Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is a university in Beijing, China. Founded in 1956 the Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is one of the earliest established traditional Chinese medical institutions for higher learning in the People Republic of China. It is a traditional Chinese medical higher learning institution that has a place in the 211 Project for national development. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine plays a leadership role in the field of Chinese medicine education, TCM development and research, on a national level. For international students, it provides the highest level Chinese medicine education which is taught by the most talented and deeply knowledgeable Chinese medicine professors and doctors.