I want to be a forensic doctor. What major should I apply for? Which university is better?

Major in forensic pathology, Shanxi Medical University.

Shanxi Medical University is the third batch in China, the first batch of authorized units for doctor's degree in Shanxi Province, the first batch of authorized units for master's degree in China, the first batch of authorized units for bachelor's degree in China, the first batch of pilot units of the "Excellent Doctor Education and Training Program" of the Ministry of Education, one of the 25 medical colleges that offer seven-year clinical medicine specialty in China, one of the first eight medical colleges that restore pediatric undergraduate specialty in China, and one of the key universities supported by the basic capacity building project of universities in the central and western regions of China.

The duties of the forensic doctor:

First, to explore the scene of various murder cases, to meet the needs of judicial practice or to determine the cause, time and nature of death, to infer and identify the murder weapon, to analyze the means and process of committing crimes, and to safeguard people's rights to life, health and personal dignity.

Second, investigate and identify the living people (people) involved in legal events in civil and criminal cases in terms of injury, labor ability, gender, sexual function and mental state, and help the socially disadvantaged groups obtain corresponding economic compensation through legal means to promote the development of socialist harmonious order and human rights spirit.

Third, examining and identifying forensic DNA material evidence related to crime can provide scientific basis for individual identification and paternity test, safeguard social judicial justice from the perspective of evidence law, reduce the occurrence of unjust, false and wrong cases, and provide expert testimony for court trials and procuratorial organs.

Fourth, identify medical dispute cases, distinguish the nature of responsibility, defend the sanctity of medical humanistic spirit through legal means, bring clinicians who lack medical ethics or even go bankrupt to justice, and at the same time facilitate medical departments to improve medical quality.