International Medical College of Chongqing Medical University was established in 2020 and is a college especially set up for joint education program with universities abroad. Through integrating excellent teaching resources, the college is dedicated to replacing traditional medical education mode with advanced medical education idea, so as to provide international elite education for students in clinical medicine.
International Medical College has collaborated with a world-renowned university--the University of Leicester to run a joint education program. It is the first and only clinical medicine joint education program of our university and of the western region of China.
The University of Leicester is a university among top 100 in the world and a famous center for teaching and scientific research. It was one of the first universities that started integrated courses in clinical medicine. Its clinical medicine program is ranked 18th in the 2021 Shanghai Ranking’s Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU) and its features-- "early clinical experience, integrated education and intelligent learning for professional training” represent the latest frontier of contemporary international medical education.