 Tsinghua first established its medical school in 2001 and in 2006, Tsinghua's medical school merged with the Peking Union Medical College renaming it "Peking Union Medical College, Tsinghua University".The school remains the top ranked medical school and general hospital in China according to CUCAS in 2015.The Peking Union Medical College is also the only medical school to be affiliated with the Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences.