Beijing University of Chinese Medicine

Founded in 1956, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is one of China’s oldest specialist institutions for traditional Chinese medicine and is administered by the Ministry of Education. Its teaching and research span Chinese medicine, Chinese materia medica and integrated Chinese and Western medicine. Affiliated hospitals and clinical teaching bases support training in diagnosis, treatment, acupuncture, rehabilitation and pharmaceutical sciences.

The university’s 2026 international degree materials identify ten Chinese-taught undergraduate majors, 39 distinct master’s subjects and 24 doctoral subjects. The undergraduate intake ranges from five-year clinical Chinese medicine and acupuncture to four-year pharmacy, bioengineering, health administration and nursing. Its graduate catalog covers clinical specialties, medical history and theory, herbal medicine, public health-related fields and integrated medicine, with all graduate courses taught in Chinese.