MBBS Program

The College of Medical Science is the first-batch offer provider in 5 undergraduate majors in China’s three-batch recruitment system. Medical imageology is the national featured program; clinical medicine is the provincial brand program; biochemistry is the national level excellent course; anatomy and immunology are provincial level excellent courses. The college has a provincial level teaching team of morphology and provincial level experiment teaching demonstration base of foundation medicine and clinical skill training. The college also possesses 2 national level and 32 provincial level standardized training bases for resident doctors.

In the recent five years, the college has hosted 80 projects of National Natural Science Foundation of China and obtained over 30 scientific and technologic awards by the provincial government.

Introduction to International Students ‘Education:

In 2004, the college enrolled the first batch of international students of clinical medicine. In 2011, the college was granted the qualification to recruit international students majored in MBBS (English medium) by Ministry of Education of China. In 2013, CTGU became the demonstration base of international students ‘education by Ministry of Education of China.

Through more than ten years ‘exploration and efforts, now the college owns a set of complete management system, an excellent teaching team and characteristic talents training mode, which is showcase of CTGU education internationalization.

The college is equipped with excellent medical facilities for teaching, and has four teaching hospitals with titles of the first class in the third level (third level means top level), arranges exclusive multimedia classrooms for international students. The library collects the reference books related to the medical teaching in English versions over 13800 and renew sever year to meet the requirements of teachers and students.

At the same time, the complete management system and clear division of responsibilities ensure the education quality of overseas students.

The courses of MBBS are delivered in English by excellent teachers who have the international education background and much experience in teaching international students. Meanwhile, some external experts and professors are invited to teach some theoretical courses.

The college also pays great attention to students’ practical ability training and arranges many experiment courses by taking advantages of the rich experiment and practice platform resources. Teaching hospitals have standardized management and are strict with students’ internship.

Up to now, the CTGU graduates ‘passing rate of medical licensing examination held in their motherlands or the third country is over 85%.

The current medical education team is composed of 9 teaching units:

• College of Medical Science
• First Teaching Hospital of Clinical Medicine (Yichang Central Hospital)
• Second Teaching Hospital of Clinical Medicine (Renhe Hospital)
• Third Teaching Hospital of Clinical Medicine (Gezhouba Central Hospital)
• People’s Hospital of CTGU (First People’s Hospital in Yichang City)
• Second People’s Hospital of CTGU (Second People’s Hospital in Yichang City)
• College of Chinese Traditional Clinical Medicine, CTGU Chinese Traditional Medicine  
• Hospital in Yichang City）
• College of Maternal and Children’s Clinical Medicine, CTGU (Maternal and Children’s  
• Hospital in Yichang City)
• Public Health Institute, CTGU (Center for Disease Prevention and Control in Yichang City)

Research Platforms:

• National Third Level Laboratory of TCM Pharmacology Research
• Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Tumor Microenvironment and Immunotherapy
• Hubei Provincial Key Laboratory of Natural Products’ Research and Utilization
• Institute of Molecular Biology, CTGU
• Institute of Neoplasm, CTGU
• Institute of Hepatopathy, CTGU
• Center of Experimental Animals, CTGU

Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS)

This program is to cultivate the undergraduate students to develop social medical knowledge, standardized clinical skills, and an appropriate professional attitude, and to lay the foundation for their further studies in medical practice, medical research, health administration, etc. The students of this program will mainly study the basic theory and basic knowledge of medical science, and have the basic training of diagnosing, treating and preventing human diseases. They should be able to analyze and distinguish the reason and mechanism of common human diseases. The graduates are supposed to engage in diseases prevention and the work of clinical medicine.  

• Qualification Awarded: MBBS
• Faculty: College of Medical Science
• Teaching language: English
• Duration: 5+1 years

Key Courses:

• Human Anatomy  
• Histology & Embryology  
• Physiology
• Biochemistry
• Pharmacology
• Pathology
• Microbiology & Parasitology  
• Community Medicine  
• Internal Medicine
• General Surgery  
• Obstetrics & Gynecology  
• Pediatrics
• Anesthesiology
• Ophthalmology
• Forensic Medicine