Henan University of Chinese Medicine

Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine（HUTCM）, founded in 1958, is one of the earlier established TCM institutes of higher education in China, and also one of the first batch of educational institutes approved by the ADCSC (Academic Degree Committee of State Council) to award master’s degree in China (with its Joint Doctoral Program approved by the Ministry of Education and Post-doctoral Research Center approved by the Ministry of Personnel), one of the top excellent educational institutes in the Assessment of Work Level of Undergraduate Teaching by the Ministry of Education. HUTCM functions as the bases of the national clinical research of TCM, of the international sci-tech cooperation approved by the Ministry of Science and Technology, of the international cooperation in TCM approved by the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, as well as the educational base of World Acupuncture-moxibustion Association. HUTCM covers an area of 1 856 mu, with 379 000m2 of teaching and research buildings. It comprises 12 schools: the School of Basic Medical Sciences, the School of TCM pharmacy, etc. It has 6 affiliated hospitals, 12 research centers, and 91 teaching practice bases. Among its 2 522 staff members, HUTCM has 632 full-time teachers including 253 professors, and associate professors, 278 supervisors of master's programs, 18 part-time supervisors of doctoral programs, and 95 of the teaching staff members were awarded doctoral degrees.