Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Brief Introdcution:
Founded in 1954, Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine(NJUTCM), one of the earliest established universities of Traditional Chinese Medicine(TCM) in China, compiled the first series of TCM textbooks, and trained the first group of teachers for higher education of TCM in China. It is also the birthplace of the earliest academicians of TCM, and a crucial base for transforming TCM education from the traditional master-to-disciple model to the colleging pattern, which contributed greatly to the establishment and spread of the higher education pattern of TCM in China. Being one of the WHO Collaborative Centers on Traditional Medicine and a key university in Jiangsu, NJUTCM is designated by the Ministry of Public Health to be an International Acupuncture Training Center, a Training Base for TCM Teachers, a Clinical Pharmacology Base, and the Nanjing Branch of China Searches Center for Classics of TCM. NJUTCM is also entrusted by the State Education Commission to be a Training Base for Talents of Science and Research Base in the field of Basic Sciences. NJUTCM is entitled by the Academic Degree Office of the State Council, the Ministry of Education, the Ministry of Public Health, and the State Administration of TCM, to be an experimental university for master’s and doctorate degrees in clinical medicine, and one of the first authorized universities of TCM to enroll and train overseas students. NJUTCM is one of the first three mobile post-doctoral research stations of TCM selected by the Ministry of Personnel and the State Administration of Post-doctoral students. It was named a Model University for its outstanding academic morale. NJUTCM has the right to examine and approve professors of major subjects in TCM, and enjoys a top position among universities of TCM in China for its strong academic advantages. At present, there are about 5000 students in various programs, including over 600 master and doctoral students, and about 500 overseas students from around the world.