The forensic science department of basic medical school, Wuhan University (Institute of forensic expert testimony) was set up in 1987 according to the Ministry of Health. After thirty years development, it has become the important teaching and researching base in our country. In nowadays, there are six teachers and one technician in our department. Two teachers are the master's supervisor, and one is the doctoral supervisor.
Our department interest will mainly focus on promoting excellence of forensic investigation skills by carrying out accreditation and other training in all forensic fields across the globe evolving standards for forensic investigation processes and creating a process for validating new approaches to forensic investigation.
Our department also has an interdisciplinary institute whose goal is to promote and support forensic science education, research and public service. The institute faculty is comprised of a wide range of specialists with interests in Forensic Science and include Forensic Anthropologists, toxicologist, and specialists in Clinic medicine, Criminal Justice, and Information Technology.
Our department undertakes Forensic Medicine, Compensation Medicine and Forensic Laboratory Science for five-year undergraduate, seven-year and eight-year graduate student. We also teach Forensic medicine for overseas student using English as the language. Our teachers have taken part in writing over twenty monograph and textbook. Over fifty articles have been published, and over ten state or province scientific research projects have been finished by our researchers. In addition, we receive all kinds of cases, including autopsy, forensic clinical testimony, paternity test and alcohol detection.