In November 2019, Department of International Cooperation and Exchanges of the Ministry of Education informed that, based on the evaluation results of the Chinese-foreign cooperative education and after examination, the enrollment period for the Doctor of Management in Healthcare program jointly managed by Southern Medical University and ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon was approved to extend to 2022 .
The "Doctor of Management in Healthcare" program jointly managed by Southern Medical University and ISCTE University Institute of Lisbon is China's first and currently the only Chinese-foreign cooperative doctoral program of Management in Healthcare.