In 1956, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) was founded along with the other three TCM colleges in China.Withan integration of education, clinic and scientific research, the university has taken an academic leadership among TCM colleges across China. Over the past 50 years, many graduates from SHUTCM have become distinguished scholars in the TCM field. The university alumni are now working in more than 60 countries or regions. In 1999, the university passed the evaluation of ‘National Excellent College of Undergraduate Education’, being one of the first TCM universitieswith this honor in China.
The University has valuable assets of more than 600 experts and professors including 2 academicians and numerous national or municipal distinguished physicians and academic leaders.
The University contains 19 colleges or departments, 5 directly affiliated top-level hospitals and 20 independent or affiliatedresearch institutes.
Currently,9,388 students including 895 long-term international students are studying at the University. In addition, over 1,500 short-term international students from over 30 countries or regions study here each year.In terms of straight numbers of international students, the University is an undisputed front-runner.
Regarding international exchange and cooperation, the University has now signed collaboration agreements with institutions in overseas countries, including the UK, USA, Italy, Germany, Romania, France, Finland, Japan and Thailand. As such, we’ve developed a high-level cooperation network focusing on education and scientific research with overseas institutions.
The International Education College is specifically directed at overseas students. The past 30 years have witnessed education training of approximately 10,000 TCM practitioners, acupuncturists and physical therapists from nearly 100 countries or regions. In 2004, the College obtained the Certification for ISO9001:2000 International Quality System, coupled with China National Accreditation Board (CNAB) and Registrar Accreditation Board (RAB)certificates. Also serves as the WHO Collaboration Center for Traditional Medicine, the College has offered international acupuncture training over the past 30 years in English, Japanese, French and Korean. Recently, the College was listed as the TCM international cooperation base by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.