CUHK Faculty of Medicine

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Faculty of Medicine of the Chinese University of Hong Kong
香港中文大學醫學院
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CUHK Medical Faculty Emblem
MottoTransforming our passion into perfection
Type Public
Established1981;43 years ago (1981)
President Rocky Tuan Sung-chi
Dean Philip Chiu Wai-yan
Location
CampusSuburb
Affiliations Prince of Wales Hospital
Kowloon Hospital
CUHK Medical Centre
United Christian Hospital
Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Website www.med.cuhk.edu.hk
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CUHK Faculty of Medicine
Traditional Chinese 香港中文大學醫學院
Simplified Chinese 香港中文大学医学院
ProgrammesAnnual intakes

(as of 2019)[ needs update ]

Study duration (years)
MBChB (Medicine & Surgery) [8] 2656
Bachelor of Pharmacy [9] 614
Bachelor of Science in Public Health [10] 324
Bachelor of Nursing [11] 2175
Bachelor of Chinese Medicine [12] 256
Bachelor of Science in Gerontology
(sub-degree entry only) [13]
tentative2
Bachelor of Science in Community Health Practice
(sub-degree entry only) [14]
tentative2

Currently, the majority of the seats are offered for students who are selected based on their strength in the local university entrance examination (HKDSE or previously HKALE) — the JUPAS students. Remaining ones are provided for non-JUPAS students, students who take overseas examinations such as GCE, or postgraduate students who have already completed a bachelor's degree. For example, the MBChB (medicine) programme offers 265 places annually, of which close to half of the places are allotted to non-JUPAS students. The duration of all programmes under the new HKDSE curriculum is at least 4 years, one more than that for former students who received HKALE qualifications. Non-JUPAS students will be assessed by the schools to decide their stream.

It is one of the only two tertiary institutions in Hong Kong which provide medical and pharmacy programmes and is the sole one that has a public health undergraduate programme. The competition is therefore fierce due to the limited numbers of intakes and a good examination performance is required, especially for medicine (MBChB) and pharmacy. [15] Moreover, interviews are part of the selection process.

Following the UK model, medical students graduating from CUHK will be awarded the MBChB, which is the equivalent of the MBBS awarded by HKU. Other graduates will also be conferred with the corresponding Bachelor's degrees.

Moreover, the Faculty also provides different postgraduate programmes, including postgraduate diploma, Master's degrees and Doctoral degrees.

Schools and departments

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CML Basic Medical Sciences Building

Schools

CUHK Medical Faculty now consists of five schools: School of Biomedical Sciences; The Nethersole School of Nursing; School of Pharmacy, The Jockey Club School of Public Health and Primary Care, and The School of Chinese Medicine. [16]

The School of Chinese Medicine, which originally affiliates with the University's Faculty of Science, transferred to the Medical Faculty from 1 July 2013.

Departments

Departments at the faculty include:

  • Anaesthesia and Intensive Care
  • Anatomical and Cellular Pathology
  • Anatomy
  • Biochemistry (Medicine)
  • Chemical Pathology
  • Clinical Oncology
  • Community and Family Medicine
  • Diagnostic Radiology and Organ Imaging
  • Medicine and Therapeutics
  • Microbiology
  • Obstetrics and Gynaecology
  • Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences
  • Orthopaedics and Traumatology
  • Paediatrics
  • Pharmacology
  • Pharmacy
  • Physiology
  • Psychiatry
  • Public Health
  • Surgery
  • Accident and Emergency Medicine Academic Unit

Affiliated hospitals

See also

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