Jilin University is a national key comprehensive university directly under the Ministry of Education, located in Changchun, Jilin Province. The university was founded in 1946, and was listed as a national key university in 1960, became one of the first 22 universities to establish a graduate university in 1984, is the national “Project 211” “Project 985” and the first batch of “Double First-Class” construction universities. Adhering to the motto of "Realistic, Innovative, Inspirational and Powerful", Jilin University strives to become an important base for the cultivation of high-quality innovative talents, high-level scientific research and achievement transformation, high-quality social services, high-level international exchanges and cooperation, and advanced cultural guidance that play an important role in national and regional economic and social development.

Jilin University has a complete range of disciplines, has established a complete Bachelor-Master-Doctor of high-level personnel training system, and focuses on the cooperation of world famous universities, and gradually improve the global cooperation network, so far has established cooperation relations with 310 universities and research institutions in 42 countries and regions.

College of Basic Medical Sciences of Jilin University is a college with rich teaching heritage and excellent teaching and research tradition. Founded in June 1951, the college has always been adhering to the philosophy of “Cultivating Medical Talents with Integrity and Talents as the Mission”, and closely combined with the training requirements of outstanding medical talents in new medical science, adhering to the construction concept of “Culture Building, Quality Building, Talent Strengthening and Scientific Research Flourishing”. Adhering to the people-oriented and moral education first, especially the training of high-quality medical talents as the fundamental task, throughout the whole process of education and teaching, Jilin University has become an important teaching base integrating basic medical education and scientific research.

See the “MICRO” to Know —Microbiology Excellence Training Program enrol students in Microbiology, whose main research directions include the development of microbial diversity and genetic resources, the application of bioinformatics in pathogenic bacteria and tumor genomics, viral molecular pathogenesis and antiviral drug development, bacterial genetics, infection and immunity, microbe-host interaction, tumor molecular mechanism research, and medical microbial resources and their application basic research.

As a master’s degree program of College of Basic Medical Sciences of Jilin University, Microbiology discipline has excellent academic team, rich teaching experience, stable research direction, high academic level and innovation ability. There are 15 teachers, including 10 professors, 4 associate professors, 1 lecturer and 11 master supervisors, all teachers have master's degree or above. The discipline has a modern and perfect scientific research base, including the Key Laboratory of Zoonoses of the Ministry of Education, the Medical Basic Research Innovation Center of the Ministry of Education for Airway Diseases in the Northern Cold Region, the Key Laboratory of the Department of Science and Technology of Jilin Province, the Engineering Research Center of the Development and Reform Commission of Jilin Province and the key laboratory of the Department of Health of Jilin Province. Microbiology discipline has undertaken more than 100 research projects at the national and provincial levels, including major international cooperation projects of the National Natural Science Foundation, surface projects, youth science fund projects, and projects of the provincial Science and Technology Department, Health Department, and Education Department. In the past five years, it has trained more than 100 postgraduate students and more than 40 doctoral students.

Through the implementation of this program it can improve the international vision of graduate students studying in China, cultivate their cross-cultural communication ability, help them master the basic theoretical knowledge and skills of microbiology and related disciplines, understand the frontier, new technology and new progress in the field of microbiology, and improve their competitive advantage in international affairs, especially in the field of microbiology.

Ⅰ. Program Form

1. Admission Category: Master Degree Candidates

2. Language of Instruction: English

3. Admission Major: Microbiology

4. Training Form and Funding Period: Two-Year Master's Degree Program. The “1+1” model is adopted, means students will complete the full-time basic courses and research work in the Chinese program colleges and universities in the first academic year, and complete the preparation work of the dissertation. In the second academic year, students will return to their own country to complete the dissertation according to their own work practice, and defend the dissertation in China according to the requirements of the colleges and universities.

Ⅱ. Application Requirement

1. An applicant must be a citizen of a country other than the People’s Republic of China, and be under the age of 45 in good health both mentally and physically.

2. An applicant must have a bachelor's degree or higher degree and at least three years of work experience. Those with professional training or work experience related to the proposed program will be given preference.

3. An applicant must fall into one of the following four categories:

(1) A government official at the division chief level (or equivalent level) or above;

(2) A senior manager of an institution or enterprise;

(3) An administrator of a university or scientific research institution;

(4) Those who have relevant employment or internship experience in international organizations.

Ⅲ. Scholarship Content

Tuition fees, on-campus apartment accommodation fees, living expenses and comprehensive medical insurance in China will be provided.

Ⅳ. Training Program & Program Characteristics

1. Periods of Schooling & Training Form

(1) Periods of Schooling: Two years.

First Semester:

From September 2025 to January 2026, complete the concentrated courses in Jilin University and be assigned the tutors.

Second Semester:

From February 2026 to July 2026, study professional courses, accumulate scientific research data, and complete the proposal report and dissertation preparation work.

Third Semester:

From September 2026 to December 2026, collect paper materials and scientific research data, start paper writing.

Fourth Semester:

From January 2027 to May 2027, complete the paper writing, pre-defense and defense work (the pre-defense and defense process can be completed online and offline in accordance with the regulations and requirements of the graduate university for postgraduate defense).

From June 2027 to July 2027, complete the graduation procedures.

(2) Training Form

The program adopts the training form of centralized teaching in English and individual guidance, and implements the three-stage training: Degree Course Learning + Research Ability Improvement + Special Subject Thesis.

2. Research Direction

(1) Development of Microbial Diversity and Genetic Resources;

(2) The Application of Bioinformatics in Pathogenic Bacteria and Tumor Genomics;

(3) Viral Molecular Pathogenesis and Antiviral Drug Development;

(4) Bacterial Genetics;

(5) Infection and Immunity, Microbe-Host Interaction;

(6) Tumor Molecular Mechanism Research, and Medical Microbial Resources and Their Application Basic Research.

3. Curriculum Table

Curriculum Table of Pharmacology Excellence Training Program

Students who complete the required credits and pass the defense of the master's degree thesis will be awarded the professional degree of science and obtain the graduation certificate..