Salient features

25 specialties are offered at the undergraduate level, mainly Clinical Medicine (Pediatrics, Reproductive Medicine, Rescue Medicine, General Practitioner), Oral Medicine, Laboratory Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Image Medicine, Anesthesia, Biomedical Engineering , Pharmacology, Nursing etc.
The university has 4 affiliated hospitals directly under its administration, which are all rated as 'Upper First-class Hospitals' in China.
The report on the research paper retrieval in 2005 which was released by National Institute of Science and Technology Information, Chongqing Medical University ranks 42nd in all the universities regarding the publication of research papers in important journals in China.
Since 1978, Chongqing Medical University has won various awards in science and technology 520 times, including National Prize for Progress in Science and Technology and National Award for Technological Invention. The High-intensity Focused Ultrasonic Therapy System (HIFU), which was initiated by Chongqing Medical University, is the first large-scale medical equipment with completely independent intellectual property rights in China. It has been put into use in over 30 major hospitals in China and exported to about 10 foreign countries, such as Britain, Japan, Korea and Singapore.
Chongqing Medical University has established relationships with more than 20 countries and regions in the world for staff training, exchange of students, academic exchanges and scientific research, such as the United States, Britain, Canada, Japan, Russia, France, Germany, Australia, the Netherlands, Switzerland and Hong Kong.