High-level Graduate Students Program

Established in 1954, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM) is known as a national “Double First-Class” university, and a Class A institution under Jiangsu’s High-Level University Peak Plan.The university’s ESI discipline ranking, Academic Ranking of World Universities (ARWU), Nature Index, and U.S. News Best Global Universities Rankings all place it at the forefront of traditional Chinese medicine universities nationwide.As one of the first traditional Chinese medicine universities approved by the Ministry of Education to enroll international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan, the university has established a full-cycle education system for international students, covering language training, undergraduate, master’s, and doctoral programs. The university serves as a WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, an International Acupuncture Training Center, and a National TCM Service Export Base. It has trained more than ten thousand international students and has established partnerships with over 90 higher education institutions and academic organizations in various countries and regions. It has established two Confucius Institutes of Chinese Medicine, four national-level overseas TCM centers, six overseas branches of the International Jingfang Institutes, and six international cooperative education programs. It also co-founded the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine–University of Otago Smart Health College, a Sino-foreign cooperative education institution.The university’s capabilities in international (overseas) education, research collaboration, and talent training in TCM continue to grow. Notably, with NJUCM’s support, the Swiss University of Chinese Medicine was established as the only officially recognized TCM university in Switzerland and the first independent TCM university in Europe authorized to grant bachelor’s, master’s, and doctoral degrees in Chinese Medicine.

Chinese Government Scholarship for High-level Graduate Students is a full-time, full scholarship program funded by the Chinese government for outstanding international graduate students. According to the relevant documents of the Ministry of Education, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine has formulated the application guide for 2026 Chinese Government Scholarship High-level Graduate Students Program. The details are as follows.