Weifang Medical University (WFMU) is a state-owned medical university which was founded in 1951. It was expanded in 1958 as Changwei Medical College and renamed as Weifang Medical University in 1987. In 1986, WFMU became one of the third batches of universities to confer master’s degree. In 2012, WFMU was listed as one of the institutions of the Ph.D Talent Cultivation Project to serve special national needs, and was authorized to award doctoral degree. WFMU has educated Ph. D candidates since 2013. WFMU was approved Shandong Province elite training characteristics project of applied talents in 2013. In 2014, WFMU achieved the first batch of National undergraduate admission. In 2016, Clinical Medicine, Anesthesiology, Public Affairs Management are listed as first batch of National undergraduate admission. It is also the applied talents education unit of Shandong province.

WFMU is comprised of 16 schools or departments and offers 26 bachelor’s degree programs, which covers 7 subject categories including Medicine, Science, Management, Law, Education, Engineering, and Arts. It has formed a special major characteristic which takes medicine as its main body, medicine and medical related disciplines develop and promote coordinately. It has 8 first-level Master’s Degree programs, which includes Basic Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, Pharmacy, and Biology, and 52 second-level Master’s Degree programs. WFMU also has 9 Provincial Brand Special Programs. The university now has 2 academicians of Chinese Academy of Engineering, 5“Taishan Scholar” special invited overseas experts, 8 doctoral degree candidates’ supervisors, 596 master students’ supervisors, and 5 provincial teaching teams. The university has 8 key disciplines (laboratories) of Shandong Province.Human Anatomy and Histoembryology is entitled to offer post for “Taishan Scholar”. Surgery, Human Anatomy and Histoembryology, Medical Imaging and Nuclear Medicine, Social Medicine and Health Service Management and Applied Pharmacology Laboratory, Immunology Laboratory, Clinical Examination Diagnostics Laboratory, Plastic Surgery and Microscopic Repair Technology Laboratory are key disciplines (laboratories) of the “12th Five-Year Plan” of Shandong Province. Program of Plastic Surgery and Ophthalmology are subjects led by Shandong Provincial discipline leaders. One of the teaching team is awarded as Provincial Excellent University Scientific Research Innovation (Education) Team. Candidates who hold equivalent educational level are eligible to apply for part-time master’s degree programs. The university is also entitled to award Master’s Degree of Clinical Medicine to Candidates who hold equivalent educational level. It is also the main test center for self-studying Nursing students of Shandong higher education and test center for HSK (Chinese Proficiency Test) of China. Branch Center of National engineering research center for organization engineering, Medical Technology Education Center of Shandong Province, and grassroots health management cadres training center of Shandong Province are all located in Weifang Medical University.

The university covers an area of more than 1.2 million square meters with a construction area of more than 630,000 square meters. The total value of teaching and research facilities reaches 200 million RMB. Its library holds a collection of more than 2.2 million volumes. It has 17 affiliated hospitals and more than 146 different practical teaching bases.