>> Q & A on Undergraduate Courses of Medicine

(1) Q: What majors are there in the Undergraduate Course of Medicine?

A: There are the Major of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Major of Acupuncture and Naprapathy and Major of Chinese Pharmacology.

(2) Q: Are the credits achieved in the Undergraduate Course of Chinese Language and in the Undergraduate Course of Medicine acknowledged mutually?

A: Yes. Therefore, it takes about 6 years to finish the Courses of Medicine and Chinese Language for double degree of Chinese language major and Chinese medicine major.

(3) Q: Are the undergraduate courses of medicine organized for overseas students similar to those for Chinese students?

A: The professional courses are exactly the same. The overseas students do not have to select the public courses, such as Chinese Revolutionary History, Philosophy, Political Economics, English (Japanese) language, etc.

The educational mode of emergence in early period and disintegration in late period is adopted for the overseas students in Major of Acupuncture and Naprapathy. After two-year study of basic theories in the independent class, they may join the classes of Chinese students for further study of professional courses.

The overseas students in Major of Acupuncture and Naprapathy and Major of Chinese Pharmacology will join the classes of Chinese students directly.

(4) Q: How are the schooling years stipulated for the Undergraduate Course of Medicine?

A: The schooling period for Major of Traditional Chinese Medicine and Major of Acupuncture and Naprapathy is 5 years, and may extend to 7 years, or to 8 years only after the approval by the College in the specific situations. The schooling period for Major of Chinese Pharmacology is 4 years, and may extend to 6 years, or to 7 years only after the approval by the College in the specific situations.

(5) Q: How are the semesters established?

A: From Grade 1 to Grade 4, there are three semesters in every academic year. The first and second semester are respectively 15 weeks (14 weeks for theoretical education, and 1 week for reviewing and examinations), the third semester is 10 weeks (5 weeks for practice, and another 5 weeks for optional courses and examinations).

Grade 5 is established for graduation practice in clinical workshop, for 12 months.

(6) Q: What are the standards and requirements for the credits?

A: Standards of Credits: Every 14 class hours of theoretical education are taken as one credit, and every 14 ~ 28 class hours of practical education as one credit, and every week of graduation practice as one credit.

(8) Q: How are the examinations and scores evaluated?

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(a) The examinations organized in close-book mode, and there are also other modes of combination between written and oral examinations and combination between close-book and open-book examinations as well.

(b) The evaluation of the examination scores is mainly based upon the terminal examinations, by referring properly to the scores at the ordinary times. Generally, class attendance, experiments, homework, exercise classes, class quiz and test scores at the ordinary times account for 30% of the total scores, and the terminal examination scores accounts for 70%.

(9) Q: What are the principles for the selection of courses?

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(a) The credits of the selected courses in each semester should not be less than 2/3 of the course requirements.

(b) The student who does not handle the procedure of course selection at the specified time should not join the examination of the course.

(10) Q: What are the rewarding credits stipulated?

A: Under the situation that the stipulated credits are accomplished in Grade 1~3, the students with over 2.5 (including 2.5) points in the annual average academic scores (obligatory courses and designated optional courses) can select 10 credits additionally free of charge in the next academic year; and the students with over 3 (including 3) points may select 15 credits additionally free of charge. The courses selected for additional credits should be chosen from the voluntary optional courses within the scope of the course arrangement. The additional credits will be used till the end of the fourth academic year.

(11) Q: How are the subsidiary courses stipulated?

(12) Q: How is restudy stipulated?

A: The restudy means that the overseas students who are unable to obtain the credits due to failure in the examination scores in the obligatory courses or designated optional courses, or who are not satisfied with the examination sores can apply for the examinations of the courses in the next academic year.

(a) First Restudy: In the students with failed score of the original examination, the score will be assessed upon the actual examination score obtained in the restudy. In the students with qualified scored in both the original examinations and the examinations in the restudy, the scores will be assessed upon high scores.

(b) Second Restudy: It is a paid restudy (RMB100 for each credit). The scores will be assessed upon the actual examination scores of the second restudy, but not higher than C-.

(13) Q: What qualifications are needed for the overseas students in Major of Traditional Chinese Medicine to be transferred to the Chinese students class?

A: The overseas students in Major of Traditional Chinese Medicine can be transferred to the Chinese students class, only after studying in the University for 1 year, having achieved the stipulated credits of the academic year and passed all the examinations of the courses, with the average academic points over 3.6 in the academic year.

The Transferring Procedures

(a) The student should submit a written application to the Overseas Students Department, International Education College , after the end of the second semester of the first academic year. The application will be submitted to the Educational Affairs Section, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, after the approval from the College.

(b) If the application is approved, the Educational Affairs Section will send the name list of the transferring students in a written form to the International Education College and relevant colleges and departments.

(c) The College will inform the students to transfer to the Chinese Students class.

(d) The student transferred to the Chinese students class, if in real difficulties in the study, is allowed to move back the College to continue the courses in the independent class, but in lower grade.

(14) Q: How to deal with the achieved credits of the overseas students transferred from other universities and colleges of traditional Chinese medicine?

A: The courses and classes hours are different in the different universities, therefore

(a) The transferred students must follow the class to study the courses that they have not studied and achieve the credits.

(b) For the same course with relevant class hours or with 1/3 more than the class hours of our University and within the scope of the obligatory course and stipulated optional course of our University, the students can achieve the credits of the course directly without examination. For the same course with 1/3 less than class hours and within the scope of the obligatory course and stipulated optional course of our University, the students may apply for the examination of the course directly (without extra payment) and achieve the credits.

(c) The course attended, not in the scope obligatory course and stipulated optional course of our university, can be taken as the credits for the voluntary optional course, if the score is qualified.

(15) Q: How are degradation and dropout stipulated?

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(a)The students who failed in the examinations and whose obligatory courses without achieving the credits due to various reasons reached or exceeded 1/2 of the total credits requested in the obligatory courses and stipulated optional courses in one academic year will be degraded.

(b) The students whose request for resumption of the schooling is not approved after the suspension of schooling is over, who are diagnosed as the patients of schizophrenia, epilepsy, lepriasis, etc., by the designated hospitals, and who cannot continue the study due to physical disability from accidents will be dropped out.

(16) Q: How are suspension and resumption of schooling stipulated?

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(a) The students with one of the following situations will be suspended in their study: Over 1/2 of the total class hours of the semester for the therapeutic rest due to illness after diagnosis in the designated hospital, over 1/2 of the total class hours of the semester due to absence of the class by request for leave, by personal application due to specific reason or by approval of the University.

(b) The students with scholarship will not enjoy the scholarship during the suspension of schooling. The students going back to their home countries for rehabilitation because of sickness will pay their medical charges and transportation by themselves.

(c) The students in the suspension of schooling because of sickness in applying for resumption of schooling must be certified for recovery of the health by the designated hospitals and can only resume their study after the examination and approval by the College.

(d) The students resumed to their schooling should apply to the College with relevant documents one month before the end of the suspension and will be enrolled to study the courses of the lower grade after approval.

(e) During the suspension of schooling, the paid tuition and other fees are not refundable.

(f) The students needing to extend the suspension due to any reason should pay tuition and relevant fees by the regulations during the period of extended suspension.

(17) Q: How is the graduation practice stipulated?

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(a) The overseas students scheduled for the graduation practice can apply for the graduation practice, only after the total stipulated class hours in the courses of the theories are finished, with over 75% of the stipulated credits in the obligatory courses and designated optional courses, and the examinations of the main courses are passed, such as TCM internal medicine, TCM surgery, diagnostic theory and WM internal medicine.

(b) Practicing Subjects and Durations

Obligatory practicing subjects: TCM internal medicine (ward and clinic) for 6 months, and TCM surgery, acupuncture, pediatrics and gynecology for 1 month respectively.

(c) Practice examinations: The final score of each subject is composed of the scores (45%) at ordinary times and the scores (55%) of course examination. Those whose total points is less than 60 should participate in the practice once again. Usually the re-participation of the practice is arranged after the graduation practice, with the fee calculated by RMB2000/month.

(18) Q: How are the graduation diploma, completion certificate, course certificate and direct enrollment stipulated?

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(a) The overseas students who have been registered in the University, accomplished the stipulated courses and practice and achieved the stipulated credits will be granted for graduation and issued with diplomas and degree certificates.

(b) The students who have failed to achieve the total stipulated credits, in lack of credits within 10 points (including 10 credits), and have failed in the examinations of the obligatory courses and graduation practice will be issued with completion certificates.

(c) The students who have not achieved the total stipulated credits but have accomplished 1/5 of the courses of the stipulated credits of the Major will be issued with course certificates.