Established in 1958, Tianjin University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TUTCM) has been listed as one of the co-constructed higher educations by Ministry of Education (MOE), State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine (SATCM) and Tianjin Municipal Government. It is the only former State Education Commission (Present MOE) approved International University of Traditional Chinese Medicine and also the hosting institution of Educational Instruction Committee, World Federation of Chinese Medicine Societies (WFCMS), “Educational Aid Center” and “China-ASEAN Educational Training Center” of Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) and Ministry of Education, TCM International Cooperation Center of SATCM, and WFCMS “Belt & Road” Training Center for Chinese Medicine Education Teachers. Adhering the motto of “Strengthening moral education and pursuing academic studies, inheriting and innovating”, TUTCM has developed into a teaching and research oriented university with TCM education as the main body, and covers extensive areas of study, namely as Medicine, Science, Arts, Management, Engineering and Education. In 2017, the university was selected into China “Double First-class” university and Chinese Materia Medica was selected into “Double First-rate” programs.

The University has distinguished teaching staff and sufficient resources for students’ internship. Currently it has two National Key Programs of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tuina and TCM Internal Medicine. There are four direct, six non-direct affiliated hospitals, plus 34 clinical teaching hospitals, and five community clinical practice centers. The total construction area is 564,000m2 and the total beds are 4,620.

The University has extensive international exchanges and cooperation. It aims to cultivate international applied talents in clinic with solid theoretical foundation and excellent clinical skills which make it enjoy a high reputation worldwide. It has formed TCM internationalization talents training system where the bachelor education is the main part. The system also covers master and doctoral education and short and long term certificate studies. As the chair institution of Educational Instruction Committee (EIC), WFCMS, it has formulated the World Standard of Chinese Medicine Undergraduate (Pre-CMD) Education, which has been formally published by WFCMS and it has become the first standard for TCM international education. The university has an International People-to-People Exchange Institute of Traditional Chinese Medicine jointly constructed with China Center for International People-to-People Exchange (CCIPE), Ministry of Health (MOH), has been selected into the first batch of State TCM Services Export Centers by Ministry of Commerce (MOC) and SATCM, and the only TCM university in 20+20 Plan for Sino-African Universities by MOE. It has the first TCM Confucius Institute in Thailand, the first TCM Confucius Classroom in the world, Kobe School of Acupuncture & Moxibustion and Tuina in Japan and other overseas institutions. TUTCM has cooperative relationships with more than 40 countries or regions in the world and that with University of Nottingham has been listed as one of the state strategy cooperation by both Britain and China.