1 Admissions Brochures of Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine I General Introduction Based on the Northwest Training School of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) which was founded in 1952, Shaanxi University of Chinese Medicine was founded in 1959, moving to Xianyang city, Shaanxi province in 1961, the first ancient capital city of Qin dynasty in the Chinese feudal society. Our university is one of the first colleges of TCM in the northwest of China for cultivating high-level talents on traditional Chinese medicine and pharmacology. Our university is one of the eight key-constructive universities on TCM confirmed by the central government’s No.56 document in 1978 and is one of the first-batches for right to confer master degree of TCM granted by Academic Degrees Committee of the Sate Council in 1981. Shaanxi province, with short title as Shaan or Qin , is located at the most internal land of China. Its Longitude 105 ° 29'-111 ° 15 ', north latitude 31 ° 42'-39 ° 35', possessing the vital position that connects east middle districts and southwest, northwest districts in China. The China’s land of origin is also located here, at Yongle (happiness for ever) town, Jingyang county, Shaanxi province. The province is famous for its galaxy of cultural and historical interest and it is one of the birthplaces of TCM. China's north-south climatic divide Qinling Mountains across the province's something. SUN Simiao, the Master on traditional Chinese drugs, was born in Yaozhou district, Tongchuan city, which is located in Shaanxi Province. Down the ages, Shaanxi gains the reputation of “non-useless-grass-existing place” and “the cradle of masters on TCM”. To be specific, BIAN Que in Qin dynasty,...
