The West China Medical Center, Sichuan University (Chinese: 四川大学华西医学中心), formerly the West China University of Medical Sciences (traditional Chinese: 華西醫科大學; simplified Chinese: 华西医科大学), is a prestigious world-class public research institution of medical sciences located in Chengdu, Sichuan, China. The institution is now sponsored by the Ministry of Education of China. The West China Hospital, Sichuan University (the institution's principal affiliated teaching hospital) is consistently ranked in the top 3 hospitals in China and the largest comprehensive hospital in the world.