Situated in Guangzhou, a world-famous metropolitan of foreign trade and business, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is one of the four oldest traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) higher education institutes in China. What most other universities cannot offer is the English-taught Chinese medicine program (bachelor's degree) and acupuncture & tuina program (bachelor's degree). Apart from that, GZUCM also encompasses a great many other programs (degree or non-degree) in the medium of Chinese. Non-degree programs available for International students contain acupuncture (basic or advanced), acupuncture and moxibustion, tuina massage, qigong etc. Bachelor's degree programs are also various, such as integrated western and Chinese clinical medicine, pharmacy, nursing and so on. GZUCM will be a perfect destination for foreign students who want to pursue traditional Chinese medicine study!
It demands the students to systematically master the fundamental knowledge of Rehabilitation Medicine, Rehabilitation Treatment and Chinese Medicine and can comprehensively and coordinately use various rehabilitation measures, such as physical treatment, homework treatment, language treatment, psychology treatment, acupuncture and massage in clinical work.
Major Courses for Specialty:Introduction to Rehabilitation Medicine, Athletic Therapy, Physical Therapy, Homework Therapy, Language Therapy, Rehabilitative Psychology, Rehabilitation (CM), Acupuncture, Massage, Clinical Rehabilitation, Traumatology and Orthopedics with Integrated Western and Chinese Medicine, etc.
1.Educational Objectives
To cultivate senior rehabilitation therapists in possession of basic medicine knowledge, and modern rehabilitation treatment knowledge and skill.
2. Basic requirements
Command basic theory, basic knowledge and routine basic skill of Chinese Medicine and Western medicine; command a foreign language on a quite broad base of natural and social knowledge.
3.Professional Educational Objectives
By specialized education and training, this course provides a chance to student to command modern rehabilitation treatment knowledge and skills, and be capable of working in kinds of rehabilitation organizations (rehabilitation therapist).
4.Professional Educational Requirements
The student is supposed to learn relevant human culture and social society knowledge, basic theory of basic and clinical medicine; to get basic training of rehabilitation medicine skill. The graduate should command knowledge and ability below:
command required basic knowledge of basic medicine and clinical medicine;
command basic knowledge of rehabilitation medicine;
command common functional assessment technology of rehabilitation treatment;
command Chinese Medicine rehabilitation treatment (tuina, manipulation treatment ,acupuncture ,Chinese Medicine health promotion technology), and apply them in practice;
command exercising therapy, can practise rehabilitation treatment with medical gymnastic, medical exercise, functional exercising training, traction and so on;
command physical factor therapy, can practise rehabilitation treatment with electro-therapy, heat therapy, cold therapy, light therapy, water therapy, magnetic therapy and so on;
command work-out therapy, command ADL rehabilitation therapy , art therapy, entertainment therapy, music therapy, rational life style instruction; hand splint therapy and so on, and apply them in rehabilitation treatment;
command certain psychological treatment and speech treatment, and practise simple speech treatment and psychological treatment;
command certain social rehabilitation knowledge and methods and rehabilitation propaganda ability, can hold community rehabilitation activity:
Command certain management ability of organizing rehabilitation treatment. Cooperate with rehabilitation therapist and rehabilitation nurses to perform rehabilitation treatment.
5.Length of Schooling and Degree
The length of schooling for undergraduate study is 4 years. Bachelor of Science degree is awarded.
Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine (GUCM), established in 1956, is one of the four oldest Chinese Medicine (CM) institutes of higher education in China and a key CM university supervised by State Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine of the People's Republic of China and People's Government of Guangdong Province. The current name is designated in 1995 and it is one of the first group of universities to confer Master's and doctoral degrees. The university consists of the Sanyuanli campus and the University Town campus covering 1,377 mu (918,000 sq.m. in total). GUCM has rich teaching resources and strong research ability and enjoys great fame and reputation in CM field home and abroad.
With years of striving, GUCM has steadily accumulated rich traditional Chinese culture, comprehensive study in Chinese Medicine, as well as in-depth and extensive research on Western culture and Modern Medicine, since the development of Chinese Medicine not only demands the mutual learning between Oriental and Western cultures and Chinese and Western Medicine, but also the combination of science and humanities, ancient and modern cultures. Over the past fifty years' sustained efforts, Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine has become a modern comprehensive CM higher education institute of research type consisting of 14 colleges and offering 16 undergraduate specialties including medicine, engineering, administration, economics, science, arts and education. In August 2007, Chinese Medicine Science is designated national first-level key subject and 13 second-level subjects including Chinese Medicine Clinical Foundation, Chinese Medicine Internal Medicine, Chinese Medicine Orthopedics and Traumatology, Chinese Medicine Gynecology and Chinese Medicine Fundamental Theories are also included as national key subjects which realize the significant breakthrough in national key subject development. GUCM has 7 National Administration of Chinese Medicine key subjects, 4 Guangdong Province prominent subjects (Chinese Medicine Science, Chinese Materia Medica Science, Acupuncture and Tuina Massage, Pharmaceutical Engineering), 19 doctoral programs, 24 master programs and 3 post-doctoral stations. The doctoral and Master's programs cover all the first-level subjects of Chinese Medicine Science, Chinese Materia Medica Science and Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. There are more than 18,000 on-campus students.
Facing the rapidly developing science and technology, GUCM inherits the outstanding historical heritage, maintains the unique feature and charm of South of Five Ridges, keeps up with the frontier science, improve the strict academic disciplines and ensure the academic and educational fame home and abroad. Guangzhou University of Chinese Medicine is the dream university for students wishing to pursue their brilliant career in Chinese Medicine. The university now has more than 18,000 students including over 2,400 postgraduate students and over 12,000 undergraduates and junior college students.
Each campus has a branch of the university library, the area in use being 32,000 square meters. The total volume reaches 960,000 and there are more than 60 database products. It enjoys the richest and most complete Chinese Medicine literary resources in Guangdong. The digital resources are most advanced among national universities of Chinese Medicine.
In more than 30 years, GUCM offers foreign education through various channels and in various forms and has obtained favorable social and economic benefits. Till December 2008, GUCM has offered 419 sessions of short-term Chinese Medicine education training courses. More than 6,000 people from over 50 countries and regions attended these courses. At present, GUCM has established cooperative relationship with more than 50 countries and regions and signed collaboration agreements with several foreign universities.
Campus |
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Facilities |
International Building |
Double Room of |
19200 |
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International Building |
Single Room of |
16000 |
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Sanyuanli |
Double Room of |
17200 |
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Sanyuanli |
Single Room of |
14400 |
Toilet, air conditioner, |
Sanyuanli |
Double Room of |
17600 |
Toilet, air conditioner, |
Sanyuanli |
Single Room of |
12800 |
Toilet, air conditioner, |