Founded in October of 1954, Nanjing University of Chinese Medicine (NJUCM) is one of the earliest established universities of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) in China. As the founder and advocator of TCM higher education, NJUCM enjoys a reputation of "the Cradle of Chinese TCM Higher Education" both at home and abroad. NJUCM is now a leading university of higher education in Jiangsu province, the WHO Collaborating Center for Traditional Medicine, the International Acupuncture Training Center specified by the Ministry of Health of China, and the first batches of TCM universities approved by the Ministry of Education of China to receive and train students from foreign countries as well as Taiwan region.