courses Acupuncture practitioner  TCM practitioner  Advanced TCM practitioner
Admission requirement G12 G12 after Acupuncture and TCM program
programe length  3-6 yrs  4-8yrs    5-8 yrs
Program length (minimum duration) 36 Calendar Months 48 Calendar Months 60 Calendar Months
Program length (maximum duration) 6 yrs 8 yrs 8 yrs
program hours 1410 hrs 1930 hrs 2230 hrs
clinical hours 550 hrs 700 hrs 1050 hrs
Total hours 1960 hrs  2630 hrs  3280 hrs
specific requirements      
       
TCM foundation 360 h 360 h 360 h
   Basis of TCM 90 90 90
   History of TCM 30 30 30
   Phylosophy of TCM 30 30 30
   Diagnosis of TCM I 90 90 90
   Diagnosis of TCM II 90 90 90
   TCM Health Preservation 15 15 15
  Overview of Traditional Medicine across world 15 15 15
       
Biomedicine 285 h 285 h 285 h
   Anatomy 45 45 45
   Physiology 90 90 90
   Pathology 90 90 90
   Nutrition 60 60 60
Acupuncture 585 h 585 h 585 h
   Meridians and Acupoints I 50 50 50
   Meridians and Acupoints II 50 50 50
   Moxibustion 60 60 60
   Acupuncture treatment- Internal diseasess 40 40 40
   Acupuncture treatment- Pain and Traumatic Injury 40 40 40
   Acupuncture treatment- Five Sense Organ Diseases 40 40 40
   Acupuncture treatment- Gynecology 40 40 40
   Acupuncture treatment- Dermatology 40 40 40
   Acupuncture treatment- Pediatrics 40 40 40
Classic and Modern Acupuncuture 20 20 20
   Cosmetics Acupuncture 45 45 45
   Acupuncture case study 60 60 60
   Qigong, Taiji, Yoga and Life style 60 60 60
Tuina Massage 60 h 60 h 60 h
Management 30 h 30 h 30 h
   Legal issue of Acupuncture Regulations and  Safty program 15 15 15
   Profession entry requirements and Career planning 15 15 15
Herbology   550h 550 h
   Medicinal Botany and Zoology   30 30
   Meteria Medica I   60 60
   Meteria Medica II   60 60
   Science of TCM formula I   45 45
   Science of TCM formula II   45 45
   Pharmacology   60 60
   Internal Medicine of TCM I   150 150
   Internal Medicine of Modern medicine    100 100
TCM classics     120 h
   Neijing     60
   Shanghan Lun     40
   Wenbing Xue     20
Advanced Medicine     180 h
   Selected Readings in TCM     60
   TCM Advanced Research      40
Tibetan,Mongolian and Other Minority Traditional Medicine      40
  Advanced Research on Traditional Medicine across world     40
1350 h 1870 h 2170 h
Examination prep Acupuncture 60 h    
Examination prep TCM   60 h 60 h
Internship 550 h 700 1050 h