Chongqing University of Chinese Medicine

Chongqing University of Chinese Medicine is a new public university in Chongqing, approved by the Ministry of Education in 2023 to consolidate the municipality's traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) teaching, hospital and research capacity into a single independent institution. It brings together the former College of Traditional Chinese Medicine of Chongqing Medical University, the Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital, and municipal academies for Chinese materia medica and medicinal-plant cultivation. Programmes centre on Chinese medicine, integrated Chinese and Western medicine, acupuncture and tuina, pharmacy of Chinese materia medica, and nursing.

The institution's roots lie in the Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Advanced Studies School founded in 1951. In 2001 the municipal TCM school was absorbed into Chongqing Medical University as its College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. In June 2023 the Ministry of Education approved the establishment of an independent Chongqing University of Chinese Medicine by merging that college with affiliated TCM hospitals and research academies.

The university is establishing its campus in Chongqing, a major mountainous municipality in southwest China, with affiliated teaching hospitals providing clinical training. As a newly formed institution its permanent campus, facilities and student capacity are still being built out and should be confirmed directly.

• New public university established in 2023 with Ministry of Education approval
• Consolidates Chongqing's TCM teaching, hospital and research capacity
• Formed from Chongqing Medical University's College of Traditional Chinese Medicine
• Incorporates the Chongqing Traditional Chinese Medicine Hospital
• Includes municipal academies for Chinese materia medica and medicinal-plant cultivation
• Heritage dating to a 1951 TCM advanced-studies school
• Focus on Chinese medicine, acupuncture and tuina, integrated medicine
• Pharmacy of Chinese materia medica and nursing programmes
• Affiliated teaching hospitals for clinical training
• Located in Chongqing, a major municipality in southwest China

• Dedicated single-discipline focus on TCM at university level
• Strong clinical network through merged hospitals and academies
• Potential appeal to international applicants interested in TCM
• Municipal government backing as a flagship new institution
• Chongqing is well connected by air and high-speed rail
• Opportunity to partner early with a growing institution
• Access to southwest China's medicinal-plant resources for research
• Combined Chinese and Western medicine training model
• New facilities under construction
• Room to shape recruitment agreements as programmes mature

No programmes are listed for this university yet.