Henan University of Chinese Medicine

Henan Province, located in the Central Plains, is the cradle of Chinese civilization. Three of the seven ancient capitals of China - Luoyang, Kaifeng and Anyang - are located in Henan. It has the largest number of underground artifacts in China, and its collection accounts for about one eighth of the country's total. Henan has three World Heritage Sites: the Yinxu site in Anyang, the birthplace of oracle bone inscriptions; the Shaolin Temple on Songshan Mountain, the birthplace of Chinese martial arts; and the Longmen Grottoes in Luoyang, one of the treasure houses of Chinese stone carving art and the place where the River Map and the Luo Book were compiled.

Henan is the main birthplace of traditional Chinese medicine and the hometown of Zhang Zhongjing, the sage of traditional Chinese medicine. The three classic works of traditional Chinese medicine, Huangdi Neijing, Shanghan Lun and Shennong Bencao Jing, were mainly completed here. Henan is rich in Chinese medicinal materials, with more than 2,780 kinds, ranking third in the country in terms of variety and output. It is also the birthplace of Chen-style Tai Chi.

Henan University of Chinese Medicine, located in Zhengzhou City, Henan Province, was founded in 1958 and is one of the earliest higher education institutions of traditional Chinese medicine in the country. It is a university jointly built by the People's Government of Henan Province and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, a university under the National Revitalization Plan for Higher Education in Central and Western China, and a university that cultivates Chinese government scholarship students by the Ministry of Education. Henan University of Chinese Medicine is the leading and central institution in Henan Province for the cultivation of Chinese medicine talents, scientific and technological innovation, medical and social services, and cultural inheritance. Over the past 50-plus years, the university has evolved from a single discipline of traditional Chinese medicine to a comprehensive university of traditional Chinese medicine with coordinated development of multiple disciplines including medicine, science, management, engineering and liberal arts, covering various training categories such as undergraduate, postgraduate (doctoral and master's), international students and continuing education. The university has four campuses covering an area of 1,594.94 mu, with more than 19,000 students and 17 colleges (departments, centers). The school offers 24 undergraduate programs, 57 master's programs and 14 doctoral programs, with Traditional Chinese Medicine and Chinese Materia Medica as the main programs. The school has three affiliated hospitals, eight non-affiliated hospitals, and 129 teaching and practice bases. There are 35 national key specialties (specialties for specific diseases) and 23 provincial key specialties. The library of the university has a collection of 1.599 million volumes, with a particularly rich collection of traditional Chinese medicine ancient books and documents, ranking among the top of traditional Chinese medicine colleges and universities in the country. At present, the school has extensive cooperation and exchanges in talent cultivation, scientific research, medical services, product development and other aspects with nearly 50 universities, research and medical institutions, enterprises, etc. around the world.