Southern Medical University is better than Guangzhou Medical University in terms of strength and reputation.
Guangzhou Medical University is located in Guangzhou. It was founded in 1958 as Guangzhou Medical College. After years of development, it was renamed Guangzhou Medical University in 2013. The school currently has two campuses in Panyu and Yuexiu, and has two first-level discipline doctoral programs: clinical medicine and basic medicine. Clinical medicine is included in the "First-Class Discipline Construction". The school has more than 13,000 full-time students.
Strength: In the fourth round of subject evaluation, 5 disciplines of Guangzhou Medical University were rated C- or above, among which clinical medicine was rated B-, basic medicine, pharmacy, and nursing were rated C, and public medicine was rated C. ***Hygiene and Preventive Medicine was rated C-. The school has 6 subjects ranked in the top 1% of the world in ESI rankings.
Southern Medical University is also located in Guangzhou. Its predecessor was the First Military Medical University founded in 1951. It was identified as a national key university in 1979. In 2004, it was placed under the jurisdiction of Guangdong Province and renamed Southern Medical University. The school currently has 10 first-level doctoral programs in basic medicine, biology, integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, biomedical engineering, public health and preventive medicine, stomatology, pharmacy, clinical medicine, and nursing. There are more than 20,000 students on campus.
Strength: In the fourth round of subject evaluation, 9 subjects of Southern Medical University were rated C- or above, among which basic medicine, public health and preventive medicine, and integrated traditional Chinese and Western medicine were rated B+. Clinical medicine, biomedical engineering, pharmacy, and nursing were rated B, while stomatology and traditional Chinese medicine were rated C-. Currently, 7 disciplines of the school are ranked in the top 1% of ESI global rankings, and clinical medicine is ranked in the top 1‰ of the world.
Analysis of the strength of the two schools:
The fourth round of subject evaluation was evaluated by the Ministry of Education, which is still very authoritative. Judging from the situation of the two schools, Southern Medical University has both a foundation and a Its strength comprehensively exceeds that of Guangzhou Medical University. Clinical medicine at Southern Medical University is only one of many strong disciplines, but its strength also exceeds that of Guangzhou Medical University’s flagship clinical medicine.
The admission score of Guangzhou Medical University in Zhejiang is not low, but when the number of students enrolled is much lower than that of Southern Medical University, the admission score is also lower than that of Southern Medical University. The admission score of clinical medicine majors is quite different. As much as 13 points.
It can be seen that when the two schools were not included in the "Double First-Class" list, Guangzhou Medical University was inferior to Southern Medical University in terms of strength and reputation.
But now that Guangzhou Medical University has been included in the "Double First-Class" list, its future development may accelerate to catch up with Southern Medical University. In 2022, Guangzhou Medical University's investment score is expected to be in line with Southern Medical University!