The Mukden Medical College grew out of the Mukden Hospital or Sheng Jing Hospital, founded by Dr. Dugald Christie, a Scottish missionary doctor.
His son, Ronald Christie, later became Dean of Medicine at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada.
After three years of study, they were given certificates as medical assistants, pharmacists or nursing aides.
In 1892 eight young men were enrolled for a 5-year programme and as a result, a preliminary medical school, the Shenching (or Sheng Jing) Medical School, was established.
Between 1892 and 1910 Dr. Christie lobbied and fund-raised in China and Scotland as he wished to open a more formal medical school.