Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine was founded in 1954. Its original name was Heilongjiang Chinese Medicine School for Advanced Study. In 1996, with the approval of Ministry of Education, it was renamed to the current name. After over half century’s construction and development, this university has been developed into a high level Chinese medicine school which has high-level teaching, scientific research and medical treatment. In 2008, this university was confirmed as national clinical research base construction unit. And in 2009, it was promoted to the advanced unit in national cultural and ideological construction.
This university has 9 colleges, 7 affiliated hospitals, 1 research institute, 19 teaching hospitals, 69 training hospitals and bases. And it has 17 doctoral programs and 28 postgraduate programs. Besides, it has 18 undergraduate programs and 13 major fields covering medicine, science, liberal arts, engineering, management, law, etc. Currently, there are 13,758 full-time students at school, including 217 doctoral degree candidates, 1,118 master degree candidates, 1,155 seven-year-system students, 7,729 undergraduate students, 3,554 junior college students and 392 overseas students.
Besides, this university has 3 centers for post-doctoral studies- Traditional Chinese medicine, traditional Chinese pharmacology and combination of Chinese traditional and western medicine. It also has 4 state-level key disciplines, 4 key disciplines of state administration of traditional Chinese medicine, 18 provincial level key disciplines, etc. Since the 10th 5-year plan, it has won 19 prizes at state level and provincial level.
At present, Heilongjiang University of Chinese Medicine has 2,449 teaching and administrative staffs, in which, 685 are professors, associate professors or holders of relevant professional titles, 86 are tutors of doctoral students, 221 are master tutors, 38 of the experts enjoy the special government allowance, 4 are members of national talents engineering, etc.
This university has the diploma education qualification to recruit overseas students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. It was one of the first batch of universities which were approved by the Ministry of Education to recruit foreign students. Currently, it has scientific cooperation and academic exchanges with nearly 40 medical colleges and scientific research institutes of 30 countries. Besides, it has 41 long-term international cooperation projects. And it has cultivated 4,967 foreign students and students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan.