Zhejiang Medical University

The Zhejiang Medical University , was a defunct university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China. 1998, it was merged into Zhejiang University.

Brief History

1952-1953, due to the Adjustment for University Colleges and Departments , Zhejiang University was dissociated, and its medical school, merged together with the Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine, formed the new Zhejiang Medical College .

1960, Zhejiang Medical College was promoted to Zhejiang Medical University .

1998, the reunification of Zhejiang University happened, and Zhejiang Medical University became the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.

The campus

The university originally located aside the famous West Lake in Hangzhou. Its campus was the , which later became a main medical campus of Zhejiang University. Due to the new civic plan for Hangzhou downtown, the campus was sold to the the Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts at a price of 2.46 Chinese Yuan.

The main teaching building of the university was the highest skyscraper around the West Lake, and was one of the tallest in Hangzhou City. The teaching buildings were torn down by explosions. The land of the campus is planned to buid a luxurious hotel and currently under dense constructions.

The university

The university and its teaching hospital originally had a total faculty of more than 9000, including one academician of Chinese Academy of Sciences and three from Chinese Academy of Engineering .

The whole university faculty and students were merged into the Zhejiang University in 1998, and became the School of Medicine of Zhejiang University. The reunification was finished in 1999.

President

List of Presidents :
HONG Shilu 1951/10-1955/4
WANG Zhongqiao 1956/5-1958/9
ZHENG Ping 1960/2-1963/9
LI Lanyan 1964/3-1968/11
WANG Yaoting 1978/7-1979/3
WANG Jiwu 1979/3-1984/1
ZHENG Shu 1984/1-1996/11
CHENG Zhaodian 1996/11-1998/9
WANG Jiwu 1984/1-1998/9