Shandong First Medical University

Key Highlights

• Public institution sponsored by the Shandong Provincial People’s Government
• Present university established through a government-approved integration in 2019
• Bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral education offered
• Teaching campuses operate in both Jinan and Tai’an

Student Life & Environment

Student life is distributed between Jinan and Tai’an rather than concentrated on a single campus. The university’s 2026 activity pages show organized academic, cultural, career-planning, and community events, while its international-education unit provides separate student services covering visas, medical insurance, student organizations, activities, and psychological support. International applicants should confirm which of these services are delivered in English and which campus office will handle their case. University accommodation exists on both principal campuses. A June 2026 report documents inspections of student apartments in Jinan and Tai’an, covering fire precautions, electrical use, hygiene, and prohibited practices such as high-power appliances, smoking, and keeping pets in rooms. This indicates actively managed residence rules; it should not be read as a guarantee that every applicant will receive a room. Students should request the current room type, occupancy, facilities, eligibility, and price before accepting an offer. The institution reports more than 700 international students and says it has enrolled students from over 50 countries and regions. The International Education School is based at the Tai’an address shown on its admissions pages, making campus assignment especially important for overseas students. Prospective students should also plan for a predominantly Chinese institutional environment: the database identifies Chinese as the general instructional language, while the current brochure or program office should be used to verify the actual teaching language of each international program.

Location & Surroundings

The university’s legal address and main campus are at 6699 Qingdao Road in Jinan’s Huaiyin District. Jinan is the capital of Shandong Province and the administrative center for the university’s provincial-government and major clinical relationships. The official overview also identifies Tai’an as a teaching location, while the charter lists multiple sites, including the Tai’an Changcheng Road and Tianwaicun campuses and sites in Lixia and Zhangqiu. The International Education School publishes an address at 619 Great Wall Road in Tai’an. Graduate admissions materials likewise identify both the Jinan and Tai’an campuses, although the graduate admissions office itself is located in Jinan. Applicants should therefore treat “Jinan” in the database record as the institution’s headquarters rather than proof that every course, residence, laboratory, or clinical placement is located there. The multi-site arrangement is potentially useful for access to different hospitals and research units, but it can affect housing, commuting, and daily services. Before enrolling, students should obtain written confirmation of their program’s primary campus and ask whether required teaching or clinical rotations involve travel to another city or affiliated institution.

Costs & Career Outcomes

Costs depend on degree level, applicant category, program, and accommodation. The clearest current figure available is from the 2026 doctoral admissions rules: academic doctoral tuition was CNY 10,000 per year and professional doctoral tuition was CNY 13,000 per year. The same rules listed a funding framework that may include national stipends and scholarships, academic scholarships, assistantship payments, university awards, and named awards. Eligibility and award value were not guaranteed, so applicants should not deduct expected aid from their budget without a written offer. The official 2026 international-student brochure was posted online, but its attachment could not be retrieved without an access challenge during research. Consequently, current international tuition, accommodation, insurance, application charges, and scholarship amounts could not be verified and are intentionally omitted. Domestic undergraduate and master’s fees also should be checked against the fee notice for the relevant entry year and program. Students should budget separately for housing, food, insurance, residence formalities, books, transport between sites, and any clinical requirements. Career preparation benefits from the university’s combination of education, research institutes, and affiliated hospitals. Relevant pathways can include clinical practice, biomedical research, pharmacy, nursing, laboratory and imaging work, biomedical engineering, public health, and health administration, depending on the degree completed. The university also runs career-planning activities. However, no sufficiently current, comparable graduate-employment rate or salary dataset was verified. Medical and allied-health careers are regulated, and international students must check licensing, internship, language, and credential-recognition rules in the country where they plan to work.