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Jubilee of the partner university
Prof. Andrzej Tretyn, Rector of the Nicolaus Copernicus University, and Prof. Dariusz Grzanka, Vice-Rector for Collegium Medicum, participated in the celebrations of the 90th anniversary of Guilin Medical University in China.
The ceremony, which took place on 18 October 2025, was attended by representatives of regional and local authorities, as well as representatives of the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the Chinese Academy of Engineering, among others.
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Prof. Andrzej Tretyn, NCU Rector also ddressed the audience during the celebrations. Congratulating the university on its anniversary, he expressed his hope that both institutions – the Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń and Guilin Medical University – would use their complementary strengths to jointly create new paradigms in medical education and research.
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Copernicus changed humanity's perspective from a geocentric view to a broader view of the cosmos, said Prof. Tretyn. Today, in the face of global challenges such as artificial intelligence, precision medicine and ageing societies, medical education itself requires a new “Copernican revolution"; broadening our interests from hospital wards to the community, and from individual health to global public health. Guilin Medical University has gained deep expertise in areas such as the prevention and control of subtropical diseases, research on traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and natural products, respiratory medicine, and digestive diseases. The Nicolaus Copernicus University excels in oncology, geriatrics and cutting-edge biotechnology. Our universities are therefore ideally positioned to leverage our complementary strengths and collaborate synergistically to introduce new paradigms in medical education and research".
Guilin Medical University
Guilin Medical University (GLMU) is a public Chinese university that provides education in medicine, pharmacy, biotechnology and nursing. Founded in 1935, the university now consists of three campuses – Lequn Campus, Dongcheng Campus and Lingui Campus, covering a total area of over 85 hectares – as well as nine affiliated hospitals, 27 clinical teaching hospitals and 23 colleges, schools, departments and chairs. The number of students at GLMU fluctuates around 30,000.
