[Abstract] Objective： To investigate the research quality of present medical graduates and propose suggestions for improvement. Method： A self-designed questionnaire entitled Investigating Questionnaire for Research Quality Analysis of Medical Graduates in Peking Union Medical College Hospital was distributed to the clinical and academic medical graduates in the hospital from July to August 2015. Among 276 collected questionnaires

270 were validated as effective. SPSS 18.0 software was used to statistically describe the result and to perform T test on different subgroups. Results：The research quality average of the surveyed hospital is 10.28. Results reveal that in regard of the three aspects of research quality

research consciousness ranks first

followed by the research ability

while scientific spirit is the weakest. Academic medical graduates showed significantly higher scores than clinical graduates in terms of total research quality and every single aspect (P values less than 0.05). Conclusions：To better cultivate the academic leaders in medical research

it is necessary to strengthen the research training for the graduates

practice their scientific thinking especially the clinical graduates

reinforce tutors’ guidance

and promote communication and collaboration.