It is affiliated with the Province of Sichuan, and co-sponsored by the provincial government, the Ministry of Education, and the National Administration of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

[2] Founded as the Chengdu Traditional Chinese Medicine College (成都中医学院) in 1956, it is one of the four earliest TCM tertiary institutions in the People's Republic of China.

The courses are mainly given by Chinese language for local students, even though CDUTCM is a university and large campus but inside the main university there are separated with characterized by TCM traditional teaching with 12 sub-colleges and student with related specialized major study in specific colleges rather than altogether in one place.

But abroad foreigners are usually required the appropriate Visas to study and stay in China that for more information about to get supporting documents may required to obtain visas can ask from the foreign related office of the school And every year over 200 students come for the short-term training programs.

CDUTCM can be able to cope for doing researches related with TCM and has made contributions to the society.

Some countries like Australia also has TCM school for proper study and to do for some The international education exchange, cooperation are top in the western China.

Since 1993, CDUTCM began to enroll the students from Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan, and foreign masters and doctors.

It has made exchange and cooperated with universities, R&D centers, and medical institutes in America, Germany, Sweden, Israel, Japan, Korea and Singapore etc.