About Us
Introduction of Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College,
Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology, founded in 1866, is a comprehensive public hospital under the direct management of the National Health Commission, a hospital (the First Clinical School) affiliated to a “double first-class” university, one of the first Class-A Tertiary hospitals and one of the top 100 hospitals in China.
It has a long history and strong comprehensive strength. The predecessor of the hospital is “Hankou Renji Hospital” founded in 1866, meaning “healing the world with love”. In 1928, it was relocated to the present site and became a jointly founded hospital renamed “Union Hospital”. In 2000, as Tongji Medical University was merged into Huazhong University of Science and Technology, it was renamed Union Hospital, Tongji Medical College, Huazhong University of Science and Technology.
The hospital promotes the balanced distribution of high-quality medical resources. It is now composed of Main Campus, Cancer Center, West Campus and Jinyinhu Campus, with 6,000 beds and 49 clinical and medical technology departments. Among them, 10 disciplines such as hematology, cardiology, general surgery, urology and anesthesiology are national key (cultivated) disciplines. 25 departments, including cardiovascular surgery, plastic surgery, orthopedics, gynecology and obstetrics, gastroenterology, endocrinology and thoracic surgery, have been selected as national key clinical specialty construction projects. Fifteen specialties have been approved to be provincial quality control centers. Clinical medicine has entered the top 1 ‰ of ESI in the world and was selected as a “double first-class” discipline by the Ministry of Education. The comprehensive strength of disciplines ranks among the top 10 in China in the “Rankings of Hospitals in China” published by the Hospital Management Institute, Fudan University. The hospital was selected as one of the first units contributing resources to the construction of regional medical centers in China.
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4 CAMPUSES
The hospital is composed of the Main Campus,
Cancer Centre,West Campus and
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6000 LICENSED BEDS
The hospital has a total of 6000 beds
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49 DEPARTMENTS
The hospital has 49 clinical and
paramedical departments
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Main Campus
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Cancer Centre
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West Campus
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Jinyinhu Campus
It gathers famous doctors and talents. The hospital now has 7,718 employees, including 6,859 medical professionals, and 723 employees with senior professional titles and 86 employees who enjoy special allowances from the State Council. There are 73 winners of various state-level talent projects, 2 state-level famous teachers, and many experts have won such titles as Chinese Physician Prize, Chinese Young Women Scientists Awards, and China’s Top Doctor Awards.
It serves the people with leading technology. The hospital is a pioneer in research and application of solar dermatitis, Shen Di's disease, hypokalemic paralysis, three-dimensional ultrasound imaging and small splint fixation. In recent years, biotechnology represented by CAR-T, organ transplantation technology represented by heart transplantation, and minimally invasive technology represented by intervention and endoscopy have all reached the top level in China. Innovative service modes such as Internet hospital, multidisciplinary diagnosis and treatment, daytime treatment, and telemedicine have been vigorously developed. Chest Pain Center, Stroke Center and Thrombosis Prevention and Treatment Center were selected as “National Brand”. It won the Gold Award of Customer Service in Asian Hospital Management Award. It is equipped with a large number of international advanced medical devices such as PET-MR, PET-CT, cyber knife, and intraoperative MR. Every year, the hospital receives approximately 6.7 million patients, treats nearly 300,000 inpatients and performs operations on about 120,000 inpatients.
It combines medicine and teaching, filled with talents. The hospital is the First Clinical School of Tongji Medical College of Huazhong University of Science and Technology. It has 5 first-level discipline doctoral programs, 6 first-level discipline master programs, 204 doctoral tutors and 539 master tutors. In recent years, the hospital has been successively selected as a State-level Clinical Teaching Demonstration Base, a State-level Experiment Teaching Demonstration Center and a State-level Resident Doctor, Training Demonstration Base; it has won the highest award in the Second National Clinical Thinking and Skills Competition for International Students in China.
It strives to be a first-class hospital, driven by innovation. At present, there are scientific research platforms such as Translational Medicine Center, 3 provincial and ministerial key laboratories and 13 provincial clinical research centers and engineering research centers. In recent years, it has led 14 major national science and technology projects and key national research and development plans, and undertaken more than 100 projects of National Natural Science Foundation for eight consecutive years, and nine achievements won the National Science and Technology Progress Award.
It heals the world by serving the people for the public good. The hospital has actively participated in health poverty alleviation, medical tour and treatment of public health emergencies and has won such titles as “China Poverty Eradication Award”, Advanced Collective for Earthquake Relief and Flood-Fighting and Emergency Rescue in National Health System.
Entering the new era, Union Hospital will continue to uphold the idea of “healing the world with love, uniting the partners with sincerity”, shoulder the lofty mission of "carrying forward humanity, dedicating to medicine and serving mankind”, carry forward the spirit of “keeping rigorous and pragmatic, striving for perfection”, forge ahead towards the grand goal of building a world-class medical center with Chinese characteristics, and make new contributions to the development of health care!