Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine was founded in 1954. It is A "Double First-Class" university, a Class A university under the Jiangsu High-level University Peak Program, and a university jointly built by the Ministry of Education, the People 's government of Jiangsu Province and the State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. As one of the earliest institutions of higher learning of traditional Chinese medicine in the country, it trained and sent the first batch of teachers, compiled the first set of textbooks and formulated the first edition of teaching syllabuses for higher traditional Chinese medicine education in New China, and made pioneering contributions to the establishment and promotion of the model of higher traditional Chinese medicine education in new China, and is known as the "cradle of higher traditional Chinese medicine education".
The school has three campuses in Xianlin, Hanzhongmen and Taizhou. It has 11 colleges and teaching institutions such as the First, second, third and Fourth Clinical Medical Colleges, Gulou Clinical Medical College and Wuxi Clinical Medical College, as well as 15 affiliated hospitals and 3 affiliated pharmaceutical companies. The school has 23,008 students (including 14,775 undergraduates, 6,782 postgraduates, 972 doctoral students and 464 international students) and 2,124 faculty members.
The school is committed to the coordinated development of traditional Chinese medicine as the main body, the integration of traditional Chinese and Western medicine, and the support of multiple disciplines. It adheres to the educational philosophy of "Learning both Chinese and Western, excellence and sincerity", and insists on inheriting the essence and upholding innovation. The university has one discipline under the National "Double First-Class" initiative, four advantageous disciplines of Jiangsu universities, eight provincial key disciplines during the 14th Five-Year Plan, and 13 key disciplines of high-level traditional Chinese medicine under the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The university is among the first in the country to be granted doctoral and master's degrees. It has five first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, one doctoral professional degree authorization point, twelve first-level discipline master's degree authorization points and nine master's professional degree authorization points, as well as four postdoctoral research stations. The university achieved excellent results in the fifth round of discipline evaluation by the Ministry of Education, with its main disciplines such as Traditional Chinese medicine and Chinese Materia medica ranking among the top in the country. Eight disciplines, including pharmacology and toxicology, clinical medicine, chemistry, biology and biochemistry, neuroscience and behavior, Molecular biology and genetics, Agricultural science and Immunology, have entered the top 1% of ESI global rankings. Among them, pharmacology and toxicology has entered the top 5 ‰ of ESI. The university ranks among the top Chinese medicine universities in the country in the ESI comprehensive subject rankings, the Academic Ranking of World Universities by Shanghairanking, the Nature Index rankings, and the U.S.News Global Best Colleges rankings.
The university adheres to the "talent-strong university" strategy and has a strong faculty, including academicians of the Chinese Academy of Engineering, masters of traditional Chinese medicine, national leading talents, and national young talents. Chief Scientist of major projects such as the National Science and Technology Major Project, the 973 Program, the National Natural Science Foundation of China Major Project, the National Social Science Foundation of China Major Project, the Science and Technology Innovation 2030 - Major Project, and the National Key Research and Development Program, Member of the Academic Degrees Committee of The State Council, National Teaching Master, National Famous Traditional Chinese Medicine Doctor, (Young) Qihuang Scholar A group of renowned experts and scholars at home and abroad, including national-level candidates of the "Hundred, Thousand, Ten Thousand Talents Project", have built a first-class teaching staff with development potential and innovation vitality, mainly composed of middle-aged and young teachers.
The school has been constantly deepening educational and teaching reforms, focusing on cultivating first-class talents with both virtue and ability. There are 25 undergraduate programs available, covering four disciplines: medicine, management, science and engineering. Among them, there are 10 national first-class undergraduate programs, 19 provincial first-class programs, and 11 brand programs of Jiangsu Province. The school collaborates with renowned institutions and enterprises such as the Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, and Kangyuan Pharmaceutical, Jointly cultivate outstanding doctors (outstanding innovative talents in the integrated undergraduate and doctoral program of Traditional Chinese Medicine, outstanding innovative talents in the 5+3 integrated program of traditional Chinese Medicine, outstanding innovative talents in the integrated undergraduate and doctoral program of Clinical Medicine of Traditional Chinese and Western Medicine), outstanding scientists and outstanding engineers (Outstanding innovative talents in the integrated undergraduate and doctoral program of traditional Chinese medicine, Tu Youyou Class, New School of Traditional Chinese Medicine Class).
The school focuses on the major strategic needs of the country and serves economic and social development through scientific and technological innovation. It has the National Key Laboratory of Traditional Chinese Medicine Manufacturing Process Control and Intelligent Manufacturing Technology, the National Development and Reform Commission Engineering Research Center, the Key Laboratory of the Ministry of Education, the Engineering Research Center of the Ministry of Education, the Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Province, the Collaborative Innovation Center of Jiangsu Province, the Engineering Research Center of Jiangsu Province, the Key Laboratory of Jiangsu Universities, the Key Research Base of Philosophy and Social Sciences of Jiangsu Universities, and the Decision Consultation Research Center of Jiangsu Province The research base, the National Technology Transfer Demonstration Center, and many other research platforms. In recent years, the total number of major national science and technology projects, national natural science Foundation projects and National social science foundation projects undertaken by the university has ranked among the top of all traditional Chinese medicine universities in the country.
The school actively integrates into global trends and continuously enhances the internationalization level of traditional Chinese medicine education and cultural exchange. The university is one of the first higher education institutions of traditional Chinese medicine approved by the Ministry of Education for international students and students from Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macao. It has achieved full-cycle training in Chinese language, undergraduate, master's and doctoral studies for international students in China. The school is a World Health Organization (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine, an international acupuncture training centre, a national base for the export of traditional Chinese medicine services, and an international education and training base for traditional Chinese medicine in Asia, Africa and Latin America. It has trained more than 10,000 international students and has exchanges and cooperation with higher education institutions, academic groups and organizations in more than 90 countries and regions. It has established two Confucius Institutes of Traditional Chinese Medicine, four national overseas centers of traditional Chinese medicine, six overseas branches of the International Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine, six open and cooperative education programs, and a Sino-foreign cooperative education institution, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine Otago Smart Health College, in collaboration with the University of Otago in New Zealand. The level of international (overseas) education, research cooperation and talent cultivation in traditional Chinese medicine at the university has been continuously enhanced. The Swiss University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which was established with the assistance of our university, is the only officially recognized university of traditional Chinese medicine in Switzerland and the first independent university of traditional Chinese medicine in Europe to confer bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in traditional Chinese medicine.
Based on the new stage of development, the university will thoroughly implement the new development concept, build a new development pattern, take root in Jiangsu, face the whole country and go to the world. We will continue to pursue excellence and strive to build our school into a first-class university of traditional Chinese medicine with Chinese characteristics, Chinese style and Chinese spirit.
