The School of Basic Medical Sciences offers more than 100 courses across 28 majors in four disciplines: medicine, science, engineering, and management. It actively promotes the integration of information technology with education and teaching. The School has received numerous accolades, including 5 first-class undergraduate courses in Jiangsu Province, 4 online open courses for undergraduate universities in Jiangsu, and 1 provincial-level excellent course taught in English for foreign students in Jiangsu colleges and universities during the 13th Five-Year Plan. Additionally, faculty have edited 30 textbooks, including 2 national planning textbooks, 4 provincial planning textbooks, and 6 provincial key textbooks.
The School undertakes 81 education and teaching reform projects at various levels, including 16 provincial or higher-level projects on higher education reform. Faculty members have published 86 research papers on education and teaching and have won numerous awards, including a second prize for national teaching achievement, a special prize for teaching achievement in Jiangsu Province, 3 first prizes, and 16 other provincial teaching achievement awards, demonstrating the effectiveness of the School’s teaching reforms.
The School continues to advance case-based integration courses in basic medicine and has assisted the clinical medicine program in obtaining Ministry of Education certification. It has helped Xuzhou Medical Universityearn 14 national first-class professional construction points, covering 88.48% of the student body, and secured several national "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" projects as well as Central Government Special Fund Construction Projects. These efforts have contributed to the establishment of several provincial brand majors and key disciplines.
The School features one national experimental teaching demonstration center and three provincial-level centers. Currently, the teaching facilities span 16,337 square meters and include 8,125 pieces of teaching equipment. The School has built 13 digital interactive laboratories, 420 student booths, 3 PBL classrooms, and 1 smart recording room. Additionally, digital learning platforms, such as morphology digital slicing workstation, digital human anatomy system, AR anatomy system, analog operating table, physiologically driven human analog, and virtual simulation training projects, are in place to enhance the learning experience.
The School actively supports its science and innovation initiatives, encouraging faculty participation in technical project research, and fostering student involvement in scientific research. This environment promotes early engagement with research topics, encourages critical thinking, and cultivates a daring, truth-seeking mindset. In the past five years, the students have won more than 200 provincial competition awards, including the gold and silver awards of the "Creative Youth", "Challenge Cup" and "Internet +" competitions, the special prize of the National College Student Life Science Competition, the special prize of the National University Enterprise Digital Operation Challenge, and the gold and silver awards of the National College Student Basic Medical Innovation Competition, all of which are historic breakthroughs of the university.
