Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine International Student Scholarship Regulations

About the university

Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine (SUCM), abbreviated as "Shanzhongda", is located in Xianyang City, Shaanxi Province. It is a university jointly established by the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine. It is a pilot university for the Excellent Doctor (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Education and Training Program, a university under the national "14th Five-Year Plan" for advancing education, a national "first-class specialty" and Shaanxi Province "first-class discipline" construction university, a pilot university for the Shaanxi National Higher Education Smart Education Platform, and a university qualified to recommend graduate students without examination. Its predecessor was the Northwest Chinese Medicine Advanced School founded in Xi'an in 1952. It was renamed Shaanxi Provincial Chinese Medicine Advanced School in 1953, upgraded to Shaanxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine in 1959, moved to the ancient capital Xianyang in 1961, began enrolling and training master's students in 1978 and was designated as one of the eight key traditional Chinese medicine colleges nationwide, became one of the first master's degree-granting units in China in 1981, and was approved by the Ministry of Education in 1990 as one of the first higher education institutions eligible to admit international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. It was renamed Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine in 2015. As of April 2025, the university has two campuses, north and south, covering a total area of approximately 860,000 square meters. It has 15 teaching units, over 5,000 faculty and staff (including directly affiliated hospitals), 1,204 full-time teachers, and 16,809 full-time students. As of October 2016, it had 5 first-level discipline master's degree authorization points and 6 master's professional degree categories. As of November 2024, it had 1 doctoral professional degree authorization point. As of December 2023, it offered 26 undergraduate programs. In 1990, it was approved by the Ministry of Education as one of the first higher education institutions eligible to admit international students and students from Hong Kong, Macao, and Taiwan. On April 24, 2015, Shaanxi College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was renamed Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine. On April 28 of the same year, it was approved as a pilot university for the "Excellent Doctor (Traditional Chinese Medicine) Education and Training Program." On July 23, 2021, the Shaanxi Provincial People's Government and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine signed the "Agreement on Jointly Building Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine." In February 2025, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine held the inaugural meeting of the Returned Overseas Chinese Association and the first congress of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives. On March 26, Xinjiang Second Medical College signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement with Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine. On April 2, the Women's Federation of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine was established. On April 9, the Science and Technology Association of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine was established. On June 25, Shenzhen Traditional Chinese Medicine Anorectal Hospital (Futian) signed a strategic cooperation agreement with Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine, and the "Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine Shenzhen Research Institute" was inaugurated. As of December 2023, it offered 26 undergraduate programs. As of April 2025, the university has 15 teaching units, forming a professional structure with traditional Chinese medicine as the core and coordinated development of disciplines such as medicine, science, engineering, literature, and management.