Medicine in China and Hong Kong

你们好！

Just a thread for anyone applying to/considering to apply to Chinese and Hong Kong medical schools. Hopefully there are a few people out there that know a bit about it and can enrich us with their knowledge :wink:

Reply 1

Meltingice

Original post by Zedd

To apply to HKU, apparently you need really high UMS scores (95%), good Ukcat score and good gcses. :biggrin:

basically it's like applying to Oxbridge imo hahaha

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Reply 2

Zedd

Original post by Meltingice

To apply to HKU, apparently you need really high UMS scores (95%), good Ukcat score and good gcses. :biggrin:

basically it's like applying to Oxbridge imo hahaha

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Thanks? Can't say that's the sort of thing I was expecting to learn (given it's probably available via their website) but I suppose every little helps.

Reply 3

Meltingice

Original post by Zedd

Thanks? Can't say that's the sort of thing I was expecting to learn (given it's probably available via their website) but I suppose every little helps.

Are you from hk?

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Reply 4

Zedd

Original post by Meltingice

Are you from hk?

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我不是。我是苏格兰人！你呢？

The idea with this thread is that we might be able to learn a bit more about the processes, fees, funding, courses etc when applying to Chinese medical schools, particularly those which teach in English.

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Reply 5

Meltingice

Original post by Zedd

Malaysian. Have you learnt Mandarin before? :tongue:

Well the whole application to HKU/CUHK is tough. Their entry requirements are normally really high. Probably CUHK is less difficult. No idea about other chinese medical schools though. Do you want to apply there?

:smile:

Reply 6

EternalDoom

Original post by Zedd

http://www.studymedicineinchina.co.uk/
Have a look at this Zedd. It's what I used.

It's set up by a UK person who's in their 3rd year at Zhejiang University. He started this a few years ago, and has helped people from UK get into medical schools in China. The guy replies back to emails very fast, so feel free to email him if you have any queries.

Reply 7

Zedd

Original post by Meltingice

Malaysian. Have you learnt Mandarin before? :tongue:

I have learnt a little, but not much really! Part of the reason why I'm considering China and HK is that I would like the opportunity to learn either Mandarin or Cantonese alongside a medical degree. I don't think I'll be applying for 2013 entry because if I get an offer in Scotland for next September I'll be snapping that up, but if I'm reapplying for 2014 then yeah I'm definitely going to be applying to medical schools in China and HK. I'd hope that being a graduate applicant makes life a little easier for me, but we'll see :smile:

Reply 8

Meltingice

Original post by Zedd

Nice

you speak good mandarin atm anyway! which scottish uni did you apply to? and what eternaldoom said was so helpful! more helpful than my advice anyway :colondollar:

Reply 9

Zedd

Original post by Meltingice

Nice

you speak good mandarin atm anyway! which scottish uni did you apply to? and what eternaldoom said was so helpful! more helpful than my advice anyway :colondollar:

I'm in my final year at Aberdeen university just now, and could potentially spend another 5 years here if I get in there (which means 9 years at Aberdeen uni O.o )

Original post by EternalDoom

This could come in handy :tongue:

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Reply 10

Meltingice

Original post by Zedd

I'm in my final year at Aberdeen university just now, and could potentially spend another 5 years here if I get in there (which means 9 years at Aberdeen uni O.o )

Are you doing a science degree atm? :eek:

Reply 11

F1's Finest

One of my mates got into Zhejiang University for medicine, he's in his second year and he loves it.

Reply 12

Zedd

Original post by Meltingice

Are you doing a science degree atm? :eek:

No, I'm doing a humanities degree, although I was originally doing chemistry :smile:

Reply 13

EternalDoom

Original post by James A

One of my mates got into Zhejiang University for medicine, he's in his second year and he loves it.

Nice!

From what I've seen in videos and pictures, it does look like a really good university!

Original post by Zedd

This could come in handy :tongue:

Glad to help!
Also, their MBBS Medicine course is for internationals only, so all your classmates would be international students and you would be able to speak to them in English. I personally have no knowledge of Mandarin, so I'm excited in learning! I've been learning Japanese for 9 months now, and I know there's some overlap between the languages because they both use Kanji, and also I find it easy to learn Asian languages because my native language is Bengali, so I'm used to seeing weird squiggly lines and not just english letters like in most european languages.