North China Coal Medical University is a prestigious government university recognized by WHO and one of the top universities of China in Hebei Province, China.

Once the only medical university in China’s Coal Ministry, is located in the major industrial city, Tangshan, Hebei Province, only couple of hours drive from Beijing with the Yanshan Mountains on the north and the Bohai sea on the south.

Originally named as North China Coal Medical College was founded in 1926 by a British Surgeon. In August of 1998, it was transformed into a university co-administered by the government of Hebei province as well as the Coal Ministry, and primarily administered by the former.

After decades of expansion and development, it has now become to a multi-level, and multi-form educational and research institute. The university has 1912 faculty staff with 700 professors.

The university recruits students from all over the country. There are 11,772 undergraduates, 1300 graduate students, and 1000 students receiving career-education. It is composed of the main campus, the Qinghuangdao extension campus, one adult education institute, and the autonomous college Ji-Tang Institute. It comprises 14 schools with 68 teaching and research sections.

The university offers 28 programs and grants medical and science degrees to students. As China’s reform is deepening in the higher education system, and especially since the country joined WTO, the university has established inter-university cooperative relationships with medical universities and research institutions in many countries including the USA, Japan, Germany, Austria and Hungary. It has been accepting foreign students from Germany and Japan since 1991.

Now it has 12 affiliated hospitals, 43 teaching and practicing hospitals with more than 10,000 in patients beds.

It publishes a number of journals, including the Journal of Chinese Clinical Medicine, the Journal of North China Coal Medical University, the China Coal Industry Medicine, and the Chinese journal of Psychological Health.