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Program History

The Alberta Institute, Wenzhou Medical University (AIWMU) is one of the world’s most unique transnational medical educational programs and the first cooperatively run international medical school in China. This partnership between the º£½ÇÉçÇø (º£½ÇÉçÇø) Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry (FoMD) and Wenzhou Medical University (WMU), two of the world’s top medical schools, was years in the making. Initial discussions between the FoMD and WMU began in 2017. In 2018 the º£½ÇÉçÇø hosted a Visiting Summer Student Program for medical students from WMU, and WMU Faculty participated in the FoMD’s International Faculty Development Program.

In 2019 the º£½ÇÉçÇø Board of Governors signed the Articles of Association for the AIWMU and WMU hosted a Joint Symposia on Medical Education in Wenzhou. The following year, in 2020, we launched the program with an inaugural class of 57 students. This lead cohort is now set to complete its fifth and final year.

Approximately 357 of China’s brightest, most talented students are currently enrolled in years one through five of our program, and members of the inaugural class of 2020 are set to graduate in 2025.

By forming this unique partnership with WMU, the º£½ÇÉçÇø's FoMD in turn recognizes WMU's elite status as one of China's leading medical universities. This is reflected in WMU's growing network of global partnerships, which encompass 20 countries and more than 170 educational and research institutions around the planet, including more than 20 universities that rank among the top 100 worldwide.

WMU has close to 1,600 full-time faculty serving 26,081 students, including 16,804 undergraduate students, 8,727 graduate students and 550 international students. The average passing rate of the National Qualification Examination for Medical Practitioners of WMU clinical medicine graduates has always been in the top 10% in China. The program is one of fourteen WMU programs that rank among the top 1% of the Essential Science Indicators (ESl) global rankings. WMU also ranks highly in the Academic Ranking of World University Rankings by Shanghai Science and Technology; the U.S News World University Rankings; and the Times Higher Education World University Rankings. Seven WMU programs are ranked among the top 1% of the ESl global rankings, including clinical medicine.