Overview
Shanghai Higher Institute of Medical Devices (SHIMD) was founded by the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China (MOH) in 1960, and has been under the leadership of the State Administration of Medicine (SAMA) since 1981, and has been transferred from a school under the Ministry of Health of the People's Republic of China (MOHCD) to the Shanghai Municipal Government (SJG) since September 2000. In the development of nearly half a century, it has made positive contributions to the cause of human health and the development of China's medical device industry and pharmacy equipment.
At present, it is the only independent institution of higher learning in China that specializes in training talents in medical device and pharmacy equipment engineering and technology. Nearly half a century of schooling precipitation, the formation of a combination of production, learning and research mode of schooling, pre-vocational and post-vocational **** lifting of schooling policy, staggered competition in the school of thought, student employment career targeted at clear training objectives. The quality of the student population is good, the employment rate of graduates is high, the social visibility and satisfaction continues to improve, welcomed by employers.
The school covers a total area of 251 acres, with a total building area of 175,000 square meters. The school has a good teaching infrastructure and student growth environment. It has more than 10 professional laboratories, such as medical equipment engineering experimental training center, medical electronic information engineering experimental training center, medical imaging engineering experimental training center, pharmacy equipment experimental training center, etc.; there are also teaching facilities such as graphic information center, voice laboratory, various types of basic laboratories and public **** training center, and a better campus network; the library collection of 220,000 books, 600 kinds of periodicals, more than 2,000 electronic books, and more than 600 kinds of periodicals. More than 200,000 books in the library, 600 kinds of periodicals, and more than 2,000 e-books.
The school has 281 teaching staff, 178 full-time teachers, including 55 teachers with high titles, 60% of the full-time teachers with master's degree or above, 64% of the full-time teachers with dual-type teachers, and 48% of the full-time teachers with part-time teachers.
The school has a precision medical equipment department, medical electronic information department, medical imaging equipment department, management department, basic department, graphic information center and teaching research office, student office, enrollment and employment office and other eleven functional offices.
The school has invited more than 40 batches of nearly 100 people from universities, research institutions and enterprises in Japan, Germany, the United States, France, Britain, Sweden, Norway, Austria, Vietnam, India and other countries to visit the school for lectures and academic exchanges. At the same time, the school has sent more than 10 batches of more than 50 teachers and students to Japan, Germany, the United States, France, the United Kingdom, Norway, Australia and other countries for exchanges and investigations, further training and internships, and to attend international academic conferences.
The school insists on basing itself on Shanghai and serving the whole country, and the annual enrollment of foreign students is nearly 50%, and the school has cultivated and sent more than 14,000 graduates to 30 provinces, cities and autonomous regions in China. The average employment rate of graduates reached more than 96%, and in recent years have maintained a higher employment rate in similar institutions at the leading level.
The development of China's medical device industry is engraved in the footsteps of the school's development. In the future, the school's steps will be more solid and powerful, we are willing to take on the social responsibility of the guardian of life, and contribute our wisdom and strength to the development of China's medical devices.