National ranking
#1 scores 11.6 · 36% of the top score
Top 10 hospitals in China for Rheumatology
Full rankingFudan 2023 reputation score · bars are relative to the leader in this specialty.
- 1 Peking Union Medical College Hospital Beijing 11.6
- 2 Peking University People’s Hospital Beijing 8.5
- 3 Renji Hospital Shanghai 8.4
- 4 Nanjing Drum Tower Hospital Nanjing 5.2
- 5 West China Hospital, Sichuan University Chengdu 4.2
- 6 Ruijin Hospital Shanghai 4.0
- 7 Chinese PLA General Hospital (301 Hospital) Beijing 2.9
- 8 Peking University First Hospital Beijing 2.5
- 9 First Affiliated Hospital of Harbin Medical University Harbin 2.3
- 10 Xijing Hospital, Air Force Medical University Xi’an 1.5
Nominated hospitals (25)
- Third Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- China-Japan Friendship HospitalBeijing
- Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- First Hospital of China Medical UniversityShenyang
- Beijing Hospital (National Center of Gerontology)Beijing
- Zhongshan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- Second Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- Huashan Hospital, Fudan UniversityShanghai
- First Affiliated Hospital of Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- Changzheng Hospital, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai
- First Affiliated Hospital of USTC (Anhui Provincial Hospital)Hefei
- Jiangsu Province Hospital (First Affiliated Hospital of Nanjing Medical University)Nanjing
- First Affiliated Hospital, Zhejiang University School of MedicineHangzhou
- Southwest Hospital, Army Medical UniversityChongqing
- Tongji Hospital, Tongji Medical CollegeWuhan
- Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hospital, Sun Yat-sen UniversityGuangzhou
- Second Hospital of Shanxi Medical UniversityTaiyuan
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xi’an Jiaotong UniversityXi’an
- Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South UniversityChangsha
- People’s Hospital of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous RegionUrumqi
- Changhai Hospital, Naval Medical UniversityShanghai
- Tianjin Medical University General HospitalTianjin
- First Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical UniversityKunming
- First Affiliated Hospital of Xiamen UniversityXiamen
- Guanghua Hospital of Integrated Traditional Chinese and Western MedicineShanghai
What this specialty treats
Diagnosis and long-term management of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases such as lupus, rheumatoid arthritis, vasculitis and other connective-tissue diseases.
- Lupus (SLE)
- Rheumatoid arthritis
- Ankylosing spondylitis
- Vasculitis
- Sjögren’s syndrome
- Gout
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
- 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
- Rare diseases
- General practice
- Anaesthesiology
- Radiology
- Nuclear medicine
- Ultrasound medicine
- Pathology
- Laboratory medicine
- Clinical pharmacy
Frequently asked questions
How good is Rheumatology and immunology 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 #5 in China (Rheumatology) in China.
Can international patients be treated in Rheumatology and immunology 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.
