University’s Quick Facts Founded in: 1956 Address: No.1 Yixueyuan Road, Yuzhong District, Chongqing 400016, P. R. China Number of Students: 25,857 (over 1,000 international students) Academic Staff: 4,824 Academic Session Begins: September Medium of Teaching: English Recognized by: WHO, MCI, PMDC, USMLE, HPCSA, SCHS Scholarships: Available Total Area: 2.79 million square meters University Campus: 2 campuses Library: a collection of 1.32 million books Food: several dining halls on the campus providing kinds of delicious food for international students Weather: annual average temperature is 18 °C; annual average precipitation is 1,250 mm Nearest Airport: Chongqing Jiangbei International Airport in Yubei, China   About: Chongqing Medical University is a state key university under the administration of the Chongqing Municipal Government with an integrated educational system of graduation, masters, doctoral, and postdoctoral programs in medicine as well as other health-related fields. Presently, the university has become a major public medical university that is jointly administrated and supported by the Ministry of Education of China, the Ministry of Health of China, and Chongqing Municipal Government. In 2013, Chongqing Medical University ranked 6th among all medical universities in China. In graduate education and discipline competitiveness, the university ranked 12th among all Chinese universities offering medical disciplines....