Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine

Founded in 1959, Jiangxi University of Chinese Medicine is a public regular undergraduate university jointly supported by the Ministry of Education, National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Jiangxi Provincial People’s Government. It is a traditional Chinese medicine higher education institution centered on Chinese medicine and pharmacy education, with coordinated multidisciplinary development and a distinctive integration of industry, education and research.

It has 3 campuses covering more than 2000 mu, over 22800 full-time students, 18 educational and teaching units, 3 directly affiliated hospitals, and 11 non-directly affiliated hospitals. It has more than 1300 full-time teachers, 2 first-level doctoral degree authorization fields in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, 1 professional doctoral degree category in Traditional Chinese Medicine, 6 first-level master’s degree authorization fields, and 8 professional master’s degree categories. It has 3 Jiangxi first-class disciplines, 18 National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine key disciplines, and 7 national key clinical specialties or disease specialties. It has 36 undergraduate programs, including 6 national and 15 provincial first-class program development sites. It has 4 national research platforms, including a national key laboratory and the National Engineering Research Center for Manufacturing Technology of Traditional Chinese Medicine Solid Preparations, as well as 59 provincial or ministerial research platforms.

With Traditional Chinese Medicine and Traditional Chinese Pharmacy as its core, it coordinates development across medicine, science, engineering, literature, economics, management, art and education. Its 3 Jiangxi first-class disciplines are Traditional Chinese Pharmacy, Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Integrated Chinese and Western Medicine. It has 6 National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine high-level key disciplines and 18 key disciplines of that administration. With outstanding strengths in fields such as traditional Chinese pharmaceutical preparations and traditional Chinese medicine processing, Traditional Chinese Pharmacy consistently ranks among the national leaders in ShanghaiRanking’s Best Chinese Subjects Rankings. Pharmacology and Toxicology, Clinical Medicine and Chemistry rank in the ESI global top 1%.

In recent years, it has received more than 70 provincial, ministerial or higher awards. As lead institution, it has received 2 second prizes in the National Science and Technology Progress Awards and 5 provincial or ministerial first prizes. Two international traditional Chinese medicine standards whose development it led were approved and published by the International Organization for Standardization (ISO), marking a breakthrough in standardization.

Its distinctive integration of industry, education and research includes establishing and developing Jiangzhong Pharmaceutical Group, a national high-tech enterprise. It has provided technical services to 300 enterprises nationwide and developed more than 70 traditional Chinese medicines and related products. Sixteen products have individually achieved annual sales exceeding RMB 100 million. A series of key traditional Chinese pharmaceutical technologies and equipment developed by the university has been adopted by more than 100 enterprises. It has received the China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Innovation Award and China Industry-University-Research Cooperation Promotion Award from the China Association for the Promotion of Industry-University-Research Cooperation.

Its education and teaching achievements have received 2 first prizes and 4 second prizes in the National Teaching Achievement Awards. It has achieved substantial innovation and entrepreneurship results, repeatedly winning gold awards in the finals of the China International Internet Plus University Student Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition.

Its First Affiliated Hospital, Jiangxi Provincial Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, is the province’s largest Grade III Class A traditional Chinese medicine hospital, with the widest range of disciplines, strongest technical capabilities and close integration of clinical care, education and research. It was selected for development as a national traditional Chinese medicine clinical research base. The university established the world’s first heat-sensitive moxibustion hospital, Jiangxi Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion Hospital, and formed the Jiangxi Traditional Chinese Medicine Rehabilitation (Heat-Sensitive Moxibustion) Alliance.

As one of the first universities approved by the Ministry of Education to receive international students, it has long-term partnerships with more than 40 countries and regions and admits international undergraduate, master’s and doctoral students. It established a Confucius Institute at Semyung University in South Korea. It created China’s first Jiangzhong Experience Center for Foreign Dignitaries in Qihuang Traditional Chinese Medicine. With the National Center for Education Development Research under the Ministry of Education and Jiangzhong Group, it established China’s first National Pilot Zone for the Internationalization of Traditional Chinese Medicine Education in Nanchang. It has participated in overseas medical assistance for more than 50 consecutive years. It has successfully hosted or co-hosted major international events including the Summer Summit of the World Congress of Chinese Medicine, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization Forum on Traditional Medicine, and an International Conference on Industry-University-Research-Application Cooperation.