Over 1,500 foreign students studying Chinese medicine
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The Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NUCM) is the first university in China to train foreign nationals including Africans in traditional Chinese medicines and offers degree, masters, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes.
By Edmund Smith-Asante, NANJING, CHINA
This was disclosed by the Vice President of NUCM and the Vice Chairman of the Administrative Council, Prof. Wang Changqing, when he welcomed African journalists on an exchange programme in China to the Xianlin campus of the university.
“Traditional Chinese medicine is a great
crystalisation of medicine and Chinese culture. In our university we offer
different levels of Chinese medicine degrees in Chinese medicine, Chinese and
Western medicine and also Chinese herbs,” he told the journalists.
The Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NUCM) is the first university in China to train foreign nationals including Africans in traditional Chinese medicines and offers degree, masters, doctoral and post-doctoral programmes.
By Edmund Smith-Asante, NANJING, CHINA
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| One of the African journalists in an interaction with Ms. Vanessa Kenfack, a student from Cameroon. |
There are currently over 1,500 foreign students
including Africans offering various courses in Chinese traditional medicine
(CTM) at the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NUCM).
This was disclosed by the Vice President of NUCM and the Vice Chairman of the Administrative Council, Prof. Wang Changqing, when he welcomed African journalists on an exchange programme in China to the Xianlin campus of the university.
“There are currently 20,000 students on campus
including around 1,500 international students. The university is the first to
receive international students to study traditional medicine in China.
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| Prof. Wang Changqing, Vice President of the Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine welcoming the African journalists. |
Interaction
with African students
A first year student, Ms. Badra Saibu Ali from
Madagascar and the Comoros said she chose to study traditional Chinese medicine
as a result of inspiration from her uncle who was a practitioner.
Her colleague from Cameroon, Ms. Vanessa Kenfack,
who has also just begun her five-year Bachelors Degree course in Chinese
medicine, said she chose Nanjing University to study the Chinese culture and
medicine because she saw it as one of the best Chinese universities offering
courses in Chinese medicine.
“Because you know in China they have long life
expectancy than Africans so I want to discover what is behind that,” she revealed
to the Daily Graphic.
The
University
The university was founded in 1954 and has 63 years
of history. The university has two campuses – the Xianlin (east of Nanjing) and
Hanzhongmen (in the central part of Nanjing) campuses covering over 100
hectares.
It has 12 directly affiliated schools, 26 affiliated
hospitals and 158 clinical training bases.
NUCM offers 24 undergraduate programmes, comprising
six areas of study which are medicine, management, science, engineering,
economics and literature. It also offers 38 masters, 25 doctoral and three
post-doctoral programmes.
Since its foundation, the university, which is a
World Health Organisation (WHO) Collaborating Centre for Traditional Medicine
and an International Acupuncture Training Centre, has produced over 30,000
advanced professionals in traditional medicine for China.
According to Prof Wang, the university has so far
trained tens of thousands of TCM and acupuncture professionals for over 90
countries and regions all across the world.
The journalists were treated to some Chinese herbal
tea, medical massage -Tuina, some exercises and Chinese herbal cuisine.
Writer’s email: edmund.asante@graphic.com.gh
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