Postgraduate
Programmes

Since 2013, the TCIMR has collaborated with Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine to launch Singapore’s first distance-learning Master’s programme. The programme is fully designed and taught by Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, which also confers the academic degree.

The Master’s programme admits a new cohort every two years and is open to locally registered TCM physicians, with the objective of enhancing their academic standards and clinical competencies. Over more than a decade of collaboration, the two institutions have jointly groomed five cohorts of Master’s graduates, with a total of 37 physicians awarded Master’s degrees. The breakdown is as follows: 11 graduates in the first cohort, 10 in the second, 4 in the third, 6 in the fourth, and 6 in the fifth. The sixth and seventh Master’s cohorts commenced successfully in 2023 and 2025 respectively. At present, a total of 13 students are actively engaged in coursework, research proposal development, and thesis preparation.

Building on the successful collaboration of the Master’s programme, Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine launched a Doctoral Programme in Traditional Chinese Medicine in 2019. This doctoral programme is likewise designed, taught, and conferred by Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine. The inaugural doctoral cohort successfully groomed five physicians, all of whom completed their studies and were awarded doctoral degrees.

Note: Liaoning University of Traditional Chinese Medicine is responsible for the academic design and teaching of the programmes introduced on this website, as well as the conferral of degrees. TCIMR acts solely as a coordinating and liaison body in Singapore, facilitating local arrangements and communications, and is not the organising or degree-awarding institution.