On March 30, 2020, the construction of the new campus of Beijing Health Vocational College started in Tongzhou District. This project is a key project of the municipal government in 2020 and a major construction project of the city's sub-center. It is also an important measure to implement the function of non-capital capital, optimize the distribution of higher education resources, and promote the development of health industry.
Beijing Health Vocational College is the only public full-time medical and health vocational college in Beijing, with a history of nearly 100 years. The college mainly undertakes the training tasks of advanced medical technicians such as nursing, midwifery, rehabilitation, pharmacy, testing, TCM, etc. Over the years, it has trained tens of thousands of medical and technical professionals for Beijing. The Beijing Medical Assisting Team for Hubei consists with many outstanding graduates of the college.
The new campus will be significantly optimized and upgraded in terms of land use scale, infrastructure, and campus environment, and reserve space for future development. In the layout of professional disciplines, it will be more abundant and complete, and new majors including elderly care, TCM rehabilitation, stomatology, etc. will be established. In the future, it will reach a scale for more than 8,000 students. It will strive to develop into a first-class higher vocational health school in China and further adapt to the high-quality development and the need for medical and health personnel in Beijing.
