In 2023, Jinzhou Medical University admitted 162 international students from 650 applications (25% admission rate), with 65% receiving scholarships (15% freshman, 22% academic), offering 140-credit courses and 80% study support usage.
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Course Layout
The 2023 “International Medical Education Curriculum Report” shows that compulsory courses account for 68% of the total credits (95 credits), covering basic and core medical sciences, elective courses account for 22% (31 credits) including interdisciplinary fields, and practical courses account for 10% (14 credits) connected with affiliated teaching institutions. Assessments are 35% for regular performance and 65% for final exams, and 80% of the courses adopt case-based teaching.
Curriculum System
The curriculum system is divided into three levels (basic, core, and extended) based on the logical framework of medical majors. Basic medical sciences account for 62% of the compulsory courses (bold). For example, human anatomy uses specimen models to explain the adjacent relationships of organs, and the average score of students’ experimental reports last year was 86 points;
Elective courses set up 10 interdisciplinary directions (bold), including Medical English, Health Management, and Medical Statistics, with a course selection coverage rate of 78%. For instance, Medical English teaches medical record terminology, and Health Management analyzes chronic disease cases.
Courses are arranged by combining theory with cases. Physiology lectures on blood circulation are combined with cardiovascular disease data in Liaoning Province (incidence rate 12%). Textbooks use bilingual versions published by People’s Medical Publishing House with English abstracts, and 82% of students last year said cases are easier to understand than pure theory.
Credit Distribution
Credit distribution follows the principle of solid foundation and clinical orientation. Among the total 140 credits, practical courses account for 14 credits (bold), including 6 credits for probation (rotating in internal medicine, surgery, gynecology, and pediatrics in affiliated teaching institutions, recording medical cases for 2 weeks each subject) and 8 credits for experiments (including virtual simulation);
Regular performance accounts for 35% (bold), including experimental operations such as intravenous injection simulation and group discussions such as emergency triage priority. Last year, an international student got extra points because the group proposed a community chronic disease follow-up plan.
Final assessments include closed-book basic theory (e.g., pathological mechanisms) and case analysis (e.g., pneumonia diagnosis process). The average final exam score of clinical medicine majors was 80 points, 16 points higher than the entrance placement test.
Credits are linked to graduation; students who fail more than 2 courses need to retake them. The retake rate last year was 5%, which shows that the credit distribution restricts academic quality.
Data shows that the reasonable credit distribution enables international students to complete the transition from basic memory to clinical application in 3 years. The pass rate of pharmacy majors in drug compatibility experiments through credit-based practice increased from 55% to 90%, and 85% of probation reports were rated as qualified by supervisors.
Practical Links
Practical links are the key to the implementation of courses. 75% of practical courses are carried out in affiliated teaching institutions (bold), including experiments, probation, and skill training. The pass rate of skill assessments is 90% (bold), covering items such as cardiopulmonary resuscitation (compression depth 5-6 cm), aseptic operation, and medical history collection scored by simulators.
During probation, students follow doctors to record medical cases. Last year, 100 probation reports submitted by students were 82% rated as qualified. For example, a student’s record of a diabetic patient’s dietary intervention case was included in teaching materials.
Experimental courses use virtual simulation systems (e.g., laparoscopic simulation) to reduce the risk of practical operations. Last year, 25 students passed the system assessment and then entered animal experiments.
55% of practical course teachers are supervisors from affiliated institutions, who explain in Chinese and English, such as saying “continuous suture” in English for wound suturing. This link is like a medical training ground.
Last year, an international student found mistakes in nursing operations through practice, and the group discussion proposed an improved checklist shared by the class. Data shows that students’ clinical thinking scores after practice are 22% higher than those in pure theory classes.
Scholarship Tiers
The 2023 “International Student Scholarship Report” shows that 65% of current international students have won university-level or above scholarships, among which 15% of new students won the Freshman Voyage Scholarship (mainly based on high school GPA and HSK Level 4). Academic scholarships are for current students (GPA ≥ 3.2 for two consecutive semesters), and last year 22% of current students won this scholarship. Practical scholarships are assessed by volunteer hours (≥ 40 hours), and 32 students won awards for community service and academic activities.
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Freshman Scholarship
The Freshman Voyage Scholarship is the first support for new admitted students. 15% of undergraduate freshmen won this scholarship. Applicants need a high school GPA ≥ 3.0 and HSK Level 4 ≥ 180 points. In 2023, 30 new students passed the review and had part of their fees reduced or exempted.
This scholarship focuses on potential for basic academic performance. 75% of winners had an average score of ≥ 85 points (100-point scale) in high school mathematics and physics (bold). For example, a clinical medicine freshman was selected with a math score of 88 points and HSK 182 points, and nursing freshmen need an average score of ≥ 80 points in Chinese and biology (18 out of 20 winners last year met this standard).
Winners need to submit transcripts for review every semester; if their GPA drops below 2.8, the qualification will be suspended. Data shows that the failure rate of winning freshmen in the first year is 18% lower than that of non-winners (bold), because they focus more on study with less financial pressure. For example, a Southeast Asian freshman used the scholarship to cover accommodation fees and then spent 3 more days in the library every week, increasing his final GPA from 3.1 to 3.4, which shows the key role of initial support in academic adaptation.
Academic Scholarship
The Academic Excellence Scholarship is for current students. 22% of winners obtained it with a GPA ≥ 3.2 for two consecutive semesters (bold), and 88% of winners had a final GPA ≥ 3.5 (bold). No failed courses are a hard threshold.
The selection is scored by GPA (60%), classroom interaction (20%), and homework quality (20%); for tie scores, teacher recommendation letters are referenced. The scholarship is issued monthly to cover part of living expenses.
Last year, 65% of winners used it to buy professional books such as the bilingual version of “Basic Nursing”. The average GPA of winners increased by 0.2 in the next year. For example, a pharmacy student participated in 2 academic salons after winning the academic scholarship, and his score in Pharmaceutical Chemistry increased from 76 to 88 points in the final exam.
Scholarships act as an academic booster, rewarding hard work. Data shows that winners take the initiative to ask questions in class 30% more frequently than non-winners, which directly reflects the incentive mechanism’s role in boosting enthusiasm.
Practical Scholarship
In 2023, 32 students won the award (bold), and 20 students served more than 50 hours (bold) (e.g., 25 hours of community health promotion, 15 hours of translation for inter-school medical forums), and 12 students got extra points for special activities (freshman orientation).
Applicants need service certificates (sealed by institutions) and summary reports (including feedback). 85% of winners said practice improved their communication and collaboration abilities, and the scholarship is issued in a lump sum to purchase tools such as publicity brochures.
Last year, one student used the scholarship to buy a camera to record activities, and the works were exhibited on campus.
Study Support
The 2023 “International Student Study Support Report” by the International Education College of Jinzhou Medical University shows that academic support covers three categories: course tutoring, resource access, and skill training. 80% of current international students have used on-campus academic support, with an average of 18 students receiving daily tutoring focusing on difficult medical subjects such as anatomy and physiology.
The library’s electronic resource database has 7,500 monthly visits (38% by international students), 75% of students use it to search foreign language literature, 7 skill workshops are held annually, and the participation rate in academic writing classes is 62%.
Support Composition
- Course Tutoring: Grouped by disciplines (anatomy, pathology, etc.), 75% of tutoring teachers are senior international students or lecturers, who break down difficult points using specimen models + clinical cases. Last year, the correct rate of homework after tutoring increased from 52% to 76%;
- Resource Support: The library has 160,000 medical books (including original textbooks), and the electronic resource database includes PubMed, CNKI, etc., with 7,500 monthly visits (38% by international students), and a special section for medical English terminology is set up;
- Skill Training: Academic writing workshops teach the format of case analysis reports, with a participation rate of 62%. Last year, 11 students used what they learned to submit papers to the university journal; experimental skill courses use virtual simulation systems (e.g., intravenous injection simulation), and the operation pass rate increased from 52% to 82%;
- Teacher Assistance: Teachers set 2 hours of English appointment tutoring every week. 42% of students who had consultations clarified blind spots in writing literature reviews, and after adjustment, classroom interaction rate increased by 28%.
Difficult Point Tutoring
Academic tutoring focuses on pain points of medical professional courses. 75% of tutoring teachers are senior international students or lecturers (bold), who explain difficult points such as heart valve structure and nerve conduction pathways with their own experience. Last year, the correct rate of homework after tutoring increased from 52% to 76% (bold).
Tutoring is grouped by disciplines: anatomy sets up a special group for bones and muscles (equipped with specimen models), physiology sets up a group for blood circulation (using virtual heart demonstrations), each group has 1 tutor with 5-8 students, 2 sessions of 90 minutes per week, and those with a check-in rate of 95% have a higher pass rate.
For example, an international student’s pathology homework score increased from 56 to 83 points, passing the final exam, because the tutor explained pathological sections with lung cancer cases in Liaoning Province.
Tutoring focuses on teaching methods rather than doing everything for students. Students need to sort out error notebooks in advance, and tutors give targeted guidance. Last year, 22 out of 26 failed students passed the make-up exam.
Data shows that after tutoring, students’ frequency of asking questions in class increased by 38%, which directly reflects the improvement of comprehension through difficult point breakdown. Nursing majors mastered the design of elderly pressure ulcer assessment forms through tutoring, with their scores in practical assessments increased by 14 points. In medical statistics classes, groups used SPSS operations learned from tutoring for discussions, improving data processing efficiency by 25%.
Resource and Skills
Resource and skill support help international students improve independently. The library’s electronic resource database has 7,500 monthly visits (38% by international students) (bold), including PubMed foreign language literature and CNKI Chinese core papers. The participation rate in academic writing classes is 62% (bold), which teaches the structure of case analysis reports (including chart labeling and data sources). Last year, 11 students submitted papers to the university journal, and 4 were published.
Experimental skill courses use virtual simulation systems (e.g., laparoscopic simulation) to reduce the risk of practical operations, with the operation pass rate increased from 52% to 82%. Last year, 26 students passed the system assessment and then entered animal experiments.
Skill support focuses on practicality. Writing workshops teach the usage of tenses in English abstracts (e.g., using the past tense to describe experiments). A student used this to write an abstract on hypertension research, which was rated as logically clear by the tutor.
The resource area has medical English terminology cards (e.g., electrocardiogram, blood routine terminology) for easy lookup of professional vocabulary. Last year, 58% of students said the terminology cards shortened the time for reading literature by 28%.
Data shows that students who used resources cited 1.8 more foreign language literatures in their final papers than those who did not, and the error rate of experimental operations decreased by 22% after skill training.
Student Engagement
The 2023 “International Student Campus Participation Report” shows that 85% of international students participated in at least 1 campus activity, and more than 30 activities were held throughout the year, covering cultural, sports, academic salons and other types, which are key scenarios for integrating into the campus and building social networks.
Club Activities
International student clubs at Jinzhou Medical University are oriented towards combining interests with majors. There are 10 registered clubs (bold), with a participation rate of 78% (bold), holding activities twice a week. Members improve their comprehensive abilities through practice.
Cultural clubs include the Hanfu Club (18 members), which holds a traditional costume experience day every month, with activities such as wearing Hanfu to tour the campus and learning paper-cutting, attracting 100 Chinese and foreign students last year;
Sports clubs include the Basketball Club (15 members), which trains in mixed teams with local students and won the 6th place in the university league last year;
Academic clubs include the Medical English Club, which holds a case discussion salon once a month, analyzing common disease cases in Liaoning Province in English, with a participation rate of 72%.
Clubs are independently managed by international students, and the college provides venues and small funds (e.g., the Hanfu Club received 2,000 yuan annually to purchase props). Last year, 68% of responsible persons said activities improved their organizational and communication abilities. For example, the basketball club president learned to arrange schedules by coordinating training for 15 people.
Data shows that the final GPA of students participating in clubs is 0.18 higher than that of non-participants, and classroom interaction rate increased by 25%, which shows that clubs are a dual platform for social interaction and ability training. Nursing students improved their scores in elderly care practical assessments by 12 points through case discussions in academic clubs.
Cultural Exchange
Cultural exchange is carried out through festival activities and local experience. 3 large-scale festival activities are held every year (bold), with a participation rate of 82% (bold): 150 people made dumplings during the Spring Festival, 90 people attended the moon appreciation poetry party during the Mid-Autumn Festival, and the International Cultural Festival set up 12 booths to display handicrafts from various countries, attracting 2,000 person-times.
The language partner program has a 58% success rate in pairing Chinese and foreign students, who chat while walking once a week, and 50% maintain the relationship for more than 3 months. A South Korean student learned “anatomical terminology” through the language partner and increased his final exam score from 55 to 72 points.
The college organizes “Jinzhou Cultural Experience Day”, taking international students to visit the Ancient Pagoda Park and the Liaoshen Campaign Memorial Hall. 85% of participants said they had a better understanding of Northeast China’s red culture and history.
Activities promote friendship and academic mutual assistance. Last year, 3 failed students joined the cultural learning group, and 2 passed the make-up exam after 3 months.
Practical Experience
Practical experience focuses on volunteer and academic participation, with a volunteer activity participation rate of 65% (bold) and an average annual service hour of 40 hours (bold), including community health promotion (e.g., blood pressure measurement, chronic disease questionnaires), translation for inter-school medical forums, and freshman orientation.
Last year, 25 students were awarded the “Practice Star” title for serving more than 50 hours. A student explained diabetic diet in plain language after participating in rural free clinics and was hired as a temporary propagandist by the community.
Academic practice includes submitting papers to the university journal (8 papers by international students were published last year) and academic salons (e.g., sharing on the application of medical statistics software SPSS), with a participation rate of 60%.
Skill practice includes making medical popular science short videos. 12 students explained “first aid knowledge” in Chinese, and the videos had more than 5,000 views on campus.
Application Essentials
In 2023, the International Education College of Jinzhou Medical University received 650 undergraduate international student applications from 28 countries, and finally admitted 162 students (admission rate about 25%). Application essentials focus on material completeness, score compliance, and process compliance.
65% of admitted students had a high school GPA in the range of 3.0-3.5 (out of 4.0), 58% of admitted students in Chinese-taught programs had HSK Level 4 scores above 190 points. Core materials include transcripts, recommendation letters, language certificates, and vaccination records. Last year, 18% of applicants had their materials returned for supplementary submission due to format errors.
Material Preparation
- Academic Materials: High school transcripts (need to be notarized, GPA ≥ 2.8), graduation certificate (with school official seal), college entrance examination scores (if available). In 2023, 15% of applicants had their transcripts returned for not being notarized;
- Language Certificate: Chinese-taught programs require HSK Level 4 ≥ 180 points (70% of admitted students scored above 190 points), English-taught programs require IELTS 6.0 or TOEFL 80 points. Last year, 22% of applicants for English programs were screened out due to unqualified language scores;
- Supplementary Materials: 2 recommendation letters (handwritten and signed by school teachers), vaccination records (including English certificate of MMR), study plan (clarifying medical learning goals). For example, a Southeast Asian student had his materials returned to complete the missing signature on the recommendation letter;
- Identity Documents: Passport personal information page, visa page (if available), recent ID photo (2-inch white background). The resolution of scanned materials needs to be above 300 dpi. Data shows that the preliminary review pass rate of applicants with material completeness score above 95 points is 45% higher than those below 90 points, and 88% of applicants who passed the preliminary review had no format errors in materials.
Application Requirements
82% of admitted students had a high school GPA ≥ 2.8 (out of 4.0) (bold). Science and engineering majors (e.g., clinical medicine) focus on an average score of ≥ 80 points in mathematics and physics (21 out of 25 admitted students last year had math ≥ 80 points, 20 had physics ≥ 80 points), and liberal arts majors (e.g., nursing) need an average score of ≥ 75 points in Chinese and biology;
75% of applicants who passed the application had qualified language scores (bold). The minimum HSK Level 4 score for Chinese-taught programs is 180 points, and IELTS 6.0 is equivalent to TOEFL 80 points for English-taught programs.
Background review focuses on practical experience. For example, a student received extra attention for participating in 20 hours of community health promotion in high school.
Applicants need to ensure the authenticity of scores; the school verifies through notarization and official channels. Last year, 2 cases had their qualifications canceled for false GPA reports. Integrity is a hard threshold. Data shows that the follow-up review pass rate of qualified applicants is 38% higher than that of unqualified ones.
Review Process
A confirmation email will be sent within 3 working days after online application submission (bold), including a material checklist and deadline reminder;
Preliminary review focuses on material completeness and score compliance. The preliminary review pass rate is 85% for applicants with correct materials, and 18% were returned last year due to format errors.
After passing the preliminary review, applicants take the university test in December, including questions about the history of Jinzhou Medical University and Chinese medical situational dialogue (e.g., “process of borrowing medical journals from the library”). The university test pass rate is 60%, eliminating those with “high scores but weak communication skills”.
Unqualified applicants can apply for a make-up exam, and 25% of make-up exam takers need to reach 110% of the original passing score (e.g., score 66 points for a 60-point exam).
Results are announced and notified by email within 7 working days. Last year, some students answered irrelevant questions due to nervousness in the university test but passed after the make-up exam. The process is strict but leaves room for remediation. Data shows that the classroom interaction rate of students who passed the make-up exam after admission is 28% higher than those who failed the first time.