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Southern Medical University, formerly known as the First Military Medical University of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, was founded in 1951. It was identified as a national key university in 1979. In August 2004, it was transferred to Guangdong Province as a whole and renamed as Southern Medical University. It now has two campuses, Guangzhou and Shunde. The school is the only medical institution among the first five provincial high-level university key construction universities in Guangdong Province, one of the first "ministerial and provincial" jointly built medical universities in China, one of the first eight universities in China to offer an eight year clinical medicine major (bachelor's and doctoral degree combined), and one of the first pilot universities for the Excellent Doctor and Excellent Doctor (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Education and Training Program in China. Nominated for the top 300 universities in the Times Higher Education World University Rankings in 2024.

The school is the only independent medical institution that offers an eight year medical education program, and the "Top notch Basic Medical Student Training Base" has been selected as the National Top notch Basic Discipline Student Training Plan 2.0 Base. Becoming a "101 Plan" university by the Ministry of Education, basic medicine and clinical medicine have been selected for the "101 Plan". As the first completion unit, it has won 12 national teaching achievement awards and 49 provincial teaching achievement awards, including 2 first prizes for national teaching achievements. There are currently 7 national characteristic majors, 16 Guangdong characteristic majors, and 6 Guangdong famous brand majors. 23 national first-class undergraduate major construction sites and 40 national first-class undergraduate courses have been approved, ranking first in the number of selected medical colleges in China. There are currently 17 national level planned textbooks, 8 national level excellent courses, 2 national level ideological and political demonstration courses (taught by renowned teachers and teams), 4 national level experimental teaching demonstration centers, 2 awards for the first National Excellent Textbook Construction Award, 1 national clinical teaching training demonstration center, and selected as an independent pilot unit for the construction of the "one-stop" student community comprehensive management model by the Ministry of Education. Establish one national level graduate training demonstration base and 25 Guangdong joint training graduate training demonstration bases. In recent years, many academicians of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and Chinese Academy of Engineering have emerged among graduates, including Hou Fanfan, Xia Zhaofan, Gao Tianming, Liu Chao, and others. In the National Practicing Physician Qualification Examination, clinical medicine has the highest pass rate and ranks fourth in the country, while traditional Chinese medicine has ranked first in the country three times. The "Internet plus" and "Challenge Cup" series of competitions ranked top two among medical colleges in China, and won 48 national awards, including 1 China Special Prize, 4 first prizes, and 12 gold prizes.

The major aims to cultivate high-quality dental professionals who master the basic knowledge, theories and skills of basic medicine and clinical medicine, have professional knowledge and skills of dentistry, and are capable of diagnosis and treatment of common dental diseases.The main coursesinclude Introduction of Dentistry, Dental Biology, Dental Anatomy and Physiology, Dental Histopathology, Imaging Diagnosis of Dental and Maxillofacial Medicine, Dental and Maxillofacial Surgery, Operative Dentistry and Endodontics, Periodontal Disease, Dental Mucosal Diseases, Pediatric Dentistry, Prosthodontics, Orthodontics, Preventive Dentistry, Dental Materials Science, Geriatric Dentistry, Dental Equipment, etc..

The duration of study is six yearsincluding one year of internship. International students will be awarded theBachelor's degree in Medicine

Southern Medical University, the former First Military Medical University, was founded in October 1951 and notarized as one of the premier medical universities in 1978. The university was handed over to the local government of Guangdong Province and meanwhile renamed as Southern Medial University, in line with the command by the State Department and the Central Military Committee of PLA in August 2004. At present, the university has been authorized by the Department of Education as a key medical university.

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3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

1. Applicants should be non-Chinese citizens holding a valid foreign passport.

If both parents or one of the parents of the applicant are Chinese citizens and reside in a foreign country, the applicant should have foreign nationality at birth and hold a valid foreign passport or nationality certificate for at least 4 years. In addition, a record of more than 2 years of actual residence in a foreign country in the last 4 years (by April 30, 2025) is also needed. For people immigrating from Chinese mainland, Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan to foreign countries and are applying as international students, please refer to the requirements above.

2. Applicants should be physically and mentally healthy, and meet the medical examination standards for applying for a study visa or residence permit in China.

3. Applicants should be 18-30 years old with a high school diploma or above.

4. Applicants should have excellent grades and good conduct, without any record of violation of school rules and regulations, nor any record of public security punishment or criminal record.

5. Language Proficiency Requirements:

Chinese Medium Program: Applicants must reach a score above 180 in HSK 4 or provide other comparable certificates proving Chinese proficiency. Applicants receiving the last degree with the instruction in Chinese are exempt from submitting the Chinese proficiency certificates, but the certificate of Chinese medium issued by the school graduated from shall be provided.

English Medium Program:

(1). Basic understanding of Chinese. Applicants should provide the certificate of basic Chinese learning, such as training certificate, HSK certificate, etc. Those without any Chinese language background must attend the Chinese training organized by the University before the enrollment;

(2). Applicants from non-English-speaking countries must reach a score above 80 in TOEFL (15 or above for each item) or 6.0 in IELTS (5.5 or above for each item); or provide other comparable certificates proving English proficiency. Applicants from English-speaking countries or receiving the last degree with the instruction in English are exempt from submitting the English proficiency certificates, but the certificate of English medium issued by the school graduated from shall be provided.

1. Scanned copy of valid passport’s information page;

2. Scanned copy of Highest Academic Degree Certificate, Expected Graduation Certificate for fresh graduates(original one and English-translated one. After being pre-admitted, applicants are required to submit final Graduation Certificate to be eligible for official admission.);

3. Scanned copiesof transcript of all courses during the highest academic degree education (original one and English-translated one);

4. ID photo (2-inch blue background photo without hats);

5. Scanned copyofForeigner’s Physical Examination Formcompleted in Chinese or English;

6. English self-introduction video (3-5 minutes, no more than 50M);

7. Certificate of Language proficiency;

8.Financial Support Guarantee Statementand scanned copies of its supporting documentscompleted in Chinese or English, certifying that the applicant has sufficient funds to cover his or her tuition, accommodation, living expenses and international travels during his or her study in China. The minimum amount of funding required is RMB 150,000. Only one’s relatives can act as his or her financial sponsor. The statement should be accompanied by a scanned copy of the financial sponsor’s valid passport or identification certificate(self-supporting applicants should submit this statement);

9. Original Authorization to the Guardian (for self-supporting applicants under the age of 18 by September 1, 2025) needs to be notarized with signatures. If not notarized in China, the endorsement of local Chinese Embassy is required.

★ Guardians shall be Chinese or foreign adults who reside in China with stable source of income.

★ Graduation certificateand transcriptshould be notarized.

★The University will request for supplementary materials when necessary.

★ Application materials mentioned above will not be returned to applicants whether they are admitted or not.

★All the forms can be downloaded from the official website of School of International Education.