Nanchang Joint Programme

The School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at Queen Mary University of London and Nanchang University in China offer a joint degree in Biomedical Sciences / Clinical Biomedicine. 

In 2013, the School of Biological and Behavioural Sciences at Queen Mary University of London formed a partnership with Nanchang University in China to offer a joint degree in Biomedical Sciences / Clinical Biomedicine. The partnership is equal in every sense – students graduate with degrees from both QMUL and Nanchang University, and it operates by combining the academic expertise and educational cultures of two international institutions to create one jointly taught programme.

• Read about the graduation day for the first cohort of Nanchang University - QMUL students

Key elements of the joint programme model

• Students receive two separate degree awards – a degree in Clinical Biomedicine from Nanchang University, and a Biomedical Sciences BSc from Queen Mary University of London – doubling the prestige and recognition of the degree.
• Teaching is entirely in English, preparing the students to work globally.
• During the first three years of the programme, more than 50% of teaching is carried out by QMUL academics who use a ‘flying faculty’ model to teach in person. The final two years of the medical programme are taught entirely by Nanchang University.
• Quality of the programme meets the requirements of regulatory bodies of both countries and where there is any discrepancy, the most stringent regulation is adhered to.

This partnership is part of a wider QMUL strategy of internationalisation and long-term commitment to working in China.

The Co-Director of the Nanchang programme at Queen Mary is Professor Mark Maconochie.