The Medical College of Putian University was established in 1900.
The predecessor of Fujian Maternal and Child Health School was the nursing class attached to Xinghua Shengjiao Hospital founded in 1900. In 1995, it was upgraded to Fujian Medical University Putian Branch. In 2002, it merged with Putian College with the approval of the Ministry of Education. Upgraded to a comprehensive undergraduate university—Putian University. The medical school has a century-old history of running schools, has cultivated a strong educational force, accumulated rich experience in running schools, and cultivated medical talents throughout the province and Southeast Asia, enjoying a high reputation.
The medical school currently has 4 administrative departments including the Party and Government Office, Teaching Office, Academic Affairs Office, and Practice Office, as well as the Department of Clinical Medicine, the Municipal First Clinical Department, the Department of Nursing, the Department of Pharmacy, and the Department of Basic Medicine There are 5 teaching departments, including undergraduate majors in clinical medicine, nursing, pharmacy, medical imaging technology, and medical laboratory technology.
The School of Medicine currently has 151 faculty members and 120 full-time teachers, including 9 professors, 36 associate professors, 42 teachers with master's and doctoral degrees, and 2,429 students. It has 1 medical teaching experimental center, 9 comprehensive teaching laboratories, and 3 medical research institutes. There are 2 affiliated hospitals and 42 clinical teaching practice bases.
The School of Medicine adheres to the scientific outlook on development, proposes a school-running philosophy that integrates medicine and humanities, pays equal attention to teaching and scientific research, and combines foundation and application. It adheres to the school-running spirit of virtue, erudition, prudent thinking, and earnest practice, and builds on the past and opens up the future. Innovate and strive to build the college into an undergraduate medical school with distinctive characteristics and high quality.