National ranking
#1 scores 10.5 · 46% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for Rare diseases
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing 10.5
- 2 Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine Hangzhou 7.6
- 3 First Affiliated Hospital of Fujian Medical University Fuzhou 5.9
- 4 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 4.8
- 5 Peking University First Hospital Beijing 4.6
- 6 Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical College Wuhan 3.5
- 7 Children’s Hospital of Fudan University Shanghai 3.5
- 8 Guangzhou Women and Children’s Medical Center Guangzhou 2.7
- 9 Xinhua Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine Shanghai 2.3
- 10 Xiangya Hospital, Central South University Changsha 1.9
Nominated hospitals (16)
- Beijing Children’s Hospital, Capital Medical UniversityBeijing
- Second Hospital of Hebei Medical UniversityShijiazhuang
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical UniversityHefei
- First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical UniversityChongqing
- Qilu Hospital of Shandong UniversityJinan
- Ruijin HospitalShanghai
- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- Second Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical UniversityHarbin
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University)Nanjing
- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- Children’s Hospital of Nanjing Medical UniversityNanjing
- Henan Provincial People’s HospitalZhengzhou
- Sichuan Provincial People’s HospitalChengdu
- Institute of Hematology & Blood Diseases Hospital, CAMSTianjin
What this specialty treats
Diagnosis and care for rare and genetic diseases, often with genetic testing and coordinated multi-specialty teams.
- Undiagnosed conditions
- Genetic testing
- Rare metabolic diseases
- Rare neurological diseases
- Rare immune disorders
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
- Nephrology
- Ear, nose and throat (ENT)
- Psychiatry and mental health
- Rehabilitation medicine
- Geriatric medicine
- Critical care medicine
- Emergency medicine
- Infectious diseases
- Tuberculosis
- Pain medicine
- General practice
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is Rare diseases 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 #4 in China (Rare diseases) in China.
Can international patients be treated in Rare diseases 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.
