The eight-year program of Beijing University of Chinese Medicine is a postgraduate degree. Beijing University of Chinese Medicine and other institutions of higher learning of Chinese medicine set up an eight-year program of Chinese medicine in China. After graduation, a master's degree in medicine can be awarded. With the country attaching great importance to the cause of traditional Chinese medicine, more and more schools offer eight-year programs of traditional Chinese medicine, and some schools offer nine-year programs of traditional Chinese medicine. Excellent students can directly read doctoral students and get doctoral degrees.