Medicine doesn't need much mathematics, but it needs a lot of biochemical knowledge, so most colleges and universities only recruit science students.

Medical laboratory technology is an undergraduate major in colleges and universities, which belongs to medical technology specialty. This major aims to cultivate talents with all-round development in morality, intelligence and physique, so as to meet the needs of the modernization of China's medical and health undertakings, master the basic knowledge, theories and skills of basic medicine, clinical medicine and laboratory medicine, and be able to engage in the work of medical and health institutions and related scientific research institutions.