University of Michigan + Peking University Health Science Center
University of Michigan
Ann Arbor, Michigan · 2 relationships
Active relationship
Research Center · 2010–present
Peking University Health Science Center
Beijing, Beijing · 1 relationship
Analysis
Michigan Medicine and Peking University Health Science Center officially launched the Joint Institute for Translational and Clinical Research in October 2010. The two institutions made a combined initial commitment of $14 million to support research on diseases important to both countries, and the funding model requires projects to be jointly led by investigators from Michigan and PKUHSC. [1]
The institute was built as more than a grant pool: it supplies administrative and research infrastructure, supports faculty and trainee exchanges, convenes an annual symposium, and links investigators whose patient cohorts, clinical expertise or technical resources are complementary. Its later funding priorities shifted from organ-based programs toward cross-cutting themes including cancer, brain science, data science and reproductive health; current awards can provide up to $100,000 per year for two years, split equally between the partners. [1] [2]
A peer-reviewed 2021 evaluation reported that 190 joint proposals had been submitted since 2011 and 59 funded. Those projects involved more than 138,000 research participants, produced 86 peer-reviewed publications and helped investigators secure $27.3 million in follow-on funding outside China; Peking University likewise reported 59 projects across cardiovascular, pulmonary, renal and other fields at the partnership's tenth anniversary. [3] [4]
The partnership remains active and describes itself as Michigan Medical School's most extensive institutional collaboration in China. Its 2025 annual report continued to document joint research infrastructure, education and exchange, indicating that the institute has persisted beyond its first decade rather than operating as a time-limited project. [2] [5]
References
- 1.Joint Institute request for proposals and program overview
- 2.University of Michigan Medical School China collaboration platform
- 3.Advancing science and education through a novel collaboration platform
- 4.Peking University and University of Michigan celebrate 10th anniversary of Joint Institute
- 5.Joint Institute 2025 annual report
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Ann Arbor, Michigan · 2 records in this database
The University of Michigan traces its institutional origin to 1817, when the territorial legislature established the Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania, in Detroit. The university was officially renamed in 1821, and Ann Arbor became its permanent site after Michigan statehood in 1837; U-M’s historical materials treat the Detroit founding as continuous with the present university [1].
U-M now operates public research campuses in Ann Arbor, Dearborn and Flint. Its January 2026 facts page reports fall-2025 enrollment of 35,358 undergraduates and 18,130 graduate students in Ann Arbor, 6,199 and 1,806 in Dearborn, and 5,534 and 1,585 in Flint. The same page lists 19 schools and colleges and more than 280 degree programs [2].
Research is a defining part of the institution’s present scale: U-M reports $2.16 billion in research expenditures for fiscal year 2025, up 5.9% from FY2024, while its FY2025 report records a 36.8% decline in the value of new external research awards and anticipates lower expenditures in the following year. The university also reported 615 new inventions and 28 startup companies in 2024 [2] [3].
Peking University Health Science Center
Beijing, Beijing · 1 record in this database
Peking University Health Science Center traces its history to the former Beijing National Medical School, founded on October 26, 1912. PKUHSC’s official history describes it as China’s first government-funded school designated to teach Western medicine; the institution later became Beijing Medical University and developed into the multidisciplinary health-science center associated with Peking University. [1]
A December 2025 PKUHSC information page reports five on-campus schools, six affiliated hospitals, four co-built hospitals and 11 teaching hospitals. It gives enrollment of 11,251 students and faculty of more than 14,617, and says the center offers education across basic medical sciences, clinical medicine, pharmaceutics, public health, stomatology and nursing. The page also notes that PKUHSC has admitted international students from 73 countries at different levels since 1953. [2]
Organizationally, PKUHSC is the health-science and academic-medical component of Peking University, not a standalone comprehensive university. Peking University’s current overview places Health Science among its six faculties and lists schools such as Basic Medical Sciences, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Public Health and Nursing alongside affiliated hospitals. That relationship connects medical education, biomedical research and clinical training to Peking University’s wider university system while preserving PKUHSC’s specialized schools and hospital network. [3]