Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine is a full-time ordinary institution of higher learning approved by the Ministry of Education, sponsored by the Hunan Provincial Government, jointly managed by the Hunan Provincial Health and Wellness Committee and the Hunan Provincial Education Department, with the Hunan Provincial Health and Wellness Committee as the main body.

The school's predecessor was Zhuzhou Health School, which was founded in 1959. 1987 was transformed into Zhuzhou college of traditional Chinese medicine, 1989 was renamed as Hunan college of traditional Chinese medicine, and 1998 was promoted to provincial key secondary school. In 2004, Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine was established on the basis of the former Hunan College of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

As of June, 20 19, the school has two campuses, truffle and Yunlong, with a total area of more than 700 mu, a total construction area of 260,000 square meters and fixed assets of 270 million yuan. There are 7 teaching departments (departments), 16 majors, 390 faculty members and 1000 full-time students.

As of April, 2002 1 year, in recent years, the school has undertaken more than 300 scientific research projects above the municipal level and won more than 30 teaching and scientific and technological achievement awards above the municipal level, including1national outstanding scientific research achievement award and 5 provincial and ministerial outstanding scientific research achievement awards.

Teachers have published more than 1000 academic papers, among which nearly 1000 papers were reproduced by SCI, CA, CSCD, CSSCI and NPC.