Chongqing Medical University

About Chongqing Medical University

Chongqing Medical University began in 1956, when part of Shanghai First Medical College moved to Chongqing and formed Chongqing Medical College. It was renamed Chongqing Medical University in 1985. In 2026, the Chongqing Municipal Government describes it as a major public medical university jointly supported by the municipal government, China’s Ministry of Education, and the National Health Commission. It remains an independent institution under the supervision of the Chongqing Municipal Education Commission. The university operates two principal campuses. Yuanjiagang Campus is in Yuzhong District, while Jinyun Campus is in Chongqing University City. The university’s June 2026 government profile reports 27,842 full-time students: 18,523 undergraduates, 6,972 other postgraduates, 1,423 doctoral students, 283 students in college-level minority-support projects, and 641 international students. These figures indicate a predominantly domestic institution with a substantial graduate community rather than a university designed mainly for international education. Clinical and research infrastructure is central to the institution’s identity. The same 2026 profile reports 14 affiliated hospitals, 77 national or provincial research platforms, and doctoral and master’s authorization across academic and professional fields. Prospective students should nevertheless distinguish university affiliation from the location of day-to-day teaching: the 2026 charter says students may complete parts of their programs at the main university or designated teaching bases, depending on academic requirements.

The university’s 2026 charter governs domestic undergraduate and college-level admission. CQMU recruits across mainland China’s 31 provincial-level regions and from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, but program availability and admission batches vary. Applicants use the relevant provincial or regional examination authority’s published plan. In reformed Gaokao jurisdictions, candidates must meet the prescribed subject-selection requirements. The university admits by submitted score and stated program preferences, without score differentials between successive program choices; local ranking rules govern ties. Health and language conditions are important. CQMU states that it does not admit applicants with color blindness or color-vision deficiency. It advises left-handed applicants to consider the practical demands of stomatology carefully and identifies other conditions that may affect suitability for medical study. The foreign language used in program training is English, although the general institutional language context is Chinese. Cooperative programs use English more extensively and require specified Gaokao foreign-language scores: 120 out of 150 for cooperative clinical medicine and psychiatry, and 110 for cooperative rehabilitation therapy. The charter says admission plans and applicable program details are published through provincial examination authorities. Students offered a place must register within the university’s stated period; an unexplained delay of more than one week is treated as relinquishing the place. CQMU says it does not authorize agents to handle admissions. A current, CQMU-specific 2026 international admissions notice was not located during research, so international applicants should request the latest degree, language, document, deadline, and visa requirements directly from the international office rather than applying the domestic charter to themselves.

CQMU offers education from the bachelor’s through doctoral level, with medicine and health as its organizing focus. The Chongqing government’s 2026 profile lists eight first-level doctoral programs, thirteen first-level master’s programs, three doctoral professional-degree programs, and twelve master’s professional-degree programs. It also reports four national key disciplines and a broad network of research platforms. These structures can matter to students seeking laboratory work, graduate progression, or access to a research-intensive medical environment. For 2026 domestic undergraduate recruitment, the university lists 33 programs. Named options include clinical medicine, pediatrics, stomatology, ophthalmic medicine, anesthesiology, medical imaging, psychiatry, basic medicine, forensic medicine, preventive medicine, clinical pharmacy, pharmacy, nursing, medical laboratory technology, rehabilitation therapy, and health and medical security. Specialized clinical-medicine routes include an AI medicine innovation class, the Qian De class, integrated “5+3” study, a pediatric direction, and a laboratory-physician experimental class. Availability varies by province or admissions region. Several pathways require careful comparison. The integrated “5+3” clinical route combines undergraduate and professional master’s education, subject to the university’s progression and award rules. The university also runs high-fee cooperative programs with the University of Leicester in clinical medicine, psychiatry, and rehabilitation therapy; these use substantial English-medium teaching and include a year at Leicester under the arrangements described in the 2026 charter. Clinical medicine and pediatrics students may be assigned to particular clinical schools, while other students may study at university teaching bases. Applicants should therefore review the curriculum, award structure, language demands, clinical allocation, and professional-recognition rules for the exact program rather than treating all medical routes as interchangeable.

Key Highlights

• Public medical university founded in 1956
• Two principal campuses in Yuzhong and Chongqing University City
• 27,842 full-time students reported in June 2026
• Fourteen affiliated hospitals support its medical-education network

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed between two campuses with different urban contexts. New undergraduates normally report to Jinyun Campus in Chongqing University City, according to the 2026 admissions charter, although selected students in two clinical-medicine honors pathways may spend their first year at Fudan University. Later teaching can take place at the main university, an affiliated clinical school, or another designated teaching base. Students should expect program structure to influence where they live and study. The university’s June 2026 profile describes a large community of undergraduates, graduate students, doctoral candidates, and 641 international students. Its two-campus scale and affiliated-hospital network create opportunities to interact with students and practitioners at different stages of medical training. However, current official English-language details about clubs, dining plans, recreation, and guaranteed housing were not located, so applicants should ask the university about facilities and student organizations at their assigned campus. The 2026 charter gives a housing charge of CNY 1,000–1,200 per person per year, depending on accommodation conditions. It also describes national and university scholarships, need-based grants, work-study opportunities, emergency assistance, student loans under applicable policies, and a registration “green channel” for students with financial difficulty. Eligibility and availability vary; international students should not assume that domestic aid provisions apply to them.

Location & Surroundings

CQMU is in Chongqing, a municipality in Southwest China on the upper reaches of the Yangtze River. The city is extensive and predominantly mountainous or hilly, so travel times and terrain can be more significant than a map’s straight-line distances suggest. Chongqing maintains bus, subway, taxi, online car-hailing, rail, and aviation services, but students should check the route from their assigned campus or hospital rather than assuming both campuses have the same connections. Yuanjiagang Campus is at No. 1 Yixueyuan Road in central Yuzhong District. Jinyun Campus is at No. 61 University City Middle Road in Shapingba District, within Chongqing University City. The 2026 charter designates Jinyun as the normal arrival campus for new students. Academic or clinical requirements may subsequently place students at affiliated hospitals or teaching bases elsewhere. This split gives students access to both an established central-city district and a university-oriented area, but it also makes campus assignment a practical admissions question. Before choosing accommodation or estimating a commute, applicants should confirm their first-year site, later clinical-school assignment, and whether any placement requires travel beyond the two principal campuses.

Costs & Career Outcomes

For ordinary domestic undergraduate programs in 2026, CQMU uses credit-based charging. The charter states that CNY 5,508–7,232 is collected provisionally at the start of each academic year, depending on program and level, with a final reconciliation at graduation. College-level tuition is CNY 7,350 per year. Accommodation is CNY 1,000–1,200 per person per year, depending on housing conditions. Approved price changes may supersede these figures, so students should check the university’s fee disclosure before enrollment. Cooperative programs are substantially more expensive. The 2026 annual tuition is CNY 77,000 for cooperative clinical medicine and CNY 72,000 for cooperative psychiatry or rehabilitation therapy. During the year at the University of Leicester, Leicester’s applicable charges apply. Students entering the graduate phase of integrated or experimental clinical programs pay the university’s graduate rate for that year. These figures do not include personal living costs, travel, insurance, equipment, or licensing expenses. No current official international-student fee schedule was verified. Career preparation is closely connected to CQMU’s medical network of 14 affiliated hospitals, but an affiliation does not guarantee an individual placement or job. The 2026 charter says provincial program planning considers graduate employment alongside demand and other factors, and it explains that students may train at clinical schools or teaching bases. Medical and health professions are regulated: graduating from a program and earning a degree do not automatically confer the right to practise in China or another country. Applicants should verify licensing eligibility, internship recognition, language requirements, and postgraduate-training rules in the jurisdiction where they intend to work. Current official salary, placement-rate, and employer-outcome data were not found and are therefore omitted.