Wenzhou Medical University

Wenzhou Medical University is a specialist medical university in China ranked 9th among Chinese medical schools, known globally for ophthalmology and optometry research.

Wenzhou Medical University (WMU) was established in 1912 as the Zhejiang Specialized Medical School and relocated to Wenzhou in 1958, receiving its current name in 2013. It is a specialist medical institution with over 26,000 students across undergraduate and postgraduate programs, organised into 18 schools spanning clinical medicine, pharmacy, nursing, biomedical engineering, and ophthalmology and optometry.

WMU is ranked 9th among Chinese medical universities (2025 Best Chinese Universities Ranking) and sits in the 401–500 band of the 2025 Academic Ranking of World Universities (Shanghai Ranking). Fifteen of its disciplines rank in the top 1% globally by ESI citation impact, with Clinical Medicine and Pharmacology in the top 1‰. Its affiliated Eye Hospital is the top-ranked ophthalmic hospital in China, and WMU pioneered the country's first degree programme in optometry.

The university operates three campuses covering 800,000 square metres in Wenzhou, a coastal city in Zhejiang Province roughly three hours from Shanghai by high-speed rail. Four major teaching hospitals support clinical training. WMU has cooperative agreements with more than 170 overseas institutions, including five Sino-foreign joint doctoral programmes with partners in the United States, Switzerland, South Korea, and Thailand.