From February 18 to 22, Wang Hongwei, Vice Dean of NJU Medical School, and Wu Jinhui, Vice Dean of NJU Medical School, led a delegation of five undergraduate students and six postgraduate students to Singapore to carry out academic exchanges and further deepen the international cooperation in medical education. It is a specific measure of NJU's "Forging Ahead Initiative" and is supported by the "National University of Singapore-Nanjing University Medical Innovation Research Platform" funded by the Nanjing University International Collaboration Initiative Seed Fund (NICI-Seed Fund). The Fund is committed to building high-level international joint research platforms that would participate in or host major international scientific projects and programs, conduct cutting-edge scientific research innovation and collaboration, and enhance the global engagement and academic influence of Nanjing University.
On February 19th, the delegation attended the international conference CRSingapore 2025, co-hosted by the National University of Singapore (NUS). On February 20, the delegation visited the Duke-NUS Medical School where they learned about the school's teaching system, observed its distinctive "Team-Based Learning (TBL)" courses, and toured advanced teaching facilities such as the Simulation Medical Education Center and the 3D Printing Center. Later the day, NJU Medical School and NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine organized a workshop. Faculty and students from both sides delivered academic reports around topics such as cancer treatment and biomedical engineering and engaged in in-depth discussions. During this trip, the two Vice Deans visited research and teaching departments of NUS Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, the Duke-NUS Medical School, and the Lee Kong Chian School of Medicine at Nanyang Technological University, exchanging ideas on joint scientific research, dual-mentor cultivation systems, and student exchange programs. They reached preliminary agreements on multiple collaboration intentions and laid a solid foundation for long-term cooperation.
This visit reflects the efforts of NJU Medical School in expanding deep collaboration with top international institutions in Singapore, aiming to cultivate first-class medical talents with both scientific research thinking capabilities and international competitiveness. The trip to Singapore not only provided a high-level academic exchange platform for faculty and students but also marked a new phase of institutionalized and regularized international cooperation. In the future, NJU and Singarpore institutions will further integrate resources, deepen collaboration in research cooperation, faculty exchanges, and joint curriculum construction, injecting new vigour into the high-quality development of medical education, therefore contributing NJU's wisdom to the Healthy China Initiative.
