Located in Hefei, capital city of Anhui Province, established in 1959, Anhui 
University of Chinese Medicine (originally known as Anhui University of 
Traditional Chinese Medicine) is a construction unit of national clinical 
research base, a national (Anhui-based) modern technology industry of Chinese 
medicine, an international cooperation base for the promotion of Chinese 
medicine, a national base for clinical drug research, and a doctoral 
degree-conferring unit. The University now registers over 11, 043 full-time 
students at all levels (Among them, there are 820 postgraduates). The University 
offers diverse courses in its 29 Bachelor’s programs (including 5 national key 
courses funded by the Ministry of Education of China, 6 provincial key specialty 
supported by the local Anhui Government), two doctoral degree programs of 
Level-1 discipline, four Master’s degree programs of Level-1 discipline, 25 
Master’s degree programs of Level-2 discipline, two programs that award 
professional rather than academic Master’s degrees and five joint bases for 
doctoral training. The University has established solid partnerships for 
exchange and cooperation with 41 medical and educational institutions of more 
than 20 countries and districts, such as the United States, Australia, etc. 
Students from more than 20 countries and districts come to study in the 
University either for a Bachelor’s degree, or for a Master’s degree, or for 
clinical internship.