Tongji University's predecessor was the German Medical College founded by German doctor paulun erich on 1907. The following year, it was renamed Tongji Devon yiguang; 19 12 merged with the newly established Tongji Devon Medical College and changed its name to Tongji Devon Medical College; 1923 was officially named University; 1927 National Tongji University, one of the seven earliest national universities in China.
By 2065438+June 2008, Tongji University had 38 colleges and secondary institutions, 7 affiliated hospitals and 6 affiliated primary and secondary schools. There are four campuses in siping road, Jiading, Huxi and Hubei, covering an area of 2.56 square kilometers, with a total construction area of 1.75 million square meters, and the library has a total collection of 4.07 million books.
1893 German doctor Dr. Erics Paulum erich came to Shanghai to open a clinic near the German Consulate General. Later, he and several German doctors in Shanghai established the German Medical Association. When Eight-Nation Alliance invaded China, Germany shipped a lot of medical equipment and hired Dr. Baolong, who was quite famous in Shanghai at that time, to help set up the wounded hospital in Shanghai. After the Germans returned to China, they gave all the medical equipment of the wounded hospital to Baolong to express their gratitude.
1900, with the support of Knapp, Consul General of Germany in Shanghai, Baolong opened a 20-bed hospital beside Xinma Road in Zhangjiabang. Funded by both China and Germany, it was named "tongji hospital" and its president was Bao Long. At the beginning of 1904, Knapp held talks in Berlin with representatives of the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Prussian Ministry of Culture and the head of the Oriental Language Department of Berlin University. When talking about the implementation of German education policy in China, Knapp put forward a plan to open a German medical school in Shanghai.
1905, the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Prussian Ministry of Culture reached an agreement on opening a German medical school in Shanghai. Altov, Director of the Education Department of the Prussian Ministry of Culture, established the koppel Foundation to promote the spiritual and cultural relations between Germany and foreign countries. The foundation is directly supervised by the Ministry of Culture, and its board of directors is chaired by koppel, a business consultant. The koppel Foundation is not only responsible for raising funds, but also appears as the founder of the school.
1907 In March, koppel Foundation, German Culture China Promotion Committee, Shanghai German Medical Association and tongji hospital signed an agreement drafted by the Prussian Ministry of Culture on establishing a German medical school in Shanghai. 1on June 3rd, 907, the board of directors of "Deyitang" was formally established, and the board of directors was composed of 18 people.
1 9071June1day, the medical college held the opening ceremony and named it "German Medical College".
1908, "Deyitang" was renamed as "Tongji Deyitang". At that time, "Tongji" implied that Germans and China people were in the same boat, and the word "Tongji" came from the homonym of German "Deutsch" in Shanghai dialect, implying cooperation and mutual assistance.
1909, Dr. Baolong died in Shanghai on March 5th due to illness. Dr. Fu Shapo, a veteran of Shanghai German Medical Association, took over as the chief supervisor and prime minister of Tongji German Medical College. School administrators named the school "Tongji", which symbolizes harmony and hopes to benefit mankind with modern medicine.
19 12, Tongji German Medical College added engineering, renamed as "Tongji Medical College", with three subjects: medicine, engineering and German. The school board raised funds for running the school, and Fouchard led the school in an all-round way. At that time, three third-year medical students, Zhang Jinshu, He Lizhong and Jiang Fengzhi, took part in the first graduation examination of German universities in accordance with the medical examination rules, and all passed smoothly and graduated as scheduled. They are the first batch of graduates in Tongji history.
19 17 World War I came to an end. 19 17 In February, the United States broke off diplomatic relations with Germany and declared war on Germany soon. Tongji Medical College is a German industry in the French Concession in Shanghai. In order to prevent the Germans from using the school machinery to make weapons, they publicly announced the dissolution of the school and ordered the teachers and students to leave school on the same day. To this end, all sectors of society jointly appeal to the Ministry of Education to do a good job in the aftermath of Tongji students. The Ministry of Education immediately sent someone to discuss, moved the school to Wusong Town and continued the class. 1965438+On April 23rd, 2007, the Ministry of Education ordered the school to be a private school in China, managed by the board of directors of China and directly under the leadership of the Ministry of Education. In February of the same year, it was renamed as private Tongji Medical College.
1922, the school officially moved to Wusong town. According to Baoshan County Records, in 19 17, Tongji Devon Medical College was taken over by East China and moved to Wusong Chinese Public School. 19 18 years, under the auspices of Yuan, the second minister of the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Education allocated funds to purchase 150 mu of land in Wusong to build school buildings. After 192 1 was completed, they moved into the new school building.
May 20th 1924 Tongji Medical College was approved as a university by the Ministry of Education. Therefore, May 20th every year is designated as the anniversary.