Chongqing Medical University

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.