Zhejiang Medical University
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The Zhejiang Medical University (Traditional Chinese: 浙江醫科大學; Simplified Chinese: 浙江医科大学), was a defunct university
University
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 in Hangzhou
Hangzhou
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, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China
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. 1998, it was merged into Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

.

Brief history

1952-1953, due to the Adjustment for University Colleges and Departments (中國高校院系調整 / 中国高校院系调整), Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University
Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

was dissociated, and its medical school, merged together with the Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine
Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine
Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine , was a defunct medical college for higher education in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China...

, formed the new Zhejiang Medical College (浙江医学院).

1960, Zhejiang Medical College was promoted to Zhejiang Medical University (浙江医科大学).

1998, the reunification of Zhejiang University happened, and Zhejiang Medical University became the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.

The campus

The university originally located aside the famous West Lake
West Lake
Xī Hú is a famous fresh water lake located in the historic center of Hangzhou, the capital of Zhejiang province in eastern China. The lake is divided by the causeways of Sū Tí , Bái Tí , and Yánggōng Tí...

 in Hangzhou. Its campus was the Hubin Campus
Hubin Campus, Zhejiang University
Hubin Campus , was a defunct urban campus of the Zhejiang University.-Introduction:The campus was just aside the West Lake. Hu means lake in Chinese, and stands for the West Lake; bin means bank or shore; so it's a lakeside campus. The campus was previous Zhejiang Medical University before 1998...

, 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
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 (Robert Kuok
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, 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
Skyscraper
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 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
Hotel
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 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
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 (CAS) and three from Chinese Academy of Engineering
Chinese Academy of Engineering
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 (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 :
School Name Office Period Name (in Chinese) Title (in Chinese)
Zhejiang Medical College Oct 1951 - Apr 1955 Hong Shilu (洪式闾) President (院长(兼))
Zhejiang Medical College May 1956 - Sep 1958 Wang Zhongqiao (王仲侨) President (院长)
Zhejiang Medical University Feb 1960 - Sep 1963 Zheng Ping (郑平) President (校长(兼))
Zhejiang Medical University Mar 1964 - Nov 1968 Li Lanyan (李兰炎) President (校长(兼))
Zhejiang Medical University Jul 1978 - Mar 1979 Wang Yaoting (王耀庭) President (校长(兼))
Zhejiang Medical University Mar 1979 - Jan 1984 Wang Jiwu (王季午) President (校长)
Zhejiang Medical University Jan 1984 - Nov 1996 Zheng Shu (郑树) President (校长)
Zhejiang Medical University Nov 1996 - Sep 1998 Chen Zhaodian (陈昭典) President (校长)
Zhejiang Medical University Jan 1984 - Sep 1998 Wang Jiwu (王季午) Honorary President (名誉校长)

See also

  • Zhejiang University
    Zhejiang University
    Zhejiang University , sometimes referred to as Zheda, is a national university in China. Founded in 1897, Zhejiang University is one of China's oldest institutions of higher education...

  • Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine
    Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine
    Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine , was a defunct medical college for higher education in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China...

  • Hubin Campus, Zhejiang University
    Hubin Campus, Zhejiang University
    Hubin Campus , was a defunct urban campus of the Zhejiang University.-Introduction:The campus was just aside the West Lake. Hu means lake in Chinese, and stands for the West Lake; bin means bank or shore; so it's a lakeside campus. The campus was previous Zhejiang Medical University before 1998...

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