Xi’an Jiao Tong University was formed by the combination of Xi’an Jiao Tong University, Shaanxi Finance and Economics College and Xi’an Medical University in April 2000. Xi’an Medical University originally consisted of the Elementary Medical College, No 1 and No 2 Clinic Medical College (Hospital), a Nursing Department, a Medical Jurisprudence College, a Community Medical College and the Public Health College. It is the cradle for training advanced medical professionals in the North West of China. It is located in the south part of the city surrounded by universities and is in a neighborhood of famous scenic spots including the Big Wild Goose Pagoda, Small Wild Goose Pagoda and Shaanxi History Museum. It is located among elegant surroundings with convenient traffic access.

        Through the painstaking efforts and hard work of many generations, the college has developed a collective ability for administration. The college has 400 teachers and faculty including 22 Doctoral mentors and 110 professors and associate professors. It has one very large department (Elementary Medical Department), and four divisions(Public Health Department, Forensic Medicine Department, Nursing Department and Medical Engineering Department),five centres (Medical Training Centre, Medical Experimenting Centre, Medical Information Centre, Animal Experimentation Centre and Medical Testing Centre). The speciality programs include five-year courses and seven-year courses in Clinical Medicine as well as a nursing speciality. The Xi’an Medical College has ten authorized places for awarding doctorates and 29 places for master’s degrees. The authorized places for awarding these degrees cover all medical specialities and most of the related medical specialities.

        Physiology and Medical Jurisprudence are the two nationally recognized key subjects. In 2001 the National Ministry of Personnel approved setting up a first class postdoctoral station for basic medicine and scientific research. It has gradually established a complete administrative system for educating and training both undergraduate and graduate students. At present the college has 329 students with doctorial degrees, 642 students with master’s degrees and 2800 undergraduate students. The college actively recruits new students and simultaneously undertakes the education of full- time graduate students. For undergraduate student education the emphasis is on practice with basic knowledge and extensive education.

        With advanced facilities and instruments, the college has a great strength in scientific research. The newly set up medical experimentation centre, medical information centre and the animal experimentation centre guarantee a high standard and high quality of work for the college’s scientific research. The medical jurisprudence, microelement and local disease centres are the two-keystone labs belonging to Ministry of Health. In 2001 eighteen projects obtained grants from the national nature and science ministry valued at 3 million Yuan, and 110 grants of funds from provinces, ministries and cities with a value of over six million Yuan. Twenty-three awards with a total of 2 million Yuan and thirty-four awards totalling eight hundred thousand Yuan of college funds were also granted. A number of scientific research and teaching achievements won prizes from the national government, provinces and ministries. The research achievements for Chronic Keshan disease and Kaschin-Beck Disease twice won the ‘Kalawes Award’ and ‘Kelaws Award’ of the International Biochemistry Association.

        International intercommunication has gained great recognition; the Department successfully set up partnership relationships with over ten countries’ universities and institutions in America, UK, Japan, Canada, Thailand and etc. Over one hundred important teachers and executives were dispatched abroad for study and scientific collaboration. Every year over one hundred foreign students come to study here. The long-term cooperative relationship with the Chinese Medical Fund of American and with the World Health Fund has been built up. These programs include over 10 grants for teaching and scientific research with more than ten million dollars in funding.

        Today in the 21st century, all the staff and employees have a sense of passion and firm confidence to strive for the aim of building up a world famous and high-level university for educating first class medical professionals and creating a high standard of medical research, under the leadership of the party committee and executives’ management.