SCM at a Glance

Pioneer and Leader in Chinese medicine

• First School of Chinese Medicine offering full-time UGC-funded programmes in Hong Kong, established in 1999.
• Offers Hong Kong's first and only UGC-funded Bachelor of Chinese Medicine and Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Biomedical Science double degree programme (BCM), launched in 1998.
• Launched in 2001 and runs Hong Kong's first and only UGC-funded Bachelor of Pharmacy (Hons) in Chinese Medicine programme (BPharm).
• Boasts first purpose-built school of Chinese medicine building with herbal garden, first and only Chinese medicine museum, Chinese medicines centre and Chinese medicine library in a Hong Kong university.
• Key player in education, research and healthcare services in Chinese medicine in Hong Kong and beyond.
• Set up in 2011 the biennial Cheung On Tak International Award for Outstanding Contribution to Chinese Medicine carrying a prize award of HK$500,000.
• Set up in 2018 the Hong Kong Baptist University–Jockey Club Chinese Medicine Disease Prevention and Health Management Centre, the first university-run healthcare centre of its kind in Hong Kong founded on the core concepts of Chinese medicine disease prevention and body constitution.

Education

• Comprehensive programme profile
  • UGC-funded undergraduate programmes
  • Research postgraduate programmes
  • Self-financed taught master's programmes
  • Self-financed sub-degree programmes

Research

• Focus research areas
  • Precision medicine and phenomics
  • Translational medicine and innovative drug discovery
  • Authentication and testing of Chinese medicines
• Robust research at 10 research centres
  • Shum Yiu Foon Shum Bik Chuen Memorial Centre for Cancer and Inflammation Research (CCIR)
  • Law Sau Fai Institute for Advancing Translational Medicine in Bone and Joint Diseases (TMBJ)
  • Hong Kong Chinese Medicine Clinical Study Centre (CMCS)
  • Mr. & Mrs. Ko Chi Ming Centre for Parkinson's Disease Research (CPDR)
  • Consun Chinese Medicines Research Centre for Renal Diseases (CCRD)
  • Research Centre for Standardization of Chinese Medicines (CSCM)
  • Institute of Integrated Bioinformedicine and Translational Science (IBTS)
  • Institute for Precision Medicine and Innovative Drug (PMID)
  • Hong Kong Traditional Chinese Medicine Phenome Research Centre (HKPR)
  • Hong Kong Baptist University Joint Centre for Pain Research (JCPR)
• Set up 6 joint research establishments in collaboration with universities/research institutes and 2 research bases in Shenzhen and Changshu
• Achievements
  • Research Assessment Exercise 2014
    • 4% of the projects submitted by SCM rated four-star (world leading)—top among local institutions in the field of Chinese medicine
    • 18% of the projects rated three-star (international excellence)
    • 72% of the research projects attained two-star (international standing) or above
  • Won 28 competitive external research grants totalling HK$18,761,551 and RMB3,717,000 in 2017-18.
  • Published 112 papers in international SCI journals in 2017-18, with 27 of them published in journals with an impact factor of 5.0 or above.

Clinical services

• Largest network of 17 Chinese medicine clinics among universities in Hong Kong
  • 10 clinics operated by SCM (including the Hong Kong Baptist University–Jockey Club Chinese Medicine Disease Prevention and Health Management Centre)
  • 7 clinics operated in collaboration with Hospital Authority and NGOs
• First-rate Chinese medicine specialty services provided by Chinese medicine experts
• Clinical services informed by clinical studies
• Subsidy schemes for underprivileged elderly for attending HKBU Chinese medicine clinics
• Talks and seminars for Chinese medicine practitioners and the public

Last updated: 22 May 2019