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===Peking Union Medical College===
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[[File:Tsinghua bell.jpg|thumb|The Tsinghua Bell]]

The Peking Union Medical College was established in 1917 by the [[Rockefeller Foundation]] and was modeled on the US medical education system. Tsinghua first established its medical school in 2001 and in 2006, Tsinghua's medical school merged with the [[Peking Union Medical College]] renaming it "Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University". The school remains the top ranked medical school and general hospital in China according to CUCAS in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cucas.edu.cn/studyinchina/top/2015_China_Medical_University_Ranking_12.html|title=2015 China Medical University Ranking|website=CUCAS|access-date=15 February 2016|archive-date=20 February 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220205933/http://www.cucas.edu.cn/studyinchina/top/2015_China_Medical_University_Ranking_12.html|url-status=live}}</ref> The Peking Union Medical College is also the only medical school to be affiliated with the [[Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences]]. It runs one of the most competitive medical programs in the country, accepting 90 students a year into its 8-year MD program. Students in the 8-year program spend 2.5 years at Tsinghua studying premedical education before moving onto Peking Union Medical College to complete the last 5.5 years in clinical medicine, basic medical education and research.<ref>{{Cite journal|last1=Wang|first1=Zhao|last2=Yin|first2=Zhuo|last3=Wei|first3=Yong-bao|last4=Liu|first4=Long-fei|last5=Yang|first5=Jin-rui|date=6 February 2015|title=The expansion of 8-year medical training programs in China: a status report|journal=Medical Education Online|volume=20|page=25890|doi=10.3402/meo.v20.25890|issn=1087-2981|pmc=4320996|pmid=25661499}}</ref>