Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine

Not to be confused with Henan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine
湖南中医药大学
Former names	Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hunan Chinese Medicine Specialty School Hunan TCM Vocational School
Established	1960
Type	Public university
Location	Changsha, Hunan, People's Republic of China
Website	Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Official Site

Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine (simplified Chinese: 湖南中医药大学; traditional Chinese: 湖南中醫藥大學; pinyin: Húnán Zhōngyīyào Dàxué) is a public university located in Changsha, Hunan province, China. The university offers courses in Traditional Chinese Medicine.

History

The university traces its history from Hunan Chinese Medicine Specialty School established in 1934 and Hunan TCM Vocational School established in 1953. From 1960 up to a few years after 2000, it is known as Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The current Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine was officially created and approved by the State Ministry of Education in 2006 when this TCM College had successfully merged with the former Hunan University of Science & Technology and the Hunan Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine (research-focused). The University as it stands now is primarily a teaching-oriented medical school, but also involved heavily in TCM research, providing health-care services to the province, and is one of the leading TCM universities in China.

Location and Campus

The university is based in Changsha, the capital of Hunan province. The campus covers an area of 4701 acre or approximately 1,902,6000 square meters.

The university consists of 3 campuses : the old campus (north campus), the new campus (Hanpu campus), and seven affiliated clinical hospitals.

The university consists of 5 nursing schools.

Administration

Colleges and Departments

The university administers the following 20 colleges or institutes:

The college of Western medicine(MBBS)
The college of Neurology
The college of Cardiology
The college of Orthopedics
The college of Gynaecology & Obstetrics
The college of Pediatrics
The College of Basic Science
The College of Acupuncture and Massage
The College of combined Chinese and Western Medicine
The College of Pharmacy
The First College of Clinical Medicine
The Second College of Clinical medicine
The College of Culture, Information Technology and Management
International Education Institute
Second-level College, Xianxing College
The College of Adult Education
Higher Vocational Technical College
Graduate students Department
Social Science Department
The Third College of Medicine

External links

Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Official Site

Universities and colleges in Hunan

Military university	National University of Defense Technology

National	Central South University Hunan University Changsha Aeronautical Vacational and Technical College

Changsha	Hunan University Central South University Hunan Agricultural University Central South University of Forestry and Technology Changsha University of Science and Technology Hunan University of Traditional Chinese Medicine Hunan Normal University Changsha University Hunan First Normal University Changsha Medical University Hunan College of Finance and Economics Hunan International Economics University Hunan University of Commerce Hunan Police Academy Hunan Women's University Changsha Normal University

Zhuzhou	Hunan University of Technology

Xiangtan	Xiangtan University Hunan University of Science and Technology Hunan Institute of Engineering

Hengyang	University of South China Hengyang Normal University Hunan Institute of Technology

Shaoyang	Shaoyang University

Yueyang	Hunan Institute of Science and Technology

Changde	Hunan University of Arts and Science

Yiyang	Hunan City University

Chenzhou	Xiangnan University

Yongzhou	Hunan University of Science and Engineering

Huaihua	Huaihua University

Loudi	Hunan University of Humanities, Science and Technology

Xiangxi	Jishou University

See also: List of universities in China

Coordinates: 28°08′03″N 112°53′40″E / 28.13417°N 112.89444°E / 28.13417; 112.89444