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Grade 3A Public HospitalGeneral hospitalQingdao

The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University

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About the hospital

Founded in 1898, The Affiliated Hospital of Qingdao University is a provincial comprehensive tertiary A-level hospital integrating medical care, teaching, research, prevention, healthcare, and rehabilitation. It operates five campuses and ranks A+ in national tertiary public hospital performance evaluation. With over 2,400 senior professionals, 1,200+ PhDs, and high-level talents including academicians and Taishan Scholars, the hospital boasts 6 national key clinical specialties/disciplines and 34 provincial ones. It leads provincially in organ transplantation (qualified for liver, kidney, heart, lung, pancreas; top numbers and quality), excels in Da Vinci robotic surgery (thousands of cases at advanced domestic level), and has achieved world-first breakthroughs such as 5G+ domestic robotic telesurgery and robot-assisted double lung transplant. Approved for proton therapy system, it is building a high-level regional medical center while earning honors like National Advanced Collective in Healthcare.

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Grade 3A public hospital

3A

Grade 3A (三级甲等, “tertiary Grade A”) is the highest of China’s hospital grades, awarded to large hospitals with advanced care, teaching and research. This hospital is also a state-run public hospital.

Key strengths

  • Health Management

Specialty rankings

Positions in the Fudan specialty reputation ranking (2023). Each item links to the published source.

Also nominated in: Pediatric Surgery, Neurosurgery, Endocrinology, Geriatrics, Rehabilitation Medicine

Departments

  • Oncology
  • Digestive
  • Cardiology & heart surgery
  • Orthopedics & sports medicine

Key specialties

  • OrthopedicsNational-level key clinical specialty
  • General SurgeryNational key clinical specialty (construction project)
  • Thoracic SurgeryNational key clinical specialty (construction project)
  • NeurosurgeryNational key clinical specialty (construction project)
  • Cardiac and Great Vessel SurgeryNational key clinical specialty (construction project)
  • OphthalmologyNational key discipline

Technologies and techniques

5G + domestic surgical robot ultra-remote surgery

World's first ultra-long-distance precise minimally invasive surgery

Robot-assisted double-lung transplantation

World's first; major breakthrough in organ transplantation

Robot-assisted heart transplantation (animal experiment)2025

World's first da Vinci robot-assisted heart transplant in an animal experiment

da Vinci robotic surgery

Thousands of cases completed; domestically advanced level covering complex multidisciplinary surgery

Fluorescence-guided da Vinci posterior-approach radical prostatectomy2026

National first; precise tumor resection with functional protection

International patient services

  • International patient department
  • Priority appointments
  • Remote pre-consultation
  • VIP and international wards
  • Senior-expert appointment service
  • Disease-specific clinics
  • Remote consultation
  • Domestic and overseas referral cooperation
  • One-on-one premium service
Department
International Medical Department
Service languages
Chinese, English
Contact
0532-82912071 / 82912072
Official page
qduh.cn

Strong treatment areas

  • Prostate cancer
  • Heart failure
  • Tracheal tumors
  • Knee revision and replacement
  • Lung cancer
  • Gastric (stomach) cancer
  • Colorectal cancer
  • Liver cancer (HCC)
  • Osteoarthritis
  • Spinal disorders (herniated disc, stenosis)
  • Glioma
  • Coronary heart disease

Conditions treated