Overview

Key facts

Southern Medical University (SMU), 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, SMU has become one of the 8 prestigious universities authorized by the Ministry of Education to run the pilot 8-year medical education program.

Within the courses arrangement of the Basic Medicine programme from the Southern Medical University provides clinical practice (6 years), developmental course, rotation of grade-2 subjects, equipped with clinical tutor, clinical thinking and skill training (clinical and scientific research) and thesis writing and oral defense. And as teaching methods, the programme offers classroom teaching, bedside teaching, case discussion, OSCE, clinical research training, independent learning, etc

Programme Structure

Courses included:

Human Anatomy

Histology

Embryology

Immunology

Medical Parasitology

Microbiology

Pathology

Forensic Medicine

Basic Oncology

Molecular Medicine

Pathological Physiology

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 36 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-09-01 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-30 00:00:00 , International

Language

English

IELTS

6.5

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Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Acheng, China

Disciplines

Medicine Health Sciences View 6 other PhDs in Health Sciences in China

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Academic requirements

We are not aware of any specific GRE, GMAT or GPA grading score requirements for this programme.

English requirements

IELTS

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Other requirements

General requirements

Applicants should have a foreign citizenship, a valid passport and meet the relevant requirements for international students to study in China
Age requirements for Doctoral Degree Candidate: under the age of 40

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Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

50000 CNY / year

≈ 50000 CNY / year
Domestic Applies to you

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Citizens or residents

50000 CNY / year

≈ 50000 CNY / year

Funding

Work Permits

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