Xinjiang Medical University (新疆医科大学)

Xinjiang Medical University, formerly known as Xinjiang Medical College, is a public medical school in Urumqi, capital of the Uyghur Autonomous Region in Xinjiang. It started in 1956, serves about 21,682 students, and gained national ministry ratification as a university in 1998. A fitting home for aspiring doctors and health workers.

• Location: Urumqi, Xinjiang, China
• Founded: 1956
• Type: Public
• Nearest airport: Urumqi Diwopu (URC)
• Approved by the Ministry of Education for English-taught MBBS (2026-27)
• 162 programs for international students

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• Autumn 2026 intake (closed), opens 1 Dec 2025, closes 30 Jun 2026

English-taught programs

• Acupuncture and Tuina
• Anesthesiology
• Child and Adolescent Health and Maternal and Child Health Care
• Clinical Genetics
• Clinical Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine
• Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics
• Clinical Medicine (English-taught)
• Clinical Pathology
• Clinical Stomatology
• Critical Care Medicine
• Dermatology and Venereology
• Emergency Medicine
• Emergency Medicine (Critical Care)
• Epidemiology and Health Statistics
• General Practice
• Geriatrics
• Health Toxicology
• Human Anatomy and Histoembryology
• Internal Medicine
• International Economics and Trade
• Neurology
• Nuclear Medicine
• Nutrition and Food Hygiene
• Obstetrics and Gynecology
• Occupational and Environmental Health

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Other universities in Urumqi

• College of Science and Technology, Xinjiang Agricultural University
• Urumqi Vocational and Technical College
• Urumqi Vocational University
• Xinjiang Agricultural University
• Xinjiang Arts Institute
• Xinjiang Construction Vocational and Technical College
• Xinjiang Energy Vocational and Technical College
• Xinjiang Industrial Vocational and Technical University