Henan University of Chinese Medicine

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: 河南中医药大学 Hénán Zhōngyīyào dàxué) is a public university in

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History

One of the earliest of its kind in China, Henan University of Chinese Medicine was established in 1958. It was authorized by the State Academic Council to confer bachelor's and master's degrees, and to collaborate with other universities or colleges in enrolling doctorate students. It was approved by the

Ministry of Education An education ministry is a national or subnational government agency politically responsible for education. Various other names are commonly used to identify such agencies, such as Ministry of Education, Department of Education, and Ministry of Pub ...

to enroll international students as well as students from

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Academics

The university offers bachelor's degrees in

medicine Medicine is the science and practice of caring for a patient, managing the diagnosis, prognosis, prevention, treatment, palliation of their injury or disease, and promoting their health. Medicine encompasses a variety of health care pract ...

management Management (or managing) is the administration of an organization, whether it is a business, a nonprofit organization, or a government body. It is the art and science of managing resources of the business. Management includes the activities o ...

engineering science Engineering physics, or engineering science, refers to the study of the combined disciplines of physics, mathematics, chemistry, biology, and engineering, particularly computer, nuclear, electrical, electronic, aerospace, materials or mechanical en ...

, and

arts The arts are a very wide range of human practices of creative expression, storytelling and cultural participation. They encompass multiple diverse and plural modes of thinking, doing and being, in an extremely broad range of media. Both hi ...

with 14 specialties as Chinese medicine, herbology,

pharmaceutical engineering Pharmaceutical engineering is a branch of engineering focused on discovering, formulating, and manufacturing medication, analytical and quality control processes, and on designing, building, and improving manufacturing sites that produce drugs. I ...

acupuncture Acupuncture is a form of alternative medicine and a component of traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) in which thin needles are inserted into the body. Acupuncture is a pseudoscience; the theories and practices of TCM are not based on scientifi ...

and

tuina ''Tui na'' (; ) is form of alternative medicine similar to shiatsu. As a branch of traditional Chinese medicine, it is often used in conjunction with acupuncture, moxibustion, fire cupping, Chinese herbalism, tai chi or other Chinese intern ...

, integrated Chinese-Western medicine, and public management. It also offers master's degrees in 21 specialties, including Chinese internal medicine, Chinese

pediatrics Pediatrics ( also spelled ''paediatrics'' or ''pædiatrics'') is the branch of medicine that involves the medical care of infants, children, adolescents, and young adults. In the United Kingdom, paediatrics covers many of their youth until th ...

, herbal prescriptions, herbology, acupuncture and Tuina are the key programs of Henan Province. The university faculty includes 15 doctoral tutors, 94 professors, 425 associate professors, 714 lecturers on campus, and 16 state-nominated and 10 province-nominated distinguished specialists. There are over 10,000 students including over 150 international students.

Facilities

It has 20 laboratories and three hospitals besides a central lab, a herbal plantation for quality control, a pharmaceutical factory, and specimen rooms. Institutions have been established in this university in the studies of

Zhang Zhong-jing Zhang Zhongjing (; 150–219), formal name Zhang Ji (), was a Chinese pharmacologist, physician, inventor, and writer of the Eastern Han dynasty and one of the most eminent Chinese physicians during the later years of the Han dynasty. He estab ...

’s theories,

AIDS Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), a retrovirus. Following initial infection an individual m ...

, hepatic diseases, gerontology, splenic and gastric diseases, pediatrics, rheumatoid arthritis, and ophthalmology. The library has a collection of over 500,000 volumes and over 2,000 periodicals from home and abroad.

References

External links

Official website of Henan University of Chinese Medicine

English website of Henan University of Chinese Medicine
Universities and colleges in Henan Universities and colleges in Zhengzhou Traditional Chinese medicine Educational institutions established in 1958 Medical and health organizations based in China Medical schools in China 1958 establishments in China {{alt-med-stub