)	45RMB (Electricity fee  excluded))	60 RMB
Building 7	Single bed	TV, Air-condition	Shower room,  bathroom,  telephone	32RMB (Electricity fee  excluded)	40RMB (Electricity fee  excluded))	50 RMB
	Double beds,  double occupancy	TV, Air-condition	Shower room,  bathroom,  telephone	38RMB(Electricity fee  excluded)	42RMB (Electricity fee  excluded))	55 RMB
	Double beds,  single occupancy	TV, Air-condition	Shower room,  bathroom,  telephone	50RMB(Electricity fee  excluded)	60RMB (Electricity fee  excluded)	70 RMB
Building 2	Single bed	TV, shower room,  bathroom,  phone	Central  air-condition	80RMB	100RMB	120 RMB
Building 6	Double beds,  single occupancy	TV, shower room,  bathroom,  phone	Central  air-condition	80RMB	120RMB	140 RMB
	Double beds,  double occupancy	TV, shower room,  bathroom,  phone	Central  air-condition	100RMB	120RMB	140 RMB

Each student can have a free use of 1 KWA everyday. The overuse will be charged by 1RMB/KWA and the students need pay 20 RMB per month if they use the washing machines in building 5 and 7.

                                                               

3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

Non-chinese citizens who are physically and mentally healthy and hold valid foreign ordinary passports shall be under the age of 30 in principle. 

Applicants under the age of 18 are required to provide proof of guardianship (age is calculated as of September 1 of the year of admission). 

The guardian must be a permanent resident of Suzhou.

1.Photocopy of valid passport
With photo, passport number &expiration date and name included.

2.Passport-sized photo
A passport-sized photo taken recently of the applicant.

3.Graduation certificate of high school
Graduation certificate should be in Chinese or English.If not, it should be translated into Chinese or English and be notarized.

4.Academic transcript of high school

5. Non criminal certificate 

6. Bank statement

7. Physical examination form