The College of International Education (CIE) of Chongqing Medical University (CQMU) was established in May 2022, and is in charge of all the affairs of international students coming to study in China. In CIE, there are three offices including General Affairs Office, Academic Affairs and Postgraduate Management Office as well as Student Affairs Office, with their duties ranging from recruitment of international students at all levels and visiting students, student and academic affairs management to alumni affairs. The CIE is dedicated to cultivating global medical talents for CQMU and China.

The recruitment of international students of CQMU started from the year of 2001. As of today, CQMU has already enrolled undergraduates, masters, doctoral students and visiting students from over 60 countries in Asia, Africa, Europe, America and Oceania. Currently, CIE has nearly 700 registered international students.

CQMU is one of the 28 institutes of higher educationinitiallyapproved by the Ministry of Education of China with the qualification to recruit Bachelor of Medicine/ Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) students. In 2012, CQMU become the recipient of students awarded Chinese government scholarship. In 2013, CQMU was rated as the National Demonstration Base for International Education by the Ministry of Education of China. In 2014, the school was awarded as “National Excellent Group for International Education” by the International Education Management Committee, a division of the Higher Education Committee of China. In 2019, CQMU passed the quality evaluation on international education for institutes of higher education, symbolizing remarkable achievements have been made in CQMU in this regard. CQMU is also a university with excellent international education in Chongqing, and has received many awards from the Chongqing Foreign Affairs Office, Chongqing Education Commission and Chongqing Public Security Bureau.

CIE E-mail: cie@cqmu.edu.cn