Hubei University of Medicine (HUM)’s campus covers 1,175,400 square meters, of which 390,000 square meters are for teaching and administration. The fixed assets amount to 2.683 billion RMB, with the teaching and research facilities making up 455 million RMB in assets. The HUM library has a collection of 840,000 volumes. The campus network is the only node for the China Education and Research network (CERNET) in the northwest of Hubei Province.
HUM has 908 full-time faculty, of which 180 are professors and 277 associate professors. The HUM staff holds 714 post-bachloret degrees. HUM has 3 Experts of Provincial “100 Scientific and Technological Talents Plan”, 1 researcher from the Provincial “111 Project”, 11 Chutian Scholars, 36 experts with the State Council or the Provincial Government Special Allowance, 45 experts with the title of Provincial or Municipal Outstanding Contributor, and 68 Provincial or Municipal Research Leaders. The University has appointed over 70 distinguished scholars and experts as Honorary Professors, Visiting Professors, Special Professors or Chief Research Leaders, including Mr. Ferid Murad (Nobel laureate and member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences) and Academician Mr. Qian Xue.
HUM can educate postgraduate and international students. The Provincial Key Disciplines (Level 1) are Clinical Medicine, Basic Medicine and Nursing. The Involving Disciplines of Chutian Scholar Program Surgery are, Internal Medicine, Human Anatomy, Embryology and Anesthesiology. HUM consists of more than 10 laboratories of national or provincial level. In recent years HUM has undertaken 525 research projects, of which 492 papers are cited by SCI. EI, ISTP. The University has published 331 books and textbooks. HUM has also won 52 provincial or ministry awards and has been granted 159 patents. 117 research achievements have passed Achievement Appraisal.
HUM Has long-term cooperation with the Guangdong Medical Team for Aid to Africa and the Wuhan Center for Disease Control and Prevention, we have been conducting relevant work on malaria molecular epidemiology, rapid diagnosis, drug resistance monitoring and diagnostic technology development in Africa. We have published over 30 SCI papers and won two second-prize awards from the Science and Technology Department of Hubei Province.