Master of Science in Personal Health Management (Chinese Medicine)

Programme Director: Prof BIAN, Zhao Xiang

The Programme aims at bringing in an integration of the knowledge and skills of Chinese medicine with the conventional medicine to enhance the prevailing methods in health preservation/rehabilitation. Also, the programme intends to promote the benefits of Chinese medicine to the community; and to nurture a generation of high caliber personnel in health management with a new emphasis on Chinese medicine, who will contribute to public health management and health education promotion in Hong Kong and overseas.

Programme of Study

For full-time basis, the normal programme of study for the programme is one year, and the maximum study period is two years. For part-time basis, the normal programme of study for the programme is two years, and the maximum study period is three years. Lectures, practicum and dissertation are arranged.

Structure

It is a 30-unit programme comprising of Compulsory Courses (27 units), Dissertation (3 units)/ Elective course: Formulation Theories and Practices of Chinese Medicinal Formulae (3 units). 

Students who have not previously studied Chinese Medicine or Pharmacy in Chinese Medicine must take, in addition to the above, a supplementary course titled “Overview on Chinese Medicine and Chinese Materia Medica” (3 units) as supplement. 

The structure of the curriculum is as follows:

Requirements