Zhejiang Medical University
Zhejiang Medical University was a former university in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China. In 1998, was merged into Zhejiang University to become its Medical School.
History
In 1952–53, due to the Adjustment for University Colleges and Departments, Zhejiang University was dissociated, and its medical school was merged with Zhejiang Provincial College of Medicine to form Zhejiang Medical College.In 1960, Zhejiang Medical College was promoted to Zhejiang Medical University.
In 1998, Zhejiang Medical University was merged into Zhejiang University to become the School of Medicine, Zhejiang University.
The campus
The university originally located aside the famous West Lake in Hangzhou. Its campus was the Hubin Campus, 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 Hong Kong-based Shangri-La Hotels and Resorts at a price of 2.46 billion 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 build 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:| School Name | Office Period | Name | Title |
| Zhejiang Medical College | Oct 1951 - Apr 1955 | Hong Shilu | President |
| Zhejiang Medical College | May 1956 - Sep 1958 | Wang Zhongqiao | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Feb 1960 - Sep 1963 | Zheng Ping | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Mar 1964 - Nov 1968 | Li Lanyan | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Jul 1978 - Mar 1979 | Wang Yaoting | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Mar 1979 - Jan 1984 | Wang Jiwu | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Jan 1984 - Nov 1996 | Zheng Shu | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Nov 1996 - Sep 1998 | Chen Zhaodian | President |
| Zhejiang Medical University | Jan 1984 - Sep 1998 | Wang Jiwu | Honorary President |