Tianjin Medical University
On 21 December 2007, Tianjin Medical University celebrated a decade since accepting the first batch of foreign students into the English program.Learning Chinese is compulsory for every student as it is required to converse with patients during hospital visits and clinical and also for getting around.Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital (TMUCIH) is the birthplace of oncology in China.Tianjin Medical University is currently constructing the largest cancer prevention, treatment and research base in Asia.Upon completion, the hospital will have 1,800 beds, be able to serve 500,000 outpatients, and perform over 20,000 surgical operations annually.The University of Texas M. D. Anderson Cancer Center and Tianjin Medical University Cancer Institute and Hospital, in Tianjin, China, on June 7, 2006, announced an agreement to expand opportunities for collaborations in clinical, educational and translational cancer research, building upon professional relationships between physicians and scientists at both institutions that have spanned over a decade.The agreement formalizes a cooperative framework to develop joint programs that support the institutions' shared missions of eradicating cancer worldwide through scientific discovery, advanced patient therapies, education and prevention.