Founded in 1954, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM) is a university included in the national Double First-Class University Plan and the Jiangsu High-Level Construction University Plan (A Level). It is jointly constructed by the Ministry of Education, Jiangsu Provincial People's Government and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is one of the earliest universities of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in China, and has been responsible for training the first batch of teachers, compiling the first set of teaching materials and formulating the first version of syllabus for the higher education of TCM in New China. Regarded as the Cradle of Higher Education of TCM, NJUCM has made pioneering contributions to the establishment and popularization of the higher education model of TCM in China.
NJUCM has three campuses in Xianlin, Hanzhongmen and Taizhou, with 11 colleges and teaching institutions including the First, Second and Third Clinical Medical Colleges, 15 affiliated hospitals and 3 affiliated pharmaceutical companies. It now has more than 20,000 students and nearly 2,000 teaching staff.
NJUCM takes Chinese medicine as the main body, and insists on the combination of Chinese and Western medicine and the coordinated development of multiple disciplines. Adhering to the philosophy of conveying thorough knowledge of both western and traditional Chinese medicine, NJUCM inherits the essence, upholds fundamental principles and breaks new ground. Now it has 1 national Double First-Class Construction Discipline, 3 national key disciplines, 2 national key (cultivation) disciplines, 4 advantageous disciplines in Jiangsu universities, 8 provincial key disciplines of the 14th Five-Year Plan, and 33 key disciplines of TCM in the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is among the first batch of universities eligible of awarding master’s and doctoral degrees in China, with 4 doctoral degree programs of first-level discipline, 1 doctoral professional degree program, 12 master's degree programs of first-level discipline, 6 master's professional degree programs, and 3 post-doctoral research stations. It has also achieved excellent results in the fifth round of discipline ranking by the Ministry of Education, and its main disciplines of Chinese Medicine and Chinese Pharmacology are ranked in the forefront of China. So far, NJUCM boasts six disciplines among the top 1% of ESI, including Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Medicine, Chemistry, Biology and Biochemistry, Neuroscience and Behavior, and Molecular Biology and Genetics, of which Pharmacology and Toxicology has entered the top 1‰ of ESI. Besides, NJUCM has been selected by U.S.News as one of the World's Best Universities, and from 2020 to 2022, Chinese Pharmacology has been ranked first in the Best Chinese Universities Ranking for consecutive years. Since 2016, NJUCM has been ranked No. 1 in the overall ranking of Chinese medicine colleges and universities in China for seven consecutive years in the China University Evaluation.
NJUCM has always insisted on the strategy of strengthening the university with talents, and has strong faculty members, including masters of Chinese medicine, Yangtze River Scholars, chief scientists of the 973 Project, recipients of the State Council's Outstanding Young Scientist Fund, members of the Discipline Review Group of the State Council, prestigious TCM practitioners, Qihuang Scholars of the TCM Inheritance and Innovation One Hundred Million Talent Project, and a number of domestic and foreign renowned experts and scholars. It has built a first-class faculty of mainly young and middle-aged teachers, rich in development potential and innovative vigor.
NJUCM is constantly deepening the reform of education and teaching, and focuses on cultivating first-rate talents with both ability and integrity. It offers 37 undergraduate programs covering six major categories: Medicine, Management, Science, Engineering, Economics and Liberal Arts. Among them, there are 10 national first-class undergraduate programs, 19 provincial first-class programs, and 10 brand programs in Jiangsu Province. It cooperates with Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences and other famous institutes to jointly cultivate outstanding doctors (successive undergraduate and doctoral 9-year program of Chinese Medicine, "5+3" top innovative talents), outstanding scientists (successive undergraduate and doctoral "4+5" program of Chinese Pharmacology) and outstanding engineers (successive undergraduate and postgraduate programs of Chinese Pharmacology/Pharmacy).
NJUCM focuses on the major strategic needs of the country, and serves economic and social development with scientific and technological innovation. It boasts a number of scientific research platforms, such as National Key Laboratory Cultivation and Construction Sites, National Development and Reform Commission Engineering Research Center, Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangsu Province, Jiangsu Engineering Research Center (Engineering Laboratory), Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, Philosophical and Social Science Key Research Bases of Jiangsu Colleges and Universities, and National Technical Specialty Demonstration Center. In recent years, the total number of national major scientific and technological projects, the National Natural Science Foundation of China and the National Social Science Foundation of China have ranked the forefront of Chinese medicine colleges and universities in China.
NJUCM takes the initiative to integrate into the world trend, and continuously improves the internationalization level of TCM education and cultural exchanges. On June 20, 2010, President Xi Jinping attended the inauguration ceremony of the Confucius Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was jointly established by NJUCM and Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT), and spoke highly of the university. NJUCM is one of the WHO Collaborating Centers for Traditional, Complementary and Integrative Medicine, International Acupuncture Training Center, and one of the first higher TCM colleges and universities approved by the Ministry of Education to accept and train foreign students as well as students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao, and has trained more than 30,000 international students. It has also established 8 overseas TCM centers, and cooperated with institutions of higher education or academic groups and organizations in more than 90 countries and regions. The Swiss TCM University organized by NJUCM is the only officially recognized TCM university in Switzerland, and the first independent TCM university in Europe that can confer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in TCM.
In the new development stage, NJUCM will take root in Jiangsu, face the whole country and go global. Adhering to the development of specialties and pursuing excellence, we will strive to build the university into a first-class university of traditional Chinese medicine with Chinese characteristics and Chinese style.
Xianlin Campus: No. 138 Xianlin Avenue, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210023
Hanzhongmen Campus: No. 282 Hanzhong Road, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, 210029
Taizhou Campus: No. 6 Kuangshi Road, Taizhou Medical High-tech Zone, Taizhou, Jiangsu Province, 225300
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