Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is an ordinary full-time institution of higher learning sponsored by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province. It was jointly established by the People's Government of Zhejiang Province, state administration of traditional chinese medicine and the Ministry of Education of China, and was selected as the second batch of key construction institutions in Zhejiang Province. The school was established in June, and 1953 is a continuing education school of Chinese medicine in Zhejiang Province. In February 2006, it was renamed Zhejiang University of Traditional Chinese Medicine; The school covers an area of 1000 mu, with a total construction area of over 470,000 square meters.
The school consists of the first clinical medical college, the second clinical medical college, the third clinical medical college/rehabilitation medical college, the fourth clinical medical college, basic medical college/public health college, stomatological medical college, pharmacy college, nursing college, medical technology college, life science college, humanities and management college, Marxist college, adult education college/continuing education college, international education college, and held 1 independent college (Binjiang,
The school is one of the first universities in China to recruit and train graduate students of traditional Chinese medicine, and it is also the first university in Zhejiang Province to obtain the right to confer doctoral degrees and post-doctoral research stations. At present, there are three first-level discipline doctoral degree authorization points, eight first-level discipline master degree authorization points and six master degree authorization points.