澳洲5·(中国)集团有限公司,1997年获批招收外国留学生资格,1998年开始招收留学生,2004年成为首批云南省政府奖学金招收院校。2011年获批招收中国政府奖学金生资格。2010年获教育部批准成为招收本科临床医学专业(英语授课)来华留学生的高校,2011年学校成立国际教育学院开始招收以英语为教学语言的医学专业的长期学历留学生,是全国45所招收英文授课临床医学本科(MBBS)学生院校之一。学校多次在教育部组织的来华留学专项检查中获得好评,MBBS专业通过印度、尼泊尔、巴基斯坦、孟加拉国和泰国等医学委员会认证。2018年通过教育部来华留学高等教育质量认证,为云南省首家通过质量认证的高校,是中国高等教育学会外国留学生教育管理分会和中国教育国际交流协会理事单位和全国首批医学汉语水平考试(MCT)考点。
2011年至今,学校共计招收全英文授课临床医学(MBBS)、中国政府奖学金、云南省政府奖学金、越南奠边府奖学金、老挝卫生部奖学金、南方电网奖学金等项目的来华留学生900余人。生源国分布五大洲40个国家,其中本科生800余人,硕士研究生140余人,博士研究生20余人。
学校招生的留学生学历层次涵盖本科生、硕士研究生、博士研究生及进修生。招生专业情况如下:全英文授课本科专业为临床医学;汉语授课本科包括临床医学、口腔医学、法医学等36个专业;硕士研究生教育涵盖临床医学、口腔医学、基础医学、公共卫生与预防医学、药学、护理学、医学技术和生物学等8个一级学科学位授权点158个专业;博士研究生教育包括基础医学、临床医学、口腔医学、公共卫生与预防医学、药学等5个一级学科学位授权点108个专业。临床医学、药理学与毒理学、神经科学与行为学3个学科进入ESI全球排名前1%。
学校与29个国家和港澳台地区的90余所高校及科研院所建立了稳固的交流合作关系,发起成立南亚东南亚医学教育与医疗卫生联盟,成为推动国家和云南与南亚东在医学教育和医疗卫生领域交流合作的重要平台,是云南省“国际医学人才培养基地”和南亚东南亚国家学生来华学习医学的主要目标院校。
Kunming Medical University was authorized to enroll international students in 1997, began to enroll international students in 1998, and was eligible to enroll international students through Yunnan provincial government scholarship program in 2004 when the first batch universities were authorized. In 2011, KMU was authorized to enroll international students through Chinese government scholarships program. In 2010, it was authorized by the Ministry of Education to enroll international students majoring in Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery (short for MBBS) (taught in English medium) in China. In 2011, KMU, established International Education School and began to enroll long-term medical students taught in English as language of instruction, became one of 45 universities which are eligible to enroll international students in Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery. KMU has been well-reviewed in many examinations for studying in China organized by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, and the major of MBBS has been certified by the medical committees of India, Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Thailand. In 2018,KMU gained the higher education quality certification awarded by Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China, making it the first university in Yunnan Province to pass the quality certification. It is the director unit of China Association of International Education, and the first batch medical Chinese proficiency examination (MCT) test sites in China.
Since 2011, Kunming Medical University has enrolled more than 900 students studying in China through Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery programs, Chinese government scholarships, Yunnan provincial government scholarships, Vietnam Dien Bien scholarships, Scholarship of Lao Ministry of Health, and Scholarship of China Southern Power Grid and other programs. The students are from 40 countries on five continents, including more than 800 undergraduates, more than 140 master's students and more than 20 doctoral students.
The academic level of international students enrolled by Kunming Medical University includes undergraduates, postgraduates, both in master’s degree and doctor’s degree, and non-degree scholars. Majors for bachelor’s education include Bachelor of Medicine & Bachelor of Surgery taught in English medium and 36 majors taught in Chinese medium such as Clinical Medicine, Stomatology and Forensic Medicine. Master's education covers 158 majors out of 8 first-level disciplines,such as Stomatology, Basic Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pharmacy, Nursing, Medical Technology and Biology etc. Doctoral education includes 108 majors out of five first-level disciplines, such as Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Stomatology, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pharmacy etc. Clinical Medicine, Pharmacology and Toxicology, Neuroscience and Ethology ranked in the top 1% of ESI global rankings.
Kunming Medical University has established a solid exchange and cooperation relationship with more than 90 universities and scientific research institutes in 29 countries and in the districts of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. Also Kunming Medical University initiated the establishment of the Medical Education and Health Alliance in South and Southeast Asian , which has become an important platform to promote exchanges and cooperation between China and Southeast Asia in the field of medical education and health care. Based on all the achievements mentioned above, Kunming Medical University becomes the main target institution of Yunnan Province for international students from South Asian and Southeast Asian countries to study medicine.