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2015 招生簡章
Kaohsiung Medical University
Bachelor Program in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Biotechnology
Taiwan, Republic of China
APPLICATION SCHEDULE FOR ACADEMIC YEAR 2015
Events Dates
Application deadline Undergraduate Program March 27, 2015
Application Result Announced Undergraduate Program May 5, 2015
About Kaohsiung Medical University
Originally known as "Kaohsiung Medical College"-the first private medical institution in Taiwan, Kaohsiung Medical University was founded in 1954 by former Kaohsiung Mayor Frank C. Chen, who donated land for the college site, and Professor Tsung Ming Tu, the first Taiwanese ever to earn a MD degree. In response to the needs for clinical teaching, research and internships, the College’s affiliated Chung-Ho Memorial Hospital, a teaching hospital and medical center, was founded in 1957. In 1998, the College signed an agreement with the Kaohsiung Municipal Government, allowing it to assume managing Kaohsiung Municipal Hsiao-Kang Hospital. After Kaohsiung Medical College became a university in 1999, it seized this opportunity to move faster and attain to the highest standards in teaching, research, medical care and service; hence it expanded the territory of medical services further by obtaining the right of management of Kaohsiung Municipal Ta-Tung Hospital, a regional teaching hospital, in 2010.
Since its founding, Kaohsiung Medical University is sparing no effort in keeping pace with international development and following its motto of "Enjoying learning, prioritizing research.", and "Resolutely striving for progress, encouraging study, and contributing to the world.", at the same time. The current president Dr. Ching-Kuan Liu, who took office in 2012, specifically proposed a management philosophy of “I Love KMU-Innovation, Legislation, Knowledge, Mission, Universality” with “Respect for life, the pursuit of truth” as the core value to nurture interdisciplinary health professionals who practice unity of learning and using as well as unity of research and using, in the hope of raising the University’ status as one of leading medical universities with international competitive strength.
The University consists of 7 colleges, 21 departments (including postgraduate and PhD programs), 4 resource integration centers and 5 graduate institutes. In addition, the General Education Center offers courses on arts, literature, history, politics, etc. and hosts a number of cultural activities to cultivate students’ comprehensive mind, humanistic literacy, and diverse competence, hence to bring up students with care for the human society, expansive global view, and lifelong learning ability, in order to achieve the goal of holistic education.
The University attaches importance to international exchanges and cooperation to develop students' international perspective. So far, it has established academic ties with 45 sister institutions, including University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Harvard University Medical School and School of Public Health, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Pharmacy and the School of Nursing, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Medical University of South Africa, University of Georgia College of Public Health, University of Nagasaki, Kyushu University, George Mason University, Seoul National University, Hebrew University of Jerusalem Faculty of Medicine, etc. Each year, for implementing the above cooperation agreements, visits and exchange activities are organized, and international academic conferences and seminars are held to promote international academic exchanges.
The shared vision of everyone at KMU is to make the university a modern, forward-looking institution striving for excellence in both academics and medical care. After its first half-century, it has become Southern Taiwan's foremost center for medical education and services and has repetitively received ratings of "superior" in all categories after evaluation under the Ministry of Education's evaluation of "Mid-term School Administration Development Plan". Other remarkable honors include:
1. All departments and graduate institutes (44 programs) were accredited by Higher Education and Accreditation Council of Taiwan in 2009.
2. The University passed the University Evaluation conducted by Higher Education Evaluation & Accreditation Council of Taiwan in 2011.
3. The University has been granted funding for “Plan to Encourage Teaching Excellence in Universities” 6 times by the Ministry of Education during 2005-2012.
Bachelor Program in Medical Laboratory Sciences and Biotechnology
A、Program Objectives
This is a four-year bachelor program. The aim of the Bachelor Program in Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology is to provide undergraduate students a wide area of education in clinical laboratory technology and biomedical sciences. This degree integrates a complex level of theoretical and technical instruction in laboratories
B、Curriculum Design and Requirements for Graduation
a. Design Principle and Feature
1. Principle:
The curriculum is designed to provide students a wide area of education in clinical laboratory technology and biomedical sciences. This degree integrates a complex level of theoretical and technical instruction in laboratories.
2. Feature:
The curriculum emphasizes in the area of Biomedicine, Molecular Biotechnology, and Laboratory Science.
1. Biomedicine: Microbiology, immunology, blood and blood bank, biochemistry, anatomy, physiology, biochemistry…etc are included and also the mainstream in the field of Biomedicine. In recent years, innovation and science development have created a new era of human intractable diseases.
2. Medical Laboratory Science: Medical Laboratory science contains clinical biochemistry, clinical serology and immunology, hematology and blood bank examination, clinical microscopy science, microbiology examination, toxic substance detection, detection of heavy metals and environmental biomedical monitoring line …etc. Nowadays, with the modernization of the medical field and the new clinical knowledge, detection of macro sample has transferred to micro sample, which increase the sensitivity and specificity.
3. Molecular biology: molecular biological technology is the base of Biomedicine and Medical Laboratory Science. In recent years, it has become one of the important mainstreams in biomedicine field.
C、 Curriculum Structure
We expect to cooperate with the allies through academic and technical collaboration to help train the high school graduates to become experts in the field of medical laboratory science and biotechnology, and awarded them the Bachelor of Science degree if only they complete 128 credits of the program, and including 28 credits of general courses.
Curriculum design: Combining the experienced teaching faculty, which includes faculty members from Department of Medical Laboratory Science and Biotechnology, School of Medicine, Department of Medicinal and Applied Chemistry, Department of Biomedical Science and Environmental Biology, Center for General Education, and Division of Physical Education, with the sophisticated clinical faculty of KMUH to establish the Curriculum Planning Committee discussing about the curriculum for different professions through meetings, and award the graduates with Bachelor of Science degree.
Courses designed will be focused in skills and knowledge. (F-2)
1. During the first three years, the students are enrolled in general education, science, and preliminary medical technology courses.
2. During the final year, students are required to stay 20 weeks in hospitals for clinical practice in the final year which train students to have the core value.
D、Course List of the Program
1st Year
Courses Credits Instructors
Chinese 4 Hui-Ju Tsai, Associate Professor
General Biology 6 Shui-Nin Li (Ruei-Nian Li) Assistant Professor
General Biology Laboratory 1 Shui-Nin Li (Ruei-Nian Li) Assistant Professor
General Chemistry 6 Hsuan-Ying Chen, Assistant Professor
General Chemistry Laboratory 2 Hsuan-Ying Chen, Assistant Professor
Anatomy 2 Shih-Chieh Chen, Associate Professor
Anatomy Laboratory 1 Shih-Chieh Chen, Associate Professor
English Reading and Writing 4 Language Centre
English Listening and speaking 2 Language centre
Application of Computer Science and Information Management 2 Chien-Chih Chen
Biostatistics 2 Chien-Hung Lee, Associate Professor
Introduction to Biomedical Sciences 1 Ching-Shuang, Wu, Associate Professor
Physical Education 0 Yin-Zu, Tseng, Professor
Professional English 1 Liang-Yin, Ke
Total credits 34
2nd Year
Courses Credits Instructors
Physiology (B) 4 Ke-Li, Tsai, Assistant Professor
Physiology Laboratory 1 Ke-Li, Tsai, Assistant Professor
Organic Chemistry 3 Eng-Chi Wang, Professor
Organic Chemistry Laboratory 1 Shi-Zen, Jian, Teaching Assistant
Biochemistry 4 Shyh-Jong, Wu. Assistant Profesoor
Biochemistry Laboratory 2 Shyh-Jong, Wu. Assistant Profesoor
Histology 2 Shih-Chieh Chen, Associate Professor
Histology Laboratory 1 Shih-Chieh Chen, Associate Professor
Analytical Chemistry 2 Po-Jui Huang, Associate Professor
Analytical Chemistry Laboratory 1 Shi-Zen, Jian, Teaching Assistant
Molecular Biology 2 Chien-Fang, Peng. Professor
Microbiology 4 Chien-Fang, Peng. Professor
Microbiology & Immunology Laboratory 2 Chien-Fang, Peng. Professor
Immunology 3 Ching-Shuang, Wu, Associate Professor
Physical Education 0 Yin-Zu, Tseng. Professor
Total credits 32
3rd Year
Courses Credits Instructors
Clinical Physiology 2 Shyh-Jong, Wu. Assistant Professor
Clinical Biochemistry & Laboratory 3 Li-Yu, Tsai. Professor
Nutrition and Health (I)
2 Shu-Hui, Hu, Assistant Professor
Blood Banking 2 Tze-Kiong, Er, Assistant Professor
Hematology 4 Li-Wen, Huang. Assistant Professor
Hematology Laboratory 1 Li-Wen, Huang. Assistant Professor
Parasitology 2 Chuan-Min, Yen. Professor
Parasitology Laboratory 1 Chuan-Min, Yen. Professor
Clinical Microbiology 4 Chien-Fang, Peng. Professor
Clinical Virology 2 Kuei-Hsiang Lin. Professor
Clinical Serology and Immunology 2 Ching-Suang, Wu, Associate Professor
Pathology 2 Chee-Yin Chai. Professor
Histopathologic Techniques 1 Chee-Yin Chai. Professor
Physical Education 0 Yin-Zu,Tseng. Professor
Career Planning for Clinical Laboratory Sciences and Medical Biotechnology 2 Ching-Shuang, Wu, Professor
Total Credits 30
4th Year
Courses Credits Instructors
Clinical Microscopy 1 Yeou-Lih, Huang. Professor
Clinical Microscopy Laboratory 1 Yeou-Lih, Huang. Professor
Medical Molecular Laboratory Science 2 Wan-Chi, Tsai. Assistant Professor
Nutrition and Health (II)
2 Shu-Hui, Hu, Assistant Professor
Nutrition and Health Laboratory 1 Shu-Hui, Hu, Assistant Professor
Seminar 2 Yeou-Lih, Huang. Professor
Clinical Microbiology Practice 4 Chien-Fang, Peng. Professor
Clinical Physiology Practice 2 Shyh-Jong Wu. Assistant Professor
Clinical Microscopy Practice 2 Yeou-Lih, Huang. Professor
Clinical Biochemistry Practice 2 Li-Yu, Tsai. Professor
Clinical Serology & Immunology Practice 2 Ching-Shuang, Wu. Associate Professor
Clinical Hematology Practice 2 Li-Wen, Huang. Assistant Professor
Blood Bank Practice 2 Yi-Lin, Lin Assistant Professor
Histopathologic Techniques Practice 1 Chee-Yin Chai. Professor
Total credits 28
Above courses are all required courses, there are a series of general courses, and elective courses options for students to select.
Admission guideline please visit
https://enr.kmu.edu.tw/.
Contact: Ms. Erica Li
E-mail:R011016@kmu.edu.tw
Tel:886-7-312-1101 ext.2009
Fax:886-7-311-3449
