Type Public university Province Zhejiang Headquarters Hangzhou, China Ceased operations 1998 | Active 1952–1998 Founded 1952 Affiliation Zhejiang University | |
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Location Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China Similar Zhejiang University, Hangzhou University, Wenzhou Medical University, Zhejiang Chinese Medical, China Medical University | ||
Zhejiang Medical University (Chinese: 浙江医科大学; Chinese: 浙江醫科大學) was a former university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. In 1998, was merged into Zhejiang University to become its Medical School.
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History
In 1952–53, due to the Adjustment for University Colleges and Departments (中国高校院系调整), Zhejiang University was dissociated, and its medical school was merged with Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine to form Zhejiang Medical College (浙江医学院).
In 1960, Zhejiang Medical College was promoted to Zhejiang Medical University.
In 1998, Zhejiang Medical University was merged into Zhejiang University to become the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.
The campus
The university originally located aside the famous West Lake in Hangzhou. Its campus was the Hubin Campus, which later became a main medical campus of Zhejiang University. Due to the new civic plan for Hangzhou downtown, the campus was sold to the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts (Robert Kuok, 郭鶴年/郭鹤年) at a price of 2.46 billion Chinese Yuan.
The main teaching building of the university was the highest skyscraper around the West Lake, and was one of the tallest in Hangzhou City. The teaching buildings were torn down by explosions. The land of the campus is planned to build a luxurious hotel and currently under dense constructions.
The university
The university and its teaching hospital originally had a total faculty of more than 9000, including one academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) and three from Chinese Academy of Engineering (CAE).
The whole university faculty and students were merged into the Zhejiang University in 1998, and became the School of Medicine of Zhejiang University. The reunification was finished in 1999.
President
List of Presidents:
Famous Graduates
Jin Guanyuan, acupuncturist