[1] The school operates the Peking Union Medical College Hospital and hosts a joint 8-year clinical medicine science degree program with Tsinghua University.

Dr Wu Lien-teh strongly supported the establishment of a new medical college in Peking and made a number of recommendations, all of which were adopted.

[8]: 65 The Ministry of Health changed its name to China Union Medical College but did not radically alter the curriculum except to switch the language of instruction from English to Chinese.

The curriculum was militarized and shortened to one year in order to train army medical officers, and Soviet models were introduced.

[9] In 1956, autonomy was restored, but the college continued to be criticized for its elitism, cosmopolitanism, and failure to "serve the people" during periodic campaigns.

Enrollment in the clinical medical science at PUMC is based on individual's performance in high school and National Exam score at graduation.

The health care services at Peking Union Medical College Hospital are widely believed in mainland China to be among the most technically advanced.

Peking Union Medical College has provided generations of leaders for academic and clinical medicine and related areas all over the world.