📖 Introduction

Apply online now at Zhejiang Chinese Medical University, Hangzhou, China for 2022 intake. Info of admissions for international students, scholarships, and more.

🏫 About Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (ZJCMU)

Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (ZCMU) is located near the south bank of Qiantang River, in the city of Hangzhou, a world-famous tourist resort known for its beautiful scenery and rich cultural heritage. ZCMU is a teaching and research-oriented university with Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) and Chinese Materia Medica as its leading subjects. As a key university in Zhejiang Province, it is jointly constructed by the People’s Government of Zhejiang Province, the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the Ministry of Education of the People’s Republic of China. Traced back to Zhejiang Training School of TCM in June 1953, Zhejiang College of TCM was officially founded in June 1959. It was eligible of awarding doctoral degree in 1998, and moved to Hangzhou-based Binjiang Higher Education Zone in 2000. In February 2006, it was renamed as Zhejiang Chinese Medical University (ZCMU). In September 2015, Fuchun Campus was put into use. The university now has two campuses covering an area of nearly 1,000 mu, with the total construction area exceeding 470,000 square meters. ZCMU now sets 18 schools and has 4 directly affiliated hospitals. Moreover, there are another 21 Hospitals located in different cities of Zhejiang Province affiliated to ZCMU. ZCMU is among the first batch of universities in China to recruit and cultivate postgraduates of TCM, and takes the lead among Zhejiang provincial universities eligible of awarding doctoral degrees and establishing post-doctoral research stations. Now it has three doctoral degree disciplines in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica, and Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. Also it has 8 master’s degree disciplines in Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica, Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine, Clinical Medicine, Nursing, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical Technology, and Basic Clinical Medicine. It has three post-doctoral research stations, namely Station for Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica, and Integration of Chinese and Western Medicine. So far there are over 18,000 full-time students in ZCMU, including over 3,100 doctoral and master degree students, and over 800 international students. ZCMU is a national demonstration base for cultivating innovative talents. It has independently cultivated a number of high-level talents, including academician of Chinese Academy of Engineering, National Masters of TCM, National“Ten Thousand Talent Program” Leading Talents, Chief Scientist of the 973 Program, and National Famous Doctors of TCM etc. Currently, ZCMU has a faculty and staff of more than 1,300 personages, and among them, over 330 with senior professional titles (the directly affiliated hospitals included), including distinguished professors with the title of “the Cheung Kong(Changjiang) Scholar”awarded by the Ministry of Education of P.R.C, special-grade experts of Zhejiang Province, experts with the State Council Special Allowance, recipients for National Natural Science Funds for Distinguished Young Scholar, recipients for National Science Funds for Excellent Young Scholar, Provincial Masters of TCM, and distinguished professors with the title of “Qianjiang Scholar”, etc.ZCMU insists on taking the moral education as the foundation andstrives to improve the quality of education and teaching. ZCMU offers 32 undergraduate programs among which there are 8 national first-class construction programs, namely Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chinese Materia Medica, Clinical Medicine, Pharmacy, Acupuncture and Tuina, Nursing, Audiology and Speech Rehabilitation, Public Management. The Traditional Chinese Medicine, Clinical Medicine and Chinese Materia Medica have passed the certification by the Ministry of Education of P.R.C. It has built a batch of teaching platforms, such as national experimental teaching demonstration center and national off-campus practice base for college students. It has been awarded “Excellence” twice in undergraduate evaluation by the Ministry of Education of P.R.C, and passed the undergraduate evaluation by the Ministry of Education of P.R.C in 2007, with 3 national teaching achievement awards. In recent years, graduates’ passing rates of doctor qualification examination ranked among the top of similar colleges and universities in China. Show less
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🏠 Accommodation

You will need to book the accommodation after you have been accepted.

You can choose to live on campus or off campus in private accommodation.

How to book:

  • Make a booking online after you have been accepted (in this case please let us know your choice when you apply).
  • Register when you arrive - its not possible to reserve a room before arriving. You can arrive a few days before and book it

📬 Admissions Process

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3 Steps to Apply to a Chinese University

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Please choose the programs here , "You are advised to select 2-3 programs to increase your chances of getting accepted.

Required documents:

  • Passport
  • Graduation certificate
  • Passport size photo

Preparing documents:

You can start your application now and send the application documents during your application. Some documents you can send later if you don’t have them right away. Some more info about preparing application documents is here

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Application process:

Applying Online is simple in just a few steps. More information is available here.

The first steps are to choose the programs, pay the application fee and upload the application documents.

Once submitted to China Admissions, we will review your application within 2-3 days and proceed to the university or ask you for further clarification

After it has been processed to the university you will receive your unique application ID from each university.

The university may contact you directly for further questions.

We will then follow up each week with the university for updates. As soon as there is any update we will let you know. If you have made other plans, decide to withdraw / change address at any time please let us know.

After you have been accepted you will receive your admissions letter electronically and asked to pay the non-refundable deposit to the university.

Once you have paid the deposit the university will issue you the admissions letter and visa form to your home country.

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