National ranking
#1 scores 9.5 · 29% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for Nephrology
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 Peking University First Hospital Beijing 9.5
- 2 Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital) Beijing 7.9
- 3 Jinling Hospital (Eastern Theater Command General Hospital) Nanjing 6.9
- 4 Nanfang Hospital, Southern Medical University Guangzhou 5.6
- 5 First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 4.5
- 6 First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen University Guangzhou 4.0
- 7 Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing 3.9
- 8 Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan University Shanghai 3.6
- 9 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 2.7
- 10 Ruijin Hospital Shanghai 2.7
Nominated hospitals (16)
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- China-Japan Friendship HospitalBeijing
- Zhongda Hospital, Southeast UniversityNanjing
- Guangdong Provincial People’s HospitalGuangzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical UniversityDalian
- First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou UniversityZhengzhou
- Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical UniversityXi’an
- Renji HospitalShanghai
- Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- Army Medical Center of PLA (Daping Hospital)Chongqing
- Shanghai Sixth People’s HospitalShanghai
- Sichuan Provincial People’s HospitalChengdu
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Wuhan Union Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of MedicineShanghai
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
What this specialty treats
Medical care for chronic kidney disease, glomerulonephritis, IgA nephropathy and dialysis.
- Chronic kidney disease
- IgA nephropathy and glomerulonephritis
- Lupus and diabetic kidney disease
- Kidney biopsy and pathology
- Haemodialysis and peritoneal dialysis
- Acute kidney injury
About West China Hospital, Sichuan University
West China Hospital in Chengdu is one of China’s largest and highest-ranked hospitals and the main referral center for complex care in western China.
- 42 national key clinical specialties — the most of any hospital in China
- More than 5 million outpatient visits and 190,000 operations in 2024
- World-leading programmes in adult living-donor liver transplant and early lung cancer
- National Clinical Research Center for Geriatrics
Other ranked departments at West China Hospital, Sichuan University
- Cardiology and cardiac surgery
- Oncology
- Neurosurgery
- Neurology
- Orthopedics and sports medicine
- Rheumatology and immunology
- Endocrinology and metabolism
- General surgery
- Gastroenterology
- Respiratory medicine
- Urology
- Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- Psychiatry and mental health
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Geriatric medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Pain medicine
- Rare diseases
- General practice
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is Nephrology at West China Hospital, Sichuan University?
In the 2023 Fudan specialty reputation ranking, voted by more than 5,000 senior specialists, West China Hospital, Sichuan University ranks #9 in China (Nephrology) in China.
Can international patients be treated in Nephrology at West China Hospital, Sichuan University?
Yes. Send us your records and we will check whether the department fits your case, propose a specialist and arrange the appointment through official hospital channels.
What should I prepare before a consultation?
A recent medical summary, imaging (CDs or links), pathology or lab reports and a list of current medicines. We translate them into Chinese for the doctors.
