Ranking of universities majoring in Traditional Chinese Medicine and Health Care

At present, the Ministry of Education has not released an official unified ranking of traditional Chinese medicine and health care majors. Based on the three core dimensions of subject strength, industry recognition, and employment resources, the generally recognized echelon division is - the first echelon is Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Guangzhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine.； The second tier includes regional leading universities/scientific research institutions such as Nanjing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences (only recruiting master's and doctoral degrees) ； The third echelon includes provincial universities of traditional Chinese medicine in Shandong, Hunan, Hubei and other provinces, as well as some comprehensive medical schools that offer this major.

To be honest, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Health Care was a newly added undergraduate major in 2016. It has been developed for less than 10 years. Many colleges and universities are still exploring their training systems. In fact, most of the so-called rankings are based on the evaluation results of the first-level disciplines of Traditional Chinese Medicine. After all, Traditional Chinese Medicine and Health Care is a second-level branch of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The strength of the parent discipline basically determines the lower limit of the Health Care major. The traditional Chinese medicine of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai Traditional Chinese Medicine, and Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine are all rated A+ in the subject evaluation of the Ministry of Education. They are also among the first universities to apply to open the major of traditional Chinese medicine and health care. They have a ready-made team of traditional Chinese medicine masters and mature research directions. There is really no controversy in being ranked in the first echelon. I used to do some research when I was helping my relatives’ children fill out the application form. The health care major of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine is directly connected to the Constitution Research Center of Wang Qi, the master of traditional Chinese medicine. As an undergraduate, you can follow the related projects of constitution identification. ； The School of Traditional Chinese Medicine is backed by the mature health industry in the Yangtze River Delta, and has joint training programs with many listed health companies. As a senior, you can directly enter the R&D department or brand department of the company through internship. ； Not to mention Guangzhou Traditional Chinese Medicine, the soil of Lingnan health care is too fertile. The last time I went to the Sanyuanli campus to meet friends, the school-run health center sold five-finger peach and tuckahoe bags and kapok dehumidification tea. The formulas were all polished by teachers and students majoring in health care. Locals lined up to buy them. Undergraduate students can go to the store to do internships in their freshman year, and there are countless practical opportunities.

Oh, by the way, I almost forgot to mention the China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences. Its master's and doctoral programs in traditional Chinese medicine and health care are not inferior to those of the three first-tier universities. Many instructors are participants in the formulation of national health care standards. They have full project resources, but they only recruit graduate students and cannot apply for undergraduates. If you want to take the postgraduate entrance examination, you can definitely consider it as the first priority.

Of course, there are also many people in the industry who do not recognize this echelon division and feel that "the ranking is very false, and the one that suits you is the best." This is really not a polite statement. There are two living examples around me: one is a graduate of the health care major of Beijing Traditional Chinese Medicine. The school recruited him to do product research and development in the health department of a central enterprise in Beijing, with an annual salary of nearly 400,000. ； The other is a graduate of Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, who belongs to what we call the second echelon. After graduation, he returned to his hometown in Wenzhou and opened a community health studio, specializing in moxibustion and customized medicinal diet recipes. Relying on the reputation of local regular customers, his annual income is not lower than the former, and he has free time. If you have made up your mind to stay in the local area after graduation, then there is really no need to stick to the top-ranked universities. Just choose the most recognized university of traditional Chinese medicine in the province. After all, health care is an industry that is particularly dependent on regional culture. If you are doing health care in Sichuan, you must know how to combine the needs of dehumidification and warming with the Sichuan flavor. In terms of food integration, Chengdu University of Traditional Chinese Medicine's research in this area is more down-to-earth than that of Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. If you go back to Sichuan with a diploma from Beijing University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, all you will learn is the health logic of the north. Instead, it will take a lot of time to adapt to local needs, which is far less useful than the alumni resources and regional research accumulation of local universities.

I would also like to remind you that the rankings produced by many commercial organizations are ridiculously low. I even found a list a while ago that ranked two colleges and universities that do not even have a master's degree in health care into the top 5 in the country. Anyone who knows the industry knows that they received sponsorship to get the high ranking. When you really want to choose a school, don’t just focus on the rankings. Go to the official website of the target school and look through it: Are there any master’s or doctoral programs related to health care? Are there any affiliated health clinics or industry-university-research cooperation projects? Are there any famous experts in the industry who teach the core courses? If you can find a senior who is currently studying and ask a few questions about the daily class and internship arrangements, it will be much more useful than trying to figure out the top ten rankings.

All in all, the ranking is just an introductory reference. If you really want to choose a school, you still have to follow your own career plan: if you want to engage in academics, enter the system, or go to a leading company, you should give priority to the higher-tier colleges and universities to save endorsements.； If you want to stay in the local area for development and open your own studio, it will be more popular to choose an institution with high local recognition. There is really no need to worry about an unreal ranking for too long.